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Have you shot so bad.......
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09/12/14 08:08 PM
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RangerRick
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Have you ever had a day where you shot so bad....your dog walks all the way back to the truck and gets in? After 12 misses....(I'm embarrassed) My Brittany sure did...honest! 
The way things should be are not often the way things are.....
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/12/14 08:13 PM
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/12/14 08:21 PM
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/12/14 08:23 PM
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LovinLakeLife
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It could have been worse, your dog COULD have driven off and left you there 
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/12/14 08:31 PM
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A few years ago, I missed 9-10 in a row. I had my lab sitting about 30 yards away to have him closer to where the birds would fall to make it easier on him to retrieve. After I missed the 10th one, he looked back and barked. Like" Hey, mf! hit those damn birds!
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/12/14 08:33 PM
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We all have those days.
They are balance by those days you can't miss
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/12/14 08:37 PM
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My dogs like to give the stink eye.
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
[Re: RangerRick]
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09/12/14 09:09 PM
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olenarey87
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I had a night like that earlier this season while dove hunting. Couldn't hit a bird if it landed on the end of my barrel. I was screaming and cussing with every missed shot. I calmed down and told my buddies next bird I shoot as is going down. Surely enough it did. Still a terrible night when I consider how many misses I had (couldn't keep track), but ended the night with 4 birds in the last half hour and shooting at 6. Which still isn't great, but I try to focus on the last half hour. Haha
Thanks, Olen
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/12/14 09:41 PM
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I used my duck gun instead of my dove gun to hunt dove last weekend. I was hitting the distant birds but I couldn't hit the ones in close to save my life. My duck gun is longer and heavier than what I typically use on dove so I blamed it on those factors.
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/12/14 09:49 PM
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Have you ever had a day where you shot so bad....your dog walks all the way back to the truck and gets in? After 12 misses....(I'm embarrassed) My Brittany sure did...honest! Hahah, all real hunters have been there! Poor pup just wanted to get some birds!
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09/12/14 10:00 PM
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The dog was not happy with me last Sunday. After the evil look came the whimpering, then the barking. I let her sit in the Ranger for a while and she seemed to settle down. Finally got back on track and everybody was happy.
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09/12/14 10:04 PM
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Just heard a story of a friend of a friend, was invited on a dove hunt out west. Shot 4 boxes of shells and killed 3 doves.
Don't get much worse than that. . .
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09/12/14 10:51 PM
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bobcat1
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Just heard a story of a friend of a friend, was invited on a dove hunt out west. Shot 4 boxes of shells and killed 3 doves.
Don't get much worse than that. . . 
Bobby Barnett
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/12/14 11:16 PM
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Never experienced it 
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/12/14 11:33 PM
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RangerRick
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Easy by shooting and missing more times than 11 and not more than 13.... 
The way things should be are not often the way things are.....
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
[Re: RangerRick]
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09/13/14 01:54 AM
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/13/14 04:46 AM
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I might miss 12 in a row. Then I might hit 6 in a row. My dog is an idiot, though, so she just runs around the whole time looking for birds.
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/13/14 11:16 AM
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My dog will whine at me if I miss...it's funny
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/13/14 01:13 PM
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/13/14 01:22 PM
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Just heard a story of a friend of a friend, was invited on a dove hunt out west. Shot 4 boxes of shells and killed 3 doves.
Don't get much worse than that. . . no need to be scared, by the sounds of it he cant water if he fell out of a boat
Arise.Kill.Eat -Acts 10:13 I have read a bunch of stuff on the internet about Star Wars but that does not mean I can skin a deer with a light saber.
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/13/14 03:39 PM
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/14/14 01:02 PM
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/14/14 01:09 PM
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bobcat1
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Have you ever had a day where you shot so bad....your dog walks all the way back to the truck and gets in? After 12 misses....(I'm embarrassed) My Brittany sure did...honest! I laughed when I read this but yesterday missed on my first 12 shots. Never changed anything and got a limit with les than 2 boxes. I was sure shaking my head and saying a few choice words.
Bobby Barnett
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/14/14 04:00 PM
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Whenever I was a kid, my dad only let me put one shell in at a time. Also would only give me 3 more shells than the limit (believe it was 15 shells for 12 birds). Didn't take long to figure out I had to make every shot count. By the time I was 16, I was limiting almost every time and bringing him shells back.
Fast forward to today....if I am having a hard time hitting birds, I go back to the basics. 1 shell at a time and only bring 18 shells for my 15 bird limit.
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Re: Have you shot so bad.......
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09/14/14 04:13 PM
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I might miss 12 in a row. Then I might hit 6 in a row. My dog is an idiot, though, so she just runs around the whole time looking for birds. +1 Dog has alot of conference in me. She thinks every shot is a dead bird.
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