Dove hunt for disabled set for Sept. 3 at Ten Mile Pond

Hunters with mobility impairments will be able to participate in a dove hunt Sept. 3 -- the second day of dove hunting season -- at Ten Mile Pond Conservation Area in Mississippi County.

The event is sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation Department and the National Wild Turkey Federation.

The Conservation Department will provide hunting areas for the exclusive use of hunters who have reservations for the event. NWTF volunteers will serve as guides, helping hunters get to and from the field and retrieving downed birds.

Participants will need to arrive at Ten Mile Pond Conservation Area headquarters at 5:30 a.m. and must leave the fields by 1 p.m. They must have small-game and migratory bird hunting permits and hunter education certification cards.

For reservations, call Larry Neal, 334-8881, or Tim Hendershott, 335-9350.