Brent, The NH wildife agency was staffed by visionaries 25 years ago. Long before there were any lead shot bans they floated the idea of a Dove season. It was shot down and agreed to be never brought up again after bird feeding animal lovers threatened to post their land to hunting. So we don't have to worry about heavy concentrations of lead in the dove fields here. Never mind it's a bird with a documented winter mortality of nearly 90% is never to be hunted. There is politics and there is science, I for one have seen my rights diminished by too much of the former and little of the latter, and often the latter is agenda driven ie. liars figure. Sincerely, a skeptic.