BritChaser
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Just back from two days of hunting in south central SD. Friday the wind blew steadily 20-25 and it rained intermittently with .40 inch total accumulation. Choked modified and full due to wind. With the wind and rain droplets on our eye wear (or in our eyes), shooting was challenging. Despite a number of misses I managed to bag one that flushed from a cane strip on a slant right to left with 1 1/4 oz. no. 5s thru the mod choke. Others did better. Saturday was near-perfect: clear skies, high 62, light breeze. Back to improved cylinder and modified, no. 6s for the first shot. My first bird was another right to left slant off a point in some grass and weeds. While retrieving, my buddy dropped one and my dog ran over and stood on it with my bird still in his mouth. Good dog. My second went straight off my left shoulder and high out of the bottom of a big pasture draw. My gun was up about 50-55 degrees at the shot. The third was a level straightaway off a point in a narrow pasture draw. My brags: my nine year old dog hunted hard and effectively both days, and I went three shells for three birds on Saturday. All in all a great hunt with two new (to me) guys who were boon hunting companions in the group. Thank you, hunt leader.
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