That time of year is once again approaching, when most of us begin to countdown the days. At summer’s end when doves begin to concentrate, change is in the air. The heat waves have lost much of their steam and in many areas doves start sweeping into cut grainfields, signaling the first of fall’s hunting seasons is near. On September 1, dove openers across the nation are much-anticipated occasions, enjoyed by millions of hunters each year.
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
September’s Dove Song—Part 1 Prepare to Hunt
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Friday, August 5th, 2011
Become a Better Shooter!
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This diagram shows how to set up and run the "Two-minute Torture" drill properly.
The key to becoming a better shooter is practice, practice, and more practice. But make the practice count—“no pain, no gain,” as they say. As shooters we often take the path of least resistance. Driving to the range, schleping our gear onto the shooting bench and firing several hundred rounds of “practice” before reversing the process. This does not teach us what it takes to make a shot with an elevated heart rate, from a difficult position or what a “good enough” sight picture looks like. Iain Harrison, season one winner of the Top Shot TV challenge on the History Channel suggests a two-minute drill that will make you a better shooter—it’s called the “Two-Minute Torture.” (more…)
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
With A Hunt In Sight!
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Check out this pair of nice bucks taken with Benelli R1s in central Texas in mid-Nov. I was in camp with Steve McKelvain, VP of Marketing & Communications for Benelli USA.
“Now it is pleasant to hunt something that you want very much over a long period of time, being outwitted, out-maneuvered, and failing at the end of each day, but having the hunt and knowing every time you are out that, sooner or later, your luck will change and that you will get the chance that you are seeking.”—Ernest Hemingway, The Green Hills of Africa, 1935
It’s nearly Christmas and I’m back from some excellent hunts that the Benelli group enjoyed this fall. (more…)
