Many California hunters consider the Sept. 1 dove season opener the celebratory – if unofficial – start to California’s hunting seasons. Technically speaking, rabbit season opened July 1 and some ...

Dove hunting is one of the most popular wingshooting sports in the U.S. Each season 1 million hunters spend 3 million days afield to shoot between 15 and 20 million mourning doves, according to U.S.

COLEMAN — “It doesn’t rain for 60 days and then it pours,” lamented Dusty Greaves, Coleman County rancher and hunting outfitter, 15 hours before last Monday’s dove season opener. Greaves had spent ...

One of the most highly anticipated days on the calendar for many Mississippi sportsmen arrives this weekend. The 2024-25 dove season opener falls on Sunday, September 1 this year. Doves are considered ...

I could ask the other hunters to join me, or yell at them. Instead, I choose a strategic retreat and leave. About 10 A.M. I’m back. There’s no one around—only piles of empties and makeshift blinds to ...

Living in cities, declines in dove populations probably are not noticeable because there is always plenty of backyard food in the water. In the wild, where the birds are at the mercy of Mother Nature ...