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Hunting with history in Iowa dove season notes
John Lawrence Hanson recounts a dawn dove hunt in Iowa with safety licenses fees and federal surveys, reflecting on passenger pigeons once common in the region. He notes decoy use, line dynamics, and a lone successful shot at 6 14, while tracing the species' decline due to market hunting and deforestation and praising ongoing wildlife conservation efforts.
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Iowa
Feds
Sunflower Field
John Jay Audubon
Ohio River
Nebraska
U.S
Wisconsin
Tomah
Linn County
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Franklin County
Keokuk
John F. Lacey