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.

Hunting seasons get underway in Pennsylvania with start of dove season Sept. 1. The Pennsylvania Game Commission reports there are roughly 350 million doves in the United States and more than 20 ...

For wingshooters, the dove opener is a kick-off to what we hope will be a fall full of rooster flushes, covey rises, and greenheads dangling over the decoys. It’s also some of the toughest shooting ...

Dove hunting season has opened across much of the Midwest. Opening day is always popular. Public lands can be crowded early in the season. But as time goes on, the crowds thin out and many dove fields ...

There's certainly no shortage of hunting seasons opening in the weeks ahead: deer season in October, followed by the upland birds opener, waterfowl season also in mid-October and, of course, the ...

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OLIVIA, MINN. ­­­– The mourning dove rocketed about 35 yards above me, a relatively easy shot. My first spray of shotgun pellets flew well behind the bird. My second shot, fired as the dove was ...

Ohio River crappie; squirrel hunting with Ellie May; fast-flying doves. Chad searches for crappie on the Ohio River, we head to the woods for some squirrel hunting with Ellie May, and Chad hits the ...

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 ...

The traditional kickoff for hunting seasons happens Sept. 4 as hunters take to the field in pursuit of doves. Most hunters will simply find a likely looking grain field or other feeding area and have ...

This story was originally published in the December 1971 issue of Outdoor Life. “The trouble with me,” moaned Mike Jacobs, “is that I shoot where they ain’t. I zig when they zag.” Mike had uncorked ...

Texas 300,000 dove hunters will head to the field for the annual season opener on September 1. Experts say dove hunting generates around $450 million annual for the Texas economy. Matt Williams Texas ...