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 ...

I once asked a friend in the industry why gun makers gun makers don’t offer “dove specials” if dove hunting is so popular. “There is a dove special,” he said. “It’s called the 20-gauge Remington 1100.

One thing I love about dove season is that it's a time for me to use shotguns that I don't otherwise use. For duck hunting, I use a Browning Cynergy Waterfowl model or a Remington V3. Neither strike ...

Dove season opens Sept. 2, giving shotgunners their first big wingshooting test for the upcoming hunting seasons. If you can consistently hit doves on the wing, you are an advanced shotgunner. Ducks ...

It's almost here at last: dove season! To many of us who are hunters, the start of dove season is like the sunrise. It is a new day. It is a new beginning. We get to start over. All of the things we ...

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 ...

Texas dove hunters got a timely reprieve from the blazing summer heat when a mild cool front passed through the state just ahead of the Sept. 1 season opener in the north and central zones. The ...

Aug. 20—FRANKFORT — On the first of September each year, thousands of hunters flock to Kentucky's fields with shotguns slung over their shoulders. Despite the particularly heavy summer heat we've ...

Robert Zavala, 19, looked up at the dawn sky on the grassy field, searching for doves. He grabbed his shotgun, placed it against his shoulder and aimed. He pulled the trigger, the blast interrupting ...