DOVE AND PIDGEON SHOOTING IN SOUTH SONORA MEXICO

Three Acosta brothers in Alamos run a world class shooting operation that is better than England and Argentina and I should know. Shooting s sxs Pedro Arrizabalga 28 bore is a gentleman sport and most guys who do so are here to reap the bounty of Sierra Madre Occidental foothills. Since teen age years in Tucson dove hunts have been high on the list beginning with days reloading Winchester AA,  tuning up the dogs and oiling the shotguns. Back home doves quickly cooked over an open flame  wrapped in bacon taste served with wild rice and walnuts and summer stringed beans were devoured by my six brothers.

In Alamos there are a dedicate group of American dove shooters that take this sport rather seriously sometimes shooting over ten boxes daily. There is a cadre of high school buddies that can out shoot any one I ever shot with in England and Canada.  They were reared in California Central Valley where doves were as thick as flies and pass shooting was as fine as it gets.

The earliest action are morning doves who begin their flights from Mesquite roosts to the grain fields.  Their pointed tails enables them to wheel and deal making for instinctive shoot sometimes holding the gun at 45 degree angles. Experience trap and skeet shooter can not handle these shot until the thirds day as the birds are unpredictable in their flight patterns.  They save their ammo for the white wings that come in later.  Their tails like pigeon are rectangular and fly in a truer patter making lead easier to follow through.  The action can be unparalleled