i'm not real sure, have never dove hunted. i'll do some quail or pheasant, quail if i realyy am in the need to kill something..... kinda small. the pheasants are like shooting chickens. used to hunt pheasant up north.
dove hunting is a challenge, especially if it is a little windy and they seem to be in kamikaze mode. we usually start around 3 like you all are and then when we are done we give them to the property owners and he gives them to his crew leaders that work for him on the farm. its alot of fun. sometimes we keep some, but they never go to waste.
it sounds like fun, kicked up an assss looooaaaaddddd of them today. there is a bunch out there. might give it a whirl this year.
it will definately improve your skills. they can get to flyin pretty fast.
if i get my duck gun (nice over and under that i want) or semi auto non pump ill be bird hunitng this year.
