Northwest Sportsman – August 2019

164 Northwest Sportsman AUGUST 2019 | nwsportsmanmag.com

Translation: Watch the weather reports

and pick warm, dry days.

Once the weather turns foul, doves

will depart almost overnight.

Find areas of water near agricultural

lands where grains are the crops. They

like fencerows, areas around cattle tanks,

and watch for them to be perched along

powerlines or in trees with bare limbs.

I’ve shot at doves. Buy more shells

than you think you’ll need.

You will also want to have plenty of

water. Hunting doves can get to be a

thirsty affair, and out in the Columbia

Basin or in the croplands of Eastern

Oregon, it gets dry out in late summer

and one can dehydrate pretty fast

without noticing. NS

This self-sealing rubber crow target makes for

excellent practice for conking grouse in the head

with a .22-caliber rifle or pistol. (DAVE WORKMAN)