Me even though it’s my first year and I haven’t much of clue but I’ve been doing some research and I’m legal plus I’m with my grandpa who has hunted them before but we still don’t know too much
Doves have an IQ of a large shiny piece of river stone, they just dont let you get close lol. I've missed them by a couple of inches and they just hop over a little to the left or right. They are always on the power lines or in the tallest trees in the woods. Idk what your laws are but if they are on the ground or on a branch you might not be able to shoot them. In my state you can't hit turkeys flying or in trees because of "fair chase laws" and such. I didn't know it was a thing until I found it in a law book when I was first learning. If you got feral pigeon in your area get some of them . They got so much meat you can process them just like a little chicken or turkey. They got 3 times the amount of meat any dove has.