Dove Hunting: the best part about fall
As soon as the first cool breeze pushes through the grass line following the hot summer, you can find sportsmen glancing to the skyline. They are not making meteorological or astronomical assessments. They are looking for doves. Long considered the sport of choice for discerning gentlemen hunters, the taking of dove across the lower 48 is equal parts bonding and field craft.
These small migratory game birds include the pointed-tailed mourning dove—and the white-winged dove. They are what is known as non-perching upland game birds. This means you will find them either on the ground or in the sky, not in trees. Ushered into the marsh and pine forests of the South by the first hint of fall, they appear in large numbers starting in early September. When we say large numbers, we mean it. According to USF&WS surveys, it is thought that some 500-million of these little seed-eaters are poking around the country…
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