Weekend Doves

I was not able to make it to Bollingbrook this past weekend. My son's first Halloween and a Halloween party planned by my wife kept me close to home. I was able to slip away on Saturday afternoon for a dove hhunt at a friend's house in Baldwin County, Alabama.
A very cool morning gave way to a warm and sunny afternoon, I spent the afternoon on the edge of loblolly pine plantation overlooking a wheat field, with my lab jeb at heel. As it is with most dove shoots, its more about the food, and visting with frieds that the actually shooting. Nevertheless, I bagged a hanful of doves, and was delighted that Jeb's first day in the field this season was an absolute success. He made bee line retievers on all of my birds, and helped one another shooter on three more. Jeb's manners and abilities always make me overestimate my training prowess. Jeb is a natural, I am not, we both had alot of fun though.