First Dove Hunting Gun and Location?

[Hunter527]

Since the opener is almost here I thought it would be interesting to ask everyone what gun they first hunted with and what was the first place they hunted. The first gun I hunted doves with was a 410 Mossberg 500 when I was 12. We hunted in one of the fields around Niland. One year I’m going to take the 410 out again just for fun, maybe it will be this year if I find some shells for it this weekend.

 

[HATCHET1]

Jc Higgins pump 20...The great state of HAWAII 7 or 8 years old...still have that gun and plan on using it next week!!! Oh boy..its dove season folks!! Almost.

 

[Hunter527]

Jc Higgins pump 20...The great state of HAWAII 7 or 8 years old...still have that gun and plan on using it next week!!! Oh boy..its dove season folks!! Almost.

That’s pretty cool, not many hunters can say they dove hunted in Hawaii!

 

[Morgan1776]

Mossberg 835 12 gauge hunted 2006 opener near Niland with @Chris240

 

[Aeon]

single shot H&R exposed hammer 20ga with stick ejector. doves in mexicali . later that year Just east of san quintin mexico. shot my first quail right on the ground age 7, 1977

 

[HATCHET1]

Spent some of the best years of my life as a young hatchet on those islands..true sportsman paradise...mouflan sheep..feral sheep..feral goats..pigs..axis deer..blacktail deer..and way to many bird species to count..
We had a BIRD season where all game birds were fair game..flashlights..dogs..pigs..and knives..sink or swim...good stuff.

 

[dblsmk]

A 20 ga. ranger s x s for a shotgun and it was either in the I.V. or on a cattle ranch in the hills behind San Clemente. The ranch I remember being positioned in a corner of a corral and under the eyes of a dad and granddad. At the ranch, as a preteen I was handed a square back Remington 12 and high brass shells. When the damn thing went full auto I'd pick myself up and brush off. It kinda made a young smart mouth humble.

 

[GUNDOGLOVER49]

Ruger Red Label in 20 gauge. Fixed Modified and improved cylinder.

 

[skeet]

My great grandfather single shot 410 still have that gun killed lots of birds with it

 

[garlicsalt]

1977 12 years old, single shot 12G. A field around polo verde. My brother 8 years old and i had to share the gun.

 

[sureshot]

1972
Win Model 42 410
Outside Calipatria
I only got 6 for the day.

 

[Smokey58]

1976: single shot Stevens 16 gauge on me Grand Parent's farm in South America.

 

[BubbaEff]

I went on my first ever hunt last year (antelope in WY). I was invited to hunt dove with the same friend this year, so I am heading out to Brawley for my first dove hunt. Picked up a Browning BPS Field in Mossy Oak camo, 12 ga. I am looking for forward to the new experience.

 

[Snake Charmer]

1974, Halfway betwen Victortville and Bastow on old highway 66 near a town called Helendale and living on an alfafa ranch and 15 years old. No hunters in my family so I had to figure it out on my own. Killed the first few doves with a Remington model 700 in 222 by shooting the heads off of them (no license or knowledge of that). My uncle who owned the ranch witnessed it and bought me a 20 guage Remington 1100 with a 26" barrel and I killed hundred's after that for the next few years until I moved back to San Diego to go to college. License's ? limits ? Seasons? I had no knowledge of that and my folks got sick of eating game meat because we also had waterfowl ( Honkers and ducks). P.S. Still have the 1100 and the 222 and will never sell them. Can't tell you how many coyotes I killed with those rigs..hundreds..

 

[duck-boy]

First dove hunt was in Needles with a 20 guage 870.

 

[KoozeDeer]

Mossberg 835 12 gauge hunted 2006 opener near Niland with @Chris240

Oh crap what’s up man!

 

[ilovesprig]

1st hunts were from around Long Beach and LA river bed...Used my grandpa's old Model 10 Remington pump.

 

[TrapLine]

New England single shot .410 in East Tx.

Crazy how things have changed, I got that gun when I was 12 years old as a birthday gift and got to keep it in my room, no locks, no safes. Unheard of nowadays.

 

[Morgan1776]

Oh crap what’s up man!

All kinds of fun stuff. Married with kids, hunt and fish whenever I get a chance, dirt racing and coaching little league until COVID. I'll send you a DM.

 

[MAG 1]

single shot 410 out towards Yuma Brocks Observatory. Total of 2 dove with my Grandpa, best hunting day ever.