I suppose you could hunt over bait, but not like..a bird feeder. And just like regular hunting, it must have gotten their through natural agriculrutral processes iIncluding livestock pastures.) No, mourning doves are a specified game bird and have their own season, shooting them now would be illegal. If you need another reason for shooting birdds, these birds are pest birds. The make nests in unwanted places, and...are just pests!