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.

When my home state of Iowa finally got a mourning dove season eight years ago, I felt like playing catch-up to make amends for the previous thirty or forty doveless years. My now-departed waterfowl ...

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 ...

Shooting doves is an economy of scale. A mourning dove weighs about 4 ounces. A Eurasian collared dove weighs about 5.3 ounces, and a white-winged dove weighs about 5.4 ounces. A 12-gauge shotgun ...

Don't let the hum of the air conditioner make you forget that hunting seasons are quickly approaching. On Sept. 1, dedicated waterfowl hunters will enjoy the early Canada goose season, which ends Oct.

American shooters have always liked smallbore guns. These days, they like them more than ever. New ammo choices and a new smallbore magnum cartridge let the 20- and 28-gauges expand their roles from ...

A mourning dove hunting season did not pop up in a recent state survey of hotels, motels and resorts. Rep. Tom Hackbarth, R-Cedar, sponsored the dove bill, saying 30,000 hunters would converge on ...

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 ...