Saturday, September 5th, 2009...1:39 pm
Opening Day Of Dove Season
Right now I am sitting in a Club Car golf cart outside Davis Wade Stadium waiting for the rain to stop so I can get inside to see the Mississippi State – Jackson State football game.
This morning we kicked off the 2009 hunting season with a bit of a thud.
Vernon was going to pick me up at 5 am to head over to a field that our head buyer, Jonathan, had prepared. The only problem is that while my alarm went off at 4:30, I didn’t wake up until 5:30…..
Not a good way to get things going.
I rushed to get it all together and we made it to the hunt on time but it’s really not how I like to get started.
Things went downhill from there.
It took me about 20 shots to get my first bird. I guess all that practice at the Starkville Gun Club this spring really paid off……
Roxy was also a little off her game. She broke on some close birds that I should have hit but did not.
We really didn’t prepare for opening day the way I normally would.
At this point I decided to calm down and make sure the shots I was taking were reasonable. I also made sure my dog stayed under control.
Things improved quickly.
It just shows that getting the fundamentals correct fixes most errors.
I’m a decent wingshooter but my skills have limitations and I am well aware of what they are.
Roxy is a special dog but I will not put up with a dog that breaks. It’s too easy to fix and there is no reason it should happen.
I just have to practice, train and prepare correctly.
We ended up with 10 birds and Roxy made some really nice retrieves and got a couple of winged birds for the other guys.
How can you bird hunt without a dog?
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The rain stopped and it’s time to go see if MSU has a football team.
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