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Dove hunting.

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-SEP-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Dove hunting.(The Manual: WHAT EVERY TEXAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ...)

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For many hunters, Labor Day weekend is synonymous with the soft coos of the mourning dove. Every year, roughly 350,000 people in Texas are seduced by this avian siren song and harvest about five million of the four-ounce birds-that's about 30 percent of the total number shot in the U.S. Why is dove hunting so popular here? "Texas has more dove than any other state," says Corey Mason, who oversees the game bird program for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. "It's an...

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