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Opening weekend Dove season 2019

The opening day of Sept 1st 2019, was pretty pleasant woke up to temperatures around 64 degrees quite humid but a slight breeze made it feel great with a hoodie on, my friend Bo accompanied me. The morning spots we picked weren’t so great we saw a few but only shot one. The afternoon it really picked up on a new spot that I decided to try, bagged 7 in just over an hour! The next morning, Labor day, I took a break from dove and took my dad fishing since he hadn’t been out of the house in a while, then I went back out, with my daughter Ahri, to that same spot I went opening evening. I let Ahri run the camera…. she could use a little more practice but overall she did alright haha, we bagged 7 more in about an hour they were loving that Mojo decoy. Ahri was pretty damn good at remembering where the birds fell, way better than me anyways.

Overall it was a pretty enjoyable weekend, it was great to get out of the house and back into the woods (or field rather), and a great way to start the fall hunting season.

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DIY shotgun phone mount (revised for modifications)

To help with my hunting streams ive purchased a couple of tripods over the past couple years which are nice except when im moving around a bunch it can get tiresome to keep folding them up and down bending the legs or what ever, i was shopping around for some mounts on amazon but couldn’t really find anything that did what i wanted which was to clamp on and hold the camera out to the side and horizontal, on my rifle something that clamps on top wouldn’t be bad because i have a scope, on this i need line of sight down the barrel so i can aim. The best part is i had most of this stuff just lying around in the shop i only had to buy the hose clamps, so this cost about a buck.

REVISION: I had to add another hose clamp to hold it still, and the socket rail was too thin and flimsy made my phone vibrate all the time, so i replaced it with some 1/8″x1″ steel strap cut and bent to fit. I still need to find a way to more securely hold the phone on it fell out of the clamp about 75% of the time i shot.

Parts list:

  • 3/4″ pvc T fitting
  • metal bar from an old socket rail with the clips removed. 
  • 1/8″x1″  steel strap (the socket rail was too thin and flimsy)
  • 2x 1/4″ x 3/4″ bolts with nuts ny-lock is best for this application
  • 1x phone clamp this is what i used very tight spring loaded grip
  • 2X .75″ – 1.5″ hose clamp
  • 1/4″ drill bit + drill

Tools Used:

  • hacksaw
  • sandpaper
  • die grinder with cutoff wheel
  • 7/16 end wrenches
  • spray paint [flat colors for camo effect..ish]
  • flat head screw driver