Dove hunting is one of the most popular wingshooting sports in the U.S. Each season 1 million hunters spend 3 million days afield to shoot between 15 and 20 million mourning doves, according to U.S.

The 40-plus sunflower fields planted each year by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources have always been intended for doves and hunters. But they have recently become a more widespread attraction ...