Doves and Quail at the 74 Ranch
We found ourselves at the 74 Ranch for quail hunting this past weekend with sponsors. It was exciting and fun, and man, is it a pleasure to watch the dogs work.
We decided to hunt doves on the last morning of our hunt since the winter season opened on Friday. It was a great fun hunt. Two of us got our limit. And me? Well, let’s just say my time was spent keeping the birds moving by jump shoot them in the goat weeds.
I killed seven birds with my Parcour choked full and full. Those little Rio Elite 7/8 oz 7 1/2s did the number on the flushing doves. What a great thing to have a gun that really fits.
The doves were anything but predictable and I found myself looking out over the gun barrels a couple of times. This always puts you behind the bird. When i realized it, I committed to looking in a certain direction and began to anticipate the birds on a couple of shots. Man, what a difference.
Learning to Compete and Win
We’re looking forward to the Advance Classes at 74 this next year and it looks like we will be teaching for four weeks straight next year. We always look forward to these sessions because we are surrounded by so many shooters looking for changes in their attitudes, techniques, and fundamentals. We hope to hear what helped them the most from last year and getting feedback on how they improved.
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