I was getting worried about 7 1/2 shot not being available and then a few weeks it all seemed to hit the shelves.

Stopped by a local store (LAX Ammo) in San Diego to see what they had. After explaining I’ll be Yuma to hunt, my options opened up.

They only had 6 shot in steel (as required in CA) but once i told them where I’ll be, cases of shells in 6, 7 1/2, 8, and 9 were available. Mostly target (sub 1200 fps, not good for the 930spx but okay for the 870) but some over 1200 for $129/case

So, anyone else looking forward to 1 Sept?

Yep, I’ll be out on Sept 1 as always. Luckily I have plenty of 7 1/2 ammo, though not my preferred load. I’m still chasing ammo for my SD pheasant hunt in Nov.

I may try to get a hunt in on our land, but I’ll mainly be up opening weekend to set up a new timed protein feeder in my wife’s archery area.

Best of luck to y’all, and everyone else in the season.

Max is ready.........well almost

Since I live in Michigan and doves are designated songbirds here and illegal to hunt (thanks HSUS) the answer is no.

Hoping to make at least 1 bird trip & 1 deer trip this year.
It's a 6-7 hrs drive each way, so we don't go too frequently

I go every year. Unfortunately, most doves around here are in or around cities.

Endless supply in the backyard. They’re fat from all the food my wife puts out.

If I had a BB gun, I could eat for weeks.

Yes, always look forward to Sept. 1 to kick off hunting season.

"Dove Season is the first holiday of the holiday season."

It was sometime after high school when I learned that other families actually use Labor Day as an excuse to spend time with each other during cookouts, going to the lake, traveling, or some other nonsense. My entire formative years were spent dove hunting with my dad over that 3-day weekend. I didn't realize until much later how cool my mom was to let me and dad go away without squawking about it. If September 1st occurred on a school day, my dad would pick me up in the afternoon just to participate in Opening Day. The first full weekend always included hunting with many of his friends at multiple locations for the entire weekend.

I missed all the shooting seasons last year due to ACDF surgery recovery, so I'm really looking forward to it this year. Since dad passed in 2012, I've always carried his Lanber 12 gauge side-by on Opening Day.

It is my favorite day of the year. Will be in East Georgia at daylight on the 3rd with my Sweet 16 across my lap. I have about 5000 rounds of bird shot over 4 gauges. I buy it when I find it so I don't have to find it when I need it.

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Originally posted by Beancooker:
Endless supply in the backyard. They’re fat from all the food my wife puts out.

If I had a BB gun, I could eat for weeks.

I could get the bag limit any time from our front porch. We have white wing and mourning, and until last year the European (collared) dove. Strangely (and thankfully), the collards have been absent this year.

I wish. Dove have been increasingly rare in central Florida with exploding development and reduced agriculture. Not to mention, that the development has cut down on the availability of dove fields.

Great sport, delicious food, dying in my part of the country.

Our Dove, teal and early goose season starts Spey 1st here. I will probably start out the morning swatting some nuisance geese and hit the dove field in the evening. 30 years ago I’d have been out after teal in the morning, I now let the kids deal with the skeeters and what not. Actually dove hunting is my all time favorite wing shoot anymore. Chased ducks all over the state for a lot of years, knees and hips are shot anymore so I avoid the muck unless I can get a boat ride to the blind.

Pretty nice opening weekend in south MS. Made some bacon wrapped, jalepeno and cream cheese stuffed dove poppers with some of the ones we bagged Saturday.

Hunting not needed here: just open the window and they'll mozy on in.

I went. Great time. Weather wasn’t too bad and we had some birds.

Two of my Grandsons went Sunday with 4 other guys and 3 girlfriends.

93 birds... 3 over the limit by my math unless the girlfriends bagged a few.
Heck, the girls might have out shot the guys, dunno, They probably would never admit it!

Marked my Grandsons in the photo...