Almost everybody recognizes the mourning dove, and many people recognize the mournful hoooooh-hoo-hooo call that gives the species its name. As it says in the song, “the turtle dove moans ...

Some just dignify life with a humble beauty and gentility. Consider mourning doves. They don’t sparkle with rainbow colors. They dress in a soft gray-brown, adorned by just a few black dots and ...

Texas hunters’ hopes are on the rise, just like the state’s mourning dove population. Across the board, from the Trans-Pecos to the Piney Woods, mourning dove numbers jumped from the previous ...

Mourning doves appear to be doing relatively well. The species is the most-abundant game bird in North America, and Texas hunters account for nearly a third of the U.S.’s annual harvest.

A couple of no. 7 steel shotshells later, he added a pair of doves to his duck strap. But not native mourning doves. Mourning dove season lasts through October, but Hickman's similar quarry can ...

AUSTIN A rainy spring and early summer led to a good nesting season through most of the state and near record high populations of mourning and white-wing doves across large portions of Texas.

DEAR JOAN: This spring, we had a mourning dove make a nest in one of our hanging planters. The planter was mostly dead plants and potting soil, but she must have thought it was safe, so she laid ...