Commitment To A Plan and Why
The only experience that will benefit you is the successful or unsuccessful attempt of a specific plan. Indecision confuses the brain. When approaching targets you have never seen, make a plan and execute it. And most of all, be decisive about what you're going to do...
Dove Hunt #2
We're back to the dove lodge with a new group of folks from Texas, St. Louis, and Jamaica. What a great experience. Everyone jelled perfectly. The Jamaicans had been there a day, so they had already begun their hunt. They were amazed at the amounts of...
Argentina Dove and Pigeon Hunting: Lessons Learned
We're leaving the La Zenaida lodge on our way to the pigeon lodge. Joe and Kate left to hunt today and go back to the US tonight. They said their goodbyes and we are making great time to the lodge. It seems that all are going...
You’ve Just Got To Eventually KNOW
I'm now convinced more than ever of the importance of being able to move and mount the gun to the target. That is a precursor to improving a person's ability to shoot moving targets with a shotgun. My ability to simply react to a dove or...
The Pigeon Lodge
Argentina Pigeon Lodge How much fun we had and how many lessons learned. And of course, the food and service were fabulous. The pigeon lodge was built in 1622 and has so much history. The manager Christen takes care of it to make everyone appreciates the...
Argentina Dove Hunting 2015
We left Houston at 10:30 in a big rainstorm. Houston had so much rain on Monday night that it flooded the town. And we were getting it again. Getting to Argentina Off to Panama to catch our flight to Córdoba to bird hunt for 14 days. We...
Lessons Learned in Argentina (Part Three)
Last Pigeon Shoot No ShotKam this time. I'm just shooting. There's an uncanny ability to see the bird and less and less of the barrel. It's as if you must be aware of it when programming the pictures. Then when you're performing, you know without looking where...
Lessons Learned in Argentina (Part Two)
I've been shooting the ShotKam and struggled the first day with the weight. I had to rest every 10 or so shots at the dove lodge. I forced myself to keep shooting the Shotkam at the pigeon lodge and really struggled with "looking at the lead."...
Lessons Learned in Argentina (Part One)
We're leaving La Zenaida dove lodge and going to pigeon lodge. Lessons Learned by Each Student Gerald: Expectation became his boundary which he overcame. Keith: Expanded his horizons. Richard: Shot better with his over and under. Gregg: Proved himself on almost every hunt. Paul: Surprised even himself with his consistency. Dan: Surprised...
DNR Training in Iowa
We're on our way home from doing two DNR trainings. One was in Florida which had 186 volunteers that we introduced to the OSP System. The other was in Des Moines, Iowa at the International Hunters Education Convention, where we gave two lectures then had...