Everything that I have hunted, I have eaten. I had a Winchester .300 Rem Mag rifles for deer and elk, since sold, but I never went deer or elk hunting, probably because of the Bambi(the movie) effect on my conscience, but my Brothers hunt deer and I am all for hunting as long as you eat what you take. Someone has to "take care" of the chickens, pigs and cattle that people eat, at least I would eat grain fed wild game that "I harvested". As far as Doves go, they are mourning doves, which are not hunted in NY. They are everywhere here, but are difficult to bring down because when there is any wind, they curve all over the place....................( "Currently, there is no hunting season for mourning doves in New York State; however, mourning doves are one of the most popular game birds in North America, with close to one million hunters taking approximately 20 million birds annually in the U.S. They are one of the most widespread and abundant birds on the continent, and various survey data from New York show a significant increase in abundance of mourning doves over the last 40 years.
Thirty-nine of the lower 48 states have mourning dove hunting seasons, and federal regulations allow states in the eastern U.S. to select seasons up to 70 days in length, between September 1 and January 15, with a daily bag limit of 15 doves. However, New York does not currently have a mourning dove hunting season, and many hunters have wondered why. The simple reason is that State law does not classify mourning doves as either a migratory game bird or an upland game bird (ECL 11-0103); therefore, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) does not have the authority to establish hunting regulations for doves under the current law.")
PS, did you finally put your bike rack on without scratching the paint? If so, how did you find out how to do it?