Dove season kicks off the Texas hunting calendar Thursday and hunters hope this September fares far better than last year. “Really dismal year last year,” TPWD’s webless migratory game bird program ...

Dove season opens Sept. 1 and Texas hunters could see significantly increased dove populations due to a cool and rainy spring. An estimated 28.3 million mourning doves, a 44% increase from last year, ...

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 ...