There is a Ukrainian folk tale about a little girl who, on the first cold morning of winter, found a nearly frozen dove huddling in snow. She took it indoors to warm and feed. Later she went back ...

Here in Marin, we have four kinds of doves and pigeons. Really, these are all members of the same family — “dove” and “pigeon” are not strictly scientific words and are applied without any perfectly ...

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.

If you made the mistake of reading the comments anywhere on Facebook this week, you might have been pleasantly surprised by what you found. It all depends on how you feel about a certain purple bird ...

Amid spring’s profusion of birdsong, one of the most iconic voices is that of the mourning dove. It’s a familiar sound, in which an opening note swells into a higher second syllable, then falls back ...

For wingshooters, the dove opener is a kick-off to what we hope will be a fall full of rooster flushes, covey rises, and greenheads dangling over the decoys. It’s also some of the toughest shooting ...

I could ask the other hunters to join me, or yell at them. Instead, I choose a strategic retreat and leave. About 10 A.M. I’m back. There’s no one around—only piles of empties and makeshift blinds to ...

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 ...

Sarah Shrekgast, a former hair salon owner, launched Jersey Shore Doves in 2017, providing white dove release services for various events. Shrekgast's interest in doves stemmed from her husband's ...