"why go through the trouble ofputting in for a permit therejust to hunt dove.."

Just to hunt dove? Is that less of a hunt than any other type of hunting? Are dove hunters not your equal? My state doesn't allow dove hunting but I can imagine that there are people that are just as passionate about their dove hunting as you are other types of hunting. Maybe they want a limited use area to escape some of the crowds. Maybe it is closer to home. Who cares why they want to dove hunt there. My point is simply that I get tired of listening to fellow bow hunters gripe about competition or interference like we are the chosen few that should have exclusive seasons and priority over all other types of hunting. I think too many of us use the old "safety" excuse as a veil to hide behind when whatwe really want is to have the woods to ourselves. Just trying to get you to look at it from the "other side" because we had better allget on the same side.