You know dove seasons close when...............

It hasn't rained for weeks and you break out in sweat before you open the door.

What else

You take notice of every bird you see flying over your house.

...you raise your hands and point at birds in flocks flying by and go, "Pew Pew Pew." But only 3 "Pews" at a time, because it would be illegal for without a plug!

When it rains on opener

I got white wing poop on my car!!

How do you get 3 pews out of that shotgun in the picture?

awww, I'm sure he was just getting a point across that you can only have 3 "pews" legally.

This might blow your mind....but, maybe he owns more than one shotgun!

Ghostloading an over/under. It's tough, but you gotta know the secret.

TTU Hunter not at all I own 11
I smooth forgot about ghost loading

When it storms the day before the opener

When these threads start

When you start looking for all your gear, finding out you still had shells and a couple beers left in bucket seat from last hunt.

X2

When you have to put the plug back in...or forget to...

When you're drenched in sweat and you think "This is what that dove hunt is gonna feel like."

Usually just takes me one "pew"

You'll get better

When walmart gets all their gear in stock

I log into THF more often.

And you can float the 4th shell in a super black eagle. So i get 4 pews this time of year.

great answers,

When gacman teaches me what "floating" the 4th shell in my SBE means?

I can get 5 pews if I fart after the 4th shot.

When I go to the deer lease to fill feeder for first time after off season and get it running

Excellent!

When u sweat ur way into the store across a scorching parking lot to see the mojo decoys $20+ more then They were 2 weeks ago...

When there are doves on every high wire around your house and your job, just laughing at you, and you know they're just checking out hiding places for when the season starts.

When my dog is running to the car every time he sees my camo hat on my head.

Almost forgot, when Texas Parks and Wildlife sends the reminder saying i can get my tags printed for the Liftime Hunting and fishing license on Aug 15.

When corn husks are flying miles around during the harvest.

When academy is already out of almost everything.

When you drive around town and can't keep your eyes on the road watching the newly harvested fields and abundance of dove.

When your focus has changed to watching primarily the sky for movement.

When you get a call from old friends asking what your plans are on the opener.

When football starts and all is well once again.

When you start seeing the strangest dove attractor gadgets.

I got mine in the mail last week... can't wait.

When you do the imaginary shotgun pose and follow the incoming bird and pull the imaginary trigger, and you drop every bird with one imaginary shot.

You know you've done it

When I walk into the local gunshop with an order for 26 cases of shotgun shells...and the guy checking out the pistols says "I want to hunt where you're hunting."

I wanna hunt where your hunting to

When your dreams change to this.....

This year I have not gotten fired up. Not cuz I'm old, well maybe a little, but mainly cuz my Brittany is still jacked up... full story here. She is still knuckling real bad on one of her back feet. I'll take her out opening morning with a boot on but her days of working quail are over.

Hope she gets back to her spry self soon,we will do dang near anything for our sick or injured dogs.

I'm with that guy...

THIS

When all of the small town hotels are booked

I pass right by a dove lease on the way to my little private pasture an ol guy has let me hunt on for the past 10 or so years. Like just having me and a person or 2 I invite. 20 guns going off at the same Bird, I'll pass thank you.

When the wife reaches that stage she says "I wish the 1st would get here so you will shut up about it and get out of my hair for a few days."

'Close'... when you 'snoozed' and shelves are empty of your favorite dove load (anything 1 1/8 7.5) ... for the next few weeks....

....my desk looks like ths:

Yep..

When I walk out in my backyard and the whitewing calls are literally echoing all over the neighborhood.

When licenses go on sell and the deals start happening

Kids start going back to school...

Picked up the SuperCombo today. Lady at Gander Mountain actually argued with me, trying to say that TPW would not let them sell licenses yet. I finally convinced her to log into the computer & run my DL through...she had a pretty stupid look on her face for a few seconds, the apologized. Guess that make me the first 2016 sold at that store.

Got mine online today. It'll be here in time.

When my right index finger starts squeezing the trigger on it's own without a shotgun in my hand.