ST. PAUL -- A mourning dove may be a sweet songbird or part of a good meal, but the Minnesota House came down on the side of food. "They are very tasty," Rep. Tom Hackbarth, R-Cedar, said Tuesday ...

My mind’s made up. I’m going mourning dove hunting. Wisconsin’s first mourning dove hunting season begins Monday and runs through the end of October. How many, if any, mourning doves I plan to ...

ST. PAUL - An effort to ban mourning dove hunting in Minnesota has effectively been shot down for the year. Some lawmakers, backed by animal protection organizations such as the Humane Society, want ...

Dove hunting kicks fall seasons off with a big bang. And while there is no better way to warm up for later bird seasons than with a hot dove shoot or two, dove hunting is well-worth pursuing in its ...

Texas hunters’ hopes are on the rise, just like the state’s mourning dove population. Across the board, from the Trans-Pecos to the Piney Woods, mourning dove numbers jumped from the previous year, ...

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.

Farming communities, and areas with wildlife preserves such as the Mid-Valley are good hunting grounds for dove hunters. Mourning doves are often hunted near harvested grain fields such as wheat, ...

ST. PAUL -- An effort to ban mourning dove hunting in Minnesota has effectively been shot down for the year. Some lawmakers, backed by animal protection organizations such as the Humane Society, want ...

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 ...

Even though there have been some cooler mornings recently, school buses are back on the roads, and pumpkin spice coffee has made its return with a questionable seasonal start date. Fall officially ...