Even a Majority of Michigan Hunters Agree

"Rob Sexton, vice president of government affairs for the [Ohio] U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, said last week that a recent alliance poll in Michigan showed that about 60 percent of the public and more than 50 percent of hunters are opposed to continuing Michigan's dove season, which faces a voter referendum in November." -- The Flint Journal, March 2, 2006.

"This bill does nothing to improve the non-hunting public's perspective of hunting. In fact it casts hunters in a bad light and is damaging to their image. The vast majority of the Michigan public views the mourning dove as a songbird, not a target for hunting. Mourning doves are enjoyed by millions of residents in their backyards. Just because these birds are hunted elsewhere is no reason for them to be hunted in Michigan. According to a public opinion survey by EPIC/MRA, a majority of the State's residents, including 54% of hunters surveyed, opposed the hunting of mourning doves. There are plenty of other species for hunters to shoot in Michigan." -- Representative Phillips, House Journal Number 52, June 8, 2004.

"I don't think it's a mark of a true outdoorsman to shoot doves." -- Lifelong avid hunter and 30+ year State Senator Harry Gast [Retired], Journal of the Senate, Thursday December 14, 2000

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