Well guys, looks like we need to start a new tradition. Dove hunting in SD! Orlan, Mark and I were expertly guided to a dove hot spot by Adam VanZanten on Wednesday night. Things started a little slowly, but really picked up around 7:00pm.
We shot fairly well (except for Mark, but that's no news flash) and got 21 doves. Not bad for it only being about 65 degrees or so. Babe and Mandy did a great job retrieving for us, even though Mandy developed a taste for the birds as the night went on.
The best part of the hunt was when Orlan decided to take all the doves home and clean them for us. A swallow did give his life for the hunt early on. You can guess who did the honors on that one. And Mark managed to flock shoot some blackbirds. Orlan didn't want to clean any of those. Mandy wouldn't even eat those.
Anyway, just wanted to let you know how hunting was up here in South Dakota. We plan on going again some night next week.
2 comments:
Sure was a good time, the last 45 minutes were pretty active! I hunted this spot about 5 years ago and had good luck too......
Still alot of doves around! Mark if your dove hunting skill leads into Selkirk, you may have a tough time this year!
fantastic blog.
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the turkey are impresinant.
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