I had a dove build a nest on the wire to keep debris out of the down spout on my gutters one time. Luckily we never had any rain to speak off while she was there.
When I used to field hunt geese I always had some #7 steel in my vest. Barn pigeons were attracted to my spinner. We shot quite a few over the years. Good eating.
The year we had a dove season in Michigan it was only in the southern most counties. Of course we had no season in the field we were hunting in the north. The 10 acre field we were hunting geese on was solid with doves. The farmer had planted alfalfa with a wheat cover crop. The next year he blamed the geese for the failure of the alfalfa. I told him it was dove not geese. Sadly dove season was put on the ballot and the city slickers put an end to it.