Getting up at 3 am, and other ways to commit suicide

Left: My bounty of doves (the 10 in front of me), 3 of us downed 29 birds last Saturday

So last week, I think I let enthusiasm get the best of me. I got up 4 times during the first week of dove season, got out and shot a bunch of doves. The downside to all of this is that I can't stop getting up early. I'm up at 5:20 today, and I'm watching a shotgun video about a shotgun I'd love to own for quail season. I also am suffering from dove fever which is a condition that forces me to stop everything I'm doing and watch how doves
are flying by and observing the times at which they're doing so.




So I'm officially going to say that I am done dove hunting until the second season opens up for concerns of health.

The other main way to commit suicide is to stick your hand right in a rattler's face, which I did like an idiot when I tried to retrieve a downed bird. Jumped back, let out obscenities, shot the things head clean off, and grabbed my bird and got the heck out of there.





The final report is this:

• I spent a ton of shells (stupid semi-auto chugs through ammo faster than my trusty pump)
  
• I shot a lot of doves
• I introduced 3 new people to dove hunting
• I have a lot of breasts to cook up
• I had a great time trying to kill myself by getting up at an unholy hour'
• Always watch for snakes
  

- A.A.