Dove Hunting: What is the Best Weapon and Gauge?

Dove hunting brings up an interesting question: whatthe main part of the corporate dove hunting group
is the best weapon and gauge to get the mostshowed up. So we threw some skeet for them to
doves? If you've had this question yourself, keepwarm up with.
reading to discover what Allen has to share about hisThis one poor kid … I say "kid," he was 26-27
favorite weapon and gauge.years old but he just didn't have it down. And he
My favorite weapon is a 12-gauge. The reason why ismissed regularly. His buddy had this pump shotgun
because I still use the same gun my dad bought me12-gauge. So I asked him if I could use it and he said,
back when I was in ninth grade."Sure."
I look at that every time I go out there and if theI told them to pull and they threw the skeet and
birds aren't flying, I think about hunts that me andwith one hand I just shot the clay pigeon in one shot.
my dad went on … how I got that scratch here,I looked at him and said, "It's not hard."
that scratch there. Just different things like that. It'sIt just blew him out of the water.
more of a sentimental thing the reason why I stayI feel that if I wanted to up the challenge of dove
with a 12-gauge.hunting, I guess I could shoot them with just one
I say all the time to the guys … I've gotten to thehand. And actually I've done that before.
point that I don't have anything to prove any more.I'm there more for the camaraderie than the actual
Making it an extra challenge doesn't really mean thatchallenge of hitting the bird. But I use a 12-gauge
much to me as far as dove hunting goes. I'm therebecause it's just a special gun while I'm hunting the
for more of the camaraderie than the actualdove.
challenge of hitting the bird.Why not give corporate dove hunting a try ... for
I tell this story. Guys sometimes warm up byteam building, camaraderie, and to get some work
shooting some skeet. We have a skeet thrower outdone off-site. It could prove to be a new favorite.
here. And I had some young guys come in before