Opening weekend brings families back to the field
The 2026 dove hunting season began Saturday, Sept. 5, statewide, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced, and Garrett Daville and his wife, Rhea, of Eunice, took their two sons with them, 12-year-old Eli and 4-year old Slade, on their first dove hunt of the season. It’s a tradition for the Daville family to spend opening weekend harvesting doves together as the main ing…