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Louisiana hunters have scratched and clawed across the flaming sands of the offseason desert, but they're feeling the cool breeze of the oasis, and it ain't no mirage. Dove season opens Saturday, and for thousands of outdoors enthusiasts, it's the official start of fall. Hunters who couldn't care less about wing-shooting the rest of the season gather over planted and disced fields for the opening-day festivities that are as much a social gathering as a hunt. Historically, the season has always opened at noon, giving hunters time to get to the fields, set up the grills and tell lies about...

I live in a small community in northeast Mississippi. We like to hunt, fish and get together and eat. There's always a big dove hunt the first Saturday of September every year. This group of ladies have been getting together for this hunt for several years.

Hunters and their dogs have officially broken nearly one hundred years of no dove hunting in Iowa. Doves have been protected in Iowa since 1918. In a bill regarding raccoons, the dove hunting was quietly added. The majority of Iowans oppose the dove hunting season that runs September 1st - November 9th. Voices of that majority went unheard or ignored in favor of the new law.

I am attempting to gather information on the Michigan Humane Society's contributions to environmental waco organizations as well as their financial outlay in filing bogus lawsuits against the state of Michigan for various and sundry claims against the hunting lobby. Most notably being the fight to prevent dove hunting. If anyone can help me out I would appreciate it.

FAIRFAX, VA-- In an historic victory, the National Rifle Association is pleased to announce that the Michigan Senate voted 22-15 to establish the first dove hunting season in state history. This triumph for sportsmen and hunters follows the overwhelming support of similar legislation in the Michigan House of Representatives last November. "This is a significant moment for hunters, sporting enthusiasts and NRA members across the state," said Chris W. Cox, NRA`s chief lobbyist. "Establishing a mourning dove season in Michigan is a tremendous victory for the great American hunting tradition. Thanks to the strong bi-partisan support of this legislation, sportsmen...

Assembly bill seeks ban on dove hunting By Ed Zieralski  STAFF WRITERFebruary 25, 2003 Not satisfied with the proposed legislation to outlaw the use of hounds to hunt black bears, a member of California's Democratic-controlled Assembly wants to outlaw dove hunting. State assemblyman Joe Nation, D-San Rafael, who represents Marin and Sonoma counties, introduced a bill Friday that would ban the hunting of mourning and white-winged doves in California. The bill, AB 1190, already has been praised by the Sacramento-based Animal Protection Institute, the New York-based Fund For Animals and the Washington D.C.-based Humane Society of the United States. They...