Pre-Season Clay Practice for California Upland Hunters: Building the Right Reps Before Opening Day
Planning a summer of clay practice for California upland hunting: the sporting clays, skeet, and 5-stand presentations instructors match to dove openers, quail rises, and chukar shots.
Nonlead Shot for Dove: What Works at 25 Yards
A 25-yard crossing dove is the shot of the California opener. What the pattern board and the published data say about steel 6s and 7s, bismuth 7s and 8s, IC versus modified, and the price of a 15-bird volume day.
Patterning Nonlead Shot before the 2026 California Dove and Quail Openers: A July and August Range Session Plan
A July range-session plan for patterning nonlead shotshells before the 2026 California dove opener — steel, bismuth, and choke selection for mourning dove.