Gear
Dove Hunting
Benelli
828U Sport Over/Under, 12 Gauge, 32"
Riley's dove gun: the 828U Sport in 12 gauge with 32-inch barrels, right-handed.
$4,199
KUIU
Upland Field Vest, Khaki
Shells up front, birds in the back, water on both hips. Riley's dove vest.
$199.99
Benelli
Sporting Vest
The hot-day vest: mesh and cotton, shell pockets, a bird pouch behind. Riley wears the medium.
$55
Federal
Texas Dove, 12 Gauge, 7½ Shot
The shell in the vest: 2¾-inch, 1¼ ounce of 7½ lead at 1,350 fps. Twenty-five to a box.
$22.99 / box of 25
Rogers Sporting Goods
Goosebuster 3 Man Blind, Realtree Max-7
Three of you in one hide on a fence line or a field edge. Brush it in with the loops and it disappears.
$249.99
Rogers Sporting Goods
Elite Double Spinning Wing Backpack, Realtree Max 7
Two spinners, their wings, batteries and stakes, in one bag on your back. Riley's decoy pack.
$49.99
Mojo Outdoors
Voodoo Spinning Wing Dove Decoy
The spinner. Riley takes six into the field with him.
$24.99 each
Mojo Outdoors
Dove A Flickers, 4 Pack
Four little flashers scattered on the ground in front of the stand. Riley takes a four-pack in with him.
$49.99 for four
Mojo Outdoors
Clip-On Dove Decoy, 4 Pack
Four still birds for the fence wire and the mesquite limbs. Riley takes a four-pack in with him.
$16.99 for four
Duracell
CopperTop AA, Carton of 96
Don't wait until the day before the season to get batteries. Many years this was the one thing Riley forgot, and then you're stuck paying big prices at the local corner store instead of getting them from Jeff Bezos a couple of weeks out.
$105.88 for 96
YETI
Boomer 8 Dog Bowl, Pampa Green
Felker's bowl, engraved Hill Country Hitters. Eight cups, and it doesn't tip when she goes at it.
$60 (plus engraving)
Garmin
Alpha 200 Plus with TT 25 Collar
Where Felker is, and a way to talk to her, from nine miles out. The handheld and the tracking-and-training collar together.
$849.98 on sale, $1,049.98 list
ShotKam
ShotKam Gen 4, 12-Gauge Mount
A camera on the barrel that records every shot, so the misses stop being a mystery.
$599 on sale, $699 list
GoPro
HERO12 Black + Chesty = Felker Cam
This is how Riley gets the Felker Cam footage: a HERO12 Black in the Chesty harness, on the dog.
$369.99 + $44.99
YETI
The Fully-Loaded Bucket, Tan
The seat, the shell bucket and the tool belt, all one thing you carry in with one hand. Tan bucket and seat, black belt and caddy.
$160 as a set
Benelli
Lodge Shell Carrier, Olive
Four boxes of Texas Dove in a waxed-cotton bag that looks better the more it gets thrown in the truck.
$75
YETI
Rambler 12 oz Colster Slim Can Cooler, Navy
For those wild willies.
$25
Project Upland Magazine
Dove Hunting, at Project Upland
The reading. Everything Project Upland has written on doves, in one place: tactics, the migration, the birds themselves, and what to do with them afterward.
First Lite
Men's 308 Pant, Black and Walnut
Riley wears these all the time, in both colours: the pant for deer, dove and everything in between. 30 waist, 32 length.
$175
Montana Knife Company
Sharptailed, Olive
A bird knife that is actually a knife. Small, sharp, and shaped for breasting doves instead of quartering an elk.
$275
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