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| Written by Craig Nyhus | |
| Saturday, 03 November 2007 | |
 Craig Nyhus, editor of Lone Star Outdoor News, had some fast and furious action hunting near the “Hot Spot Tree”. Photo by David J. Sams “Let’s get out of the office and go,” David Sams said. “I killed nine Sun. night after working on the duck blind in the pond. I’ll put you in the hot spot.” Having fallen victim to the “hot spot” promise before, skepticism took hold. But we made the one-hour trek south of town. Then he showed me the “hot spot.” “Stand by that tree, they’ll come over it at about six o’clock,” he said. To describe it as a tree was generous at best. Had it been an evergreen, Charlie Brown would have chosen it for the Christmas play. To top it off, it was in a mowed grass field, not exactly prime dove habitat. Visions of the college snipe hunt were dancing in my head. But I did as instructed and waited. And after a few minutes, one bird did lumber by and I managed to down it on my second shot. Then it happened. The doves showed up all at once, and actually flew over that excuse for a tree. My first shots out of the 20-gauge over and under brought down one bird.  Nyhus, connects with a dove during the last day of central zone dove seasons, first split. Photo by David J. Sams The next two shots, one to the right and one to the left, were true. Reload! Another group was coming fast. The first shot brought down a bird out in front, but the second shot was way behind the intended target. Five birds down in 30 seconds. During the lull, and having violated the rule of picking up birds immediately after shooting them, I was able to locate all five in the short grass. Hoping for more waves with 30 minutes left of shooting time, I waited. One group came by super-fast, and one bird fell. Then it stopped. “It was better Sunday,” Sams said. I guess it really was the hot spot. |
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