Things I've learned on my second dove outing:
Hunting doves (at least for me, solo) isn't a kick back and sip coffee while I wait for birds roll in endeavor. It's a sit and wait, and the moment my attention starts to wane, "Holy chit they're right there, where the hell did they come from!" and...
I got up early on Friday and headed out to a spot where I had seen several flocks of doves the weekend prior. Not sure if the 20 degree temp drop, wind and rain overnight had anything to do with it, but I only saw a few birds. This spot doesn't have any real cover to hide in, so I sat on my...
Honestly, my goal is to have a chance to take a shot at a deer at this point. Heading into my fourth year of this stuff and I have yet to fire my rifle outside of the range. I really want some venison in the freezer.
And seeing this feller staring at me as I drove past in the hills a couple...
Franklin got to meet his first chukar this weekend. Had my wife keep him on a leash nearby while I released a couple birds from launchers for our older dog. He lost his mind as soon as he saw them fly. No shortage of bird crazy for this boy. Second bird decided to not fly and ended up in a patch...
I ordered a 209 starter pistol to use for training my dogs. The description on the website says it will take any 209 shotgun primer. Locally all I can find are Winchester 777 muzzleloader primers. I emailed the company to ask if they were okay to use and they confirmed that they are fine.
This...
I assume you mean upstream closer to your neck of the woods, but some famous HuntTalker recently posted photos of catching smallmouth on the John Day river. I can't remember who it was at the moment though... ;)
I've caught them in lower reaches of the Yakima, Walla Walla and Touchet as well.