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Dove-hunting bill flies in the House.(NEWS)
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Byline: Conrad deFiebre; Staff Writer
Mock sounds of doves crying echoed through the House chamber Monday as a bill to allow hunting of mourning doves in Minnesota for the first time in 58 years was decisively approved.
An hour of mostly light-hearted debate preceded an 89-34 vote in favor of the bill sponsored by Rep. Joe Hoppe, R-Chaska. A companion bill now in the Senate Finance Committee also would make mourning dove hunting legal, as it is in 40 other states.
"Mourning doves are the most widely hunted game bird in the United States," Hoppe said. "Hunting them ...
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