Dove hunting is one of the most popular wingshooting sports in the U.S. Each season 1 million hunters spend 3 million days afield to shoot between 15 and 20 million mourning doves, according to U.S.

This story was originally published in the December 1971 issue of Outdoor Life. “The trouble with me,” moaned Mike Jacobs, “is that I shoot where they ain’t. I zig when they zag.” Mike had uncorked ...

W.J. Mullican and I had done some preseason scouting and had located a 30-acre field of freshly harvested mil­let that was swarming with doves. We estimated that 1,500 to 2,000 of them were feeding in ...