Earlier this week, while stopping at a country store in Monroe County to buy some snacks, I ran into an old acquaintance decked out in well-worn, camouflage hunting clothes. “Going deer hunting?” I ...

Domestic pigeons have surprising cultural significance. They inspired Charles Darwin in his thinking about evolution, ...

It's still about two months away from the Sept. 1 opener of another Texas dove season, but Owen Fitzsimmons and his staff have been in a hunting mode since mid-May. Fitzsimmons is the point man for ...

This video walks through the full process of harvesting wild dove. Shot placement is emphasized to protect meat quality.

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 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The ABQ BioPark is home to penguins, the new baby hippo and a type of a bird that is extinct in the wild but is thriving at the BioPark. Dozens of Socorro doves call the BioPark ...

Mourning doves are native to Florida, and one of the state's most successful species. The mourning dove's range is southern Canada to Mexico. One of the few places doves don't nest is in the extreme ...

The holidays begin early for many California hunters with the Saturday, Nov. 9 openers for pheasant, wild turkey and the second dove season. Ring-necked pheasant The pheasant opener on the second ...

Nearly 50 years have passed since the Socorro dove last was sighted in the wild, but Texas State Aquarium visitors can now get a rare glimpse of the bird after two chicks hatched at the facility in ...