You need to shoot and you need to learn you know there's no shortcuts but having

what taking lessons can save you a lot of wrong turns right because once you can

learn to diagnose your own misses and know what's going on you get better or faster and you get frustrated less and you can improve

We used to have a split season so you could shoot in December,

and it was totally different, you know,

because it's even in Alabama was cold.

And those birds were mature birds.

And so they were a lot better on the plate.

Yeah, they are. And fatter, a lot better on the plate. Yep, they are.

And fatter, a lot of more foul.

I'll usually I'll take the just the breasts of the early doves,

but those late fat ones, those are birds to pick.

Depending on what practices you're using, water quality projects are wildlife projects.

Yep.

Yes.

You know, if you put buffer strips along streams, which is a big thing, you're going to have wildlife.

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