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Published: August 31, 2008

Dove season begins Monday in Oklahoma, and hunters should bring home a bounty

By Ed Godfrey

Judging by most reports, dove hunters could be burning up some barrels on Monday.

"I think it is going to be a boon year,” said Jay Jack of Double J Outfitters in Roosevelt.

"We got tons of birds (in southwest Oklahoma ) this year. I don't think there is going to be any disappointments like last year.”

Hackberry, Packsaddle and Beaver and other wildlife management areas in western Oklahoma were repo...

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