Dive Bombing Dove Limit 2023

Second day of the season hunting with my 32 gauge SxS for the first time ever. The flights directly over my head were insane and if I could have a do over, a short barreled 12 gauge with a cylinder choke may have been the perfect medicine. But the little 32 with its 1/2 oz payload did just fine and I limited in about 1 hour.

[@romeoalphafoxtrot9517]

Outstanding shooting Brother. Those guys were coming in low and hot!

[@desertqwest]

Just watched this again as I’m starting to get ramped up for September. I’m convinced I will be an Arizona resident in the future! Haha. This is just stupid fun 😂

[@pc8649]

@@desertqwest I’ve had a lot of good dove hunts, but this one may have been the most intense and I had never hunted that spot before. Not necessarily the number of birds, but just being right beneath their flight path like that. It was a damn war zone! We hunted it again the next day, it wasn’t nearly as good and the were other people there, but we still got limits. We need to do Yuma sometime, I’ve never done it before but I got some buddies who could point me in the right direction. Or just follow the gunfire 😆

[@desertqwest]

@@pc8649 My buddy shoots Yuma every year and it looks pretty insane! Regardless, I’d like to get out to AZ for hunt and say hello.

[@pc8649]

@@desertqwest You are welcome anytime! Opening weekend is always the best of course, just have to work harder to find them later in the season. And I’m starting to have better luck in the second season of finding shootable numbers.

[@desertqwest]

@@pc8649 Second season might work well especially if I can find a spot to truck-camp and then meet up.

[@theshotgunscientists]

Gonna sit down and have dinner while watching this one. I see you’re using the 32 gauge, what load did you go with?

[@pc8649]

Ended up just using some factory .5 oz of #8s. I should have shown the box in the video, but they are some EU brand with star crimps. Fiocchi hulls. Patterns are so much better out of the 32 than the .410 that 1/2 oz is really not that much of a disadvantage.

[@theshotgunscientists]

@@pc8649 that’s awesome

[@desertqwest]

Nice work with the 32! That looked fun as heck at shooting time. Wishing my openers was half as good. There’s always the next time. Did you manage to get enough for another video? I just watched this from Havasu!

[@pc8649]

Yeah it was a pretty chaotic shoot, just happened to be right in their flight path. I’ve got footage from a couple of other hunts, just haven’t really looked at it yet. The GoPro really isn’t great with low light or I just haven’t figured out the right setting yet. One of them I definitely want to put together though. What video editor do you use?

[@desertqwest]

@@pc8649 I’m still using iMovie but intend to switch over to Final Cut Pro eventually. Hell, I’m still learning so much that iMovie is good enough for me right now, lol. Just coming up with content to post consistently is difficult enough. Looking forward to acquiring a truck soon and that should add some potential, haha. Anyway, as always, love the hunts you’re sharing. I really would like to make it out there. It’s my kind of hunting. You know me, though….I’d find a sweet spot to make camp and make it a 5-day event, 😂 Can’t wait to see what you have planned for the next video. 🤙🏻

[@pc8649]

You are welcome any time, you seem like you can survive anywhere lol. But yeah a truck would make a huge difference. Do you have anymore vids coming out from this season?

[@desertqwest]

@@pc8649 At least one from opening weekend. It’s really not much but I wanted to maximize my efforts after having my trip cut short.

[@colt10mmsecurity68]

Nice! Where do you find 32ga ammo? Do you reload your own? What size shot were you using and steel or lead? I know 32ga is popular in the UK at ranges. Thanks!

[@pc8649]

It's available online at various places. I do reload for it though, which is pretty much a necessity if you want any kind of options in 32. But I was just shooting some factory 1/2 oz #8s with a short brush wad for this hunt.

[@desertqwest]

I don’t remember asking you, but what camera are you using?

[@pc8649]

Been using a Gopro 8 for a while but just picked up a 12 a couple of weeks ago.

[@desertqwest]

@@pc8649 Nice. I was looking into another camera and have considered the GoPro 12 and dji Osmo Action 4. We’ll see