The options for dove hunting ammunition are varied, but most use No. 7.5 or 8 shot. The key to either is to make sure the bird is with the 30- to 40-yard optimum range for any shell. On my first dove ...

If seven shells are fired for every dove bagged, we dove hunters pop 140-million caps ­or 280,000 cases of shells (500 shells to the case) at doves per season. That is an unbelievable amount of sport ...

For fast action and lots of shooting, nothing beats dove hunting. It’s estimated that more shells are expended dove hunting than in all other hunting combined. Simply put, the limit is liberal – and ...

With shotgun shells harder to find this summer, dove hunters are having to scramble before the Sept. 1 opener. Target loads are easier to find and could give hunters better down-range pattern. In my ...

Several thousand shotgun shells have been fired since dove season started Tuesday in most of Texas. Even more will be shot up this weekend. If the 70-day season goes well, Texas hunters will bag about ...

Opening day of Florida's three-phase dove season is fast approaching (Oct. 5-28, Nov. 16-Dec. 1, Dec. 14-Jan. 12), and shotgunners are hustling to get ready to collect their share of the fast-flying ...

Texas' 400,000 dove hunters put considerable effort and money into pursuing the challenging, tasty game birds. Heck, conservatively figuring four shells fired for each of the 4.5 million doves ...

LITTLE ROCK — Texas officials expect to spend $417,297 on a lethality study to determine the effectiveness of different shotshell load types on wild mourning doves. That's according to budget numbers ...

Last week we mentioned the dove season opener on Sept. 4. Are you ready? We don't mean equipment, gun, and shells. We're talking about you as a shooter. For many hunters the dove opener is a one-time ...

For fast action and lots of shooting, nothing beats dove hunting. It’s estimated that more shells are expended dove hunting than in all other hunting combined. Simply put, the limit is liberal – and ...