Doves & Other Birds - South Africa
Hi there,
I just got back a few weeks ago from bird hunting in South Africa. It's a bit of a trek to get over there, but the bird hunting was incredible. There is excellent dove hunting there, as well as some other great gamebirds, including Guinea Fowl which are a riot to shoot! It's basically like rooster pheasants that flock up. Fast flying, noisy, and just a great gamebird overall.
We did some dove hunting there a couple of afternoons, and it was late June which is the end of their bigger flights of birds. "Slow season" and we each shot a case of shells in 2 hours - every single day. I shot 100 doves myself one afternoon, and it was a great time. During April and May in their peak season, they will typically shoot about 3 cases of shells per guy per day.
Here are a couple of pictures. I'm going to put up a proper post about the whole trip one of these days when I have time. The goose hunting and Guineas were my favorite.
The guide was Pringles Legendary Safaris who is also a new AO sponsor. I would definitely recommend checking them out and I'll be heading back there again in the (hopefully) very near future! The nice thing about Africa too is that it's a bit of an adventure and you can add on some cheap plains game or do some site seeing for game to mix it up a bit. Not sure if that's too far for you to travel, but it was a great trip and I would highly recommend it to anyone who loves bird hunting.
Here are a couple pics of the doves and guineas...
Have a good trip wherever you go!
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