If you’re already counting down the days until opening morning, you’re not alone. New Mexico’s annual dove season kicks off across most of the state every September 1st, making it one of the most anticipated hunting events of the early fall. Hunters can typically expect a roughly 90-day season spread across the North and South…
If you’re getting ready to chase doves across the Silver State, savor this — Nevada’s dove season is one of the most underrated hunting traditions in the West. From irrigated alfalfa fields near Overton to water tanks in the high desert, the action is steady, the weather is dry, and the limits are generous. The…
Nebraska keeps dove hunting refreshingly simple compared with many other states. For the 2026-2027 season year, the regular dove season is officially listed as September 1 through October 30, 2026, and it applies statewide rather than by separate dove zones. Hunters can expect classic early-season action around sunflower, millet, wheat, cut grain, stock ponds, shelterbelts,…
Montana’s mourning dove season opens on September 1 and runs through October 30, giving hunters across Big Sky Country a tight but productive window to chase one of North America’s most plentiful game birds. The 2026 framework has been officially adopted by the Montana Fish & Wildlife Commission, confirming the same traditional dates hunters have…
Missouri’s 2026 mourning dove season runs September 1, 2026 through November 29, 2026, with a combined daily bag limit of 15 doves and a possession limit of 45. Hunting hours begin one-half hour before sunrise and end at sunset. A small game hunting permit, a migratory game bird permit ($12.50), and a current HIP (Harvest…
Mississippi dove season is one of the state’s best early-fall openers, and for 2026-2027 the statewide framework follows the familiar three-split structure most hunters plan around. If you hunt mourning doves or white-winged doves in Mississippi, the big things to know are the split dates, the two-zone map, the 15-bird daily bag limit, HIP registration,…
Minnesota dove hunters finally have a clear statewide framework to work with for the current regulations cycle. Under the current 2026-2027 Minnesota hunting regulations, the published mourning dove season runs statewide from Sept. 1 through Nov. 29, 2026, with legal shooting hours from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. The daily bag limit is 15…
If you call September in Maryland “opening day for the whole year,” you’re not alone. The Maryland dove season 2026-2027 kicks off September 1, 2026, and gives hunters three distinct segments running all the way into early January 2027. It’s the state’s traditional curtain-raiser for fall hunting — and it’s one of the most accessible…
Every September, Louisiana hunters gear up for one of the most anticipated openings in the South — dove season. If you’re planning your fall hunts, the Louisiana Dove Season 2026-2027 opens with that classic Sept. 5 statewide feel: warm mornings, sun-soaked grain fields, and the whir of mourning doves pouring into a freshly cut rice…
Dove season is one of Kentucky’s most anticipated hunting traditions, kicking off the fall hunting calendar with fast-wing shooting, warm-weather camaraderie, and plenty of action in cut agricultural fields. The Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources (KDFWR) opens dove season each year on September 1, aligning with the federal migratory bird framework set by…