There aren’t many secrets anymore when it comes to duck and dove hunting sweet spots. However, here are a few tips from a ...

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) -- Imagine you are a dove, foraging in a field. While pecking through dirt and weeds, you come across a small, dark object that is hard, round and resembles seeds and grit you ...

Undoubtedly this is my favorite time of the year. Since I was a kid I looked forward to Sept. 1 and the opening of dove season. I know there are a lot more hunters who mark their calendar for the ...

DES MOINES — The issue of whether to allow or ban the use of lead shot during Iowa’s dove-hunting season returned to the political firing line at the Statehouse on Thursday. Separate House and Senate ...

DES MOINES — A legislative panel voted Wednesday to bring the issue of dove-hunting before lawmakers again during the 2012 session. The Legislature’s Administrative Rules Review Committee, which last ...

DES MOINES — Gov. Terry Branstad issued an order Friday rescinding a ban on lead ammunition by dove hunters, saying he would not let state agencies trump actions of elected officials by using ...