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Hunter: "Forgive me Father, for I have sinned."
Priest: "I figured as much. What was it this time?"
Hunter: "I went dove hunting this morning with my new 28-guage and my new bird dog, and out there in the field I used a considerable amount of loud profanity."
Priest: "Why did you do that?"
Hunter: "'Cause those damn -- excuse me, those rascal -- doves were throwing some evasive moves at me, moves they must have learned from the Devil himself! I kept trying to take them with my Skeet barrel in close, so I waited until they were almost on top of me. But then as I raised up to shoot they'd give a little wiggle move and zoom past me before I could correct my point and pull the trigger. It was a nightmare!"
Priest: "What did you do then, my son?"
Hunter: "Well, after missing the first eight shots I flipped the safety selector to the Improved Cylinder barrel and started firing at them a bit farther out. That helped some, at least I started dropping a few. I ended up with 8 or 9 birds out of 25 shots."
Priest: "Anything else you wish to confess? I missed breakfast this morning and my stomach's been growling."
Hunter: "Oh, sorry, Father. Well, matter of fact, yes. I misjudged the color of the t-shirt I was wearing; it was too bright a shade of green? I think that was spooking the birds far enough out to make them flare slightly out of range. Also, a horsefly kept landing on me and biting me through my shirt. And every single time I bent down to pat my dog's head a dove would fly over me only 15 feet up and be out of range before I could lift my gun, and..."
Priest: "Your sins are many, my son. First you must switch out the choke tubes on that 28-guage. Try the Improved Cylinder/Modified combination. If that doesn't work go with Modified/Full. Wear some camo clothing, and don't worry so much about getting shot by those hunters standing straight across from you at that sunflower food plot."
Hunter: "Hey, how'd you know were I was hunting this morning?"
Priest: "Never mind that; just try these remedies."
Hunter: "Okay. But will doing these things absolve me of my sins?"
Priest: "I doubt it, but they might give you hope. Whatever you do, keep praying; with doves we all need to do that."
Priest: "I figured as much. What was it this time?"
Hunter: "I went dove hunting this morning with my new 28-guage and my new bird dog, and out there in the field I used a considerable amount of loud profanity."
Priest: "Why did you do that?"
Hunter: "'Cause those damn -- excuse me, those rascal -- doves were throwing some evasive moves at me, moves they must have learned from the Devil himself! I kept trying to take them with my Skeet barrel in close, so I waited until they were almost on top of me. But then as I raised up to shoot they'd give a little wiggle move and zoom past me before I could correct my point and pull the trigger. It was a nightmare!"
Priest: "What did you do then, my son?"
Hunter: "Well, after missing the first eight shots I flipped the safety selector to the Improved Cylinder barrel and started firing at them a bit farther out. That helped some, at least I started dropping a few. I ended up with 8 or 9 birds out of 25 shots."
Priest: "Anything else you wish to confess? I missed breakfast this morning and my stomach's been growling."
Hunter: "Oh, sorry, Father. Well, matter of fact, yes. I misjudged the color of the t-shirt I was wearing; it was too bright a shade of green? I think that was spooking the birds far enough out to make them flare slightly out of range. Also, a horsefly kept landing on me and biting me through my shirt. And every single time I bent down to pat my dog's head a dove would fly over me only 15 feet up and be out of range before I could lift my gun, and..."
Priest: "Your sins are many, my son. First you must switch out the choke tubes on that 28-guage. Try the Improved Cylinder/Modified combination. If that doesn't work go with Modified/Full. Wear some camo clothing, and don't worry so much about getting shot by those hunters standing straight across from you at that sunflower food plot."
Hunter: "Hey, how'd you know were I was hunting this morning?"
Priest: "Never mind that; just try these remedies."
Hunter: "Okay. But will doing these things absolve me of my sins?"
Priest: "I doubt it, but they might give you hope. Whatever you do, keep praying; with doves we all need to do that."
