The annual start of dove season has long been a popular event across our great state. Sunflower fields, watering holes and September afternoons, somehow signal the start of a new season. Sept. 1 holds ...

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 ...

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 ...

DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad issued an order Friday rescinding a ban on lead ammunition by dove hunters, saying he would not let state agencies trump actions of elected officials by using ...

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) -- Imagine you are a dove, foraging in a field. While pecking through dirt and weeds, you come across a small, dark object that is hard, round and resembles seeds and grit you ...

DES MOINES — The issue of whether to allow or ban the use of lead shot during Iowa’s dove-hunting season returned to the political firing line at the Statehouse on Thursday. Separate House and Senate ...

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 ...

DES MOINES — A legislative panel voted Wednesday to bring the issue of dove-hunting before lawmakers again during the 2012 session. The Legislature’s Administrative Rules Review Committee, which last ...