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.

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 ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — For many, the return of college football and the opening of dove hunting season make Labor Day weekend one of the most anticipated holidays of the year. In fact, it is ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Dove season opens Sunday in Tennessee, continuing what the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) has called “one of the state’s most long-standing outdoor sports ...

WEST FARGO – I grew up in an era before the early August goose hunt, and 25 years later, it still feels a bit odd to think of hunters swatting mosquitoes and slathering on sunscreen. Doug Leier is an ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (FOX 44) – The Texas A&M Forest Service is encouraging Texans to help prevent wildfires during Labor Day weekend and the start of dove hunting season. According to the Forest ...

BUCKEYE, Ariz. – Eleven-year-old Hunter Lopez got up at 2 a.m. to start his day, although he admitted being so excited he barely slept. Lopez, his father and his uncle loaded up their shotguns and ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) — Dudley Haas, 84, of Waco, has continued a cherished tradition — shooting a dove on opening day — for the 79th year in a row. “I call September 1 New Year’s Day because that’s the ...

TEXAS, USA — Texas' current dove population might be just what hunters are hoping for. According to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), the state's mourning dove population has increased ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Georgia’s dove hunting season is set to begin Sept. 6, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). The state’s annual dove ...

When dove-hunting season opened last weekend in Maryland, fields were awash in a downpour of rain and tree limbs flailed in the wild winds of Tropical Storm Ernesto, which came on far stronger than ...

Attention Georgia dove hunters! The 2025-2026 dove season is right around the corner. According to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD), opening day will kick ...