FWC Announces 2008-09 Migratory Game Bird and Early Waterfowl Hunting Seasons

Crow

Season: Aug. 9 – Oct. 26, 2008 (Saturdays and Sundays only) and Nov. 11, 2008 – Feb. 18, 2009
Shooting hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
Bag limit: No bag or possession limits

Rail and common moorhen

Season: Sept. 1 – Nov. 9, 2008
Shooting hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
Bag limits (daily/possession):
  Clapper & king [...]

Arizona Dove Hunters Can Extend Their Wingshooting by Heading to the Mountains

PHOENIX —  The early dove season closes Monday, Sept. 15, but wingshooters can extend their wingshooting opportunities by heading to the high country and pursuing band-tailed pigeons, blue grouse and chukar partridge beginning this Friday, Sept. 12
After hunting dove in unseasonably hot desert temperatures, a retreat up north, where the daytime temperatures typically only reach [...]

Teal Prospects Look Good For Saturday’s Opening Day in Arkansas

LITTLE ROCK – This week’s torrential rains may have put a damper on dove season for some hunters, but it may be a welcome sight for Arkansas’ teal hunters. The special September teal season in Arkansas begins on Sept. 13 and continues through Sept. 28.
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission waterfowl biologist Luke Naylor said the [...]

AGFC Fields Ready for Opening of Dove Season

LITTLE ROCK – Opening day of dove season is this Saturday. For those hunters still looking for a field to hunt, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission maintains dove fields on some wildlife management areas. These plots are open to the public and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
“We’re stepping up opportunities for the dove [...]

Missouri Dove Hunters Asked to Report Banded Birds

The birds are part of a national effort to ensure good dove management.
JEFFERSON CITY-Missouri dove hunters have a chance to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak, garnering hunting trophies while helping ensure good management of mourning dove populations.
The Missouri Department of Conservation is among 34 states participating in an effort to gather [...]

Dove Season Set to Open on Sept. 1st Throughout North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C.  – North Carolina’s dove season opens statewide on Monday, Sept. 1 at noon with a daily bag limit of 15 doves per hunter per day.
Traditionally Labor Day weekend is the opening of dove season in North Carolina and includes both Saturday and Monday – giving most hunters two days off from work to [...]

Dove Season to Kick Off Fall Hunting in Oklahoma

Largely viewed as the kick-off to fall hunting in Oklahoma, dove season’s Sept. 1 opening day is sure to attract sportsmen to the field, no matter where in Oklahoma they live. 
Last year’s dove season took on some unusual qualities. Not only did the 2007 dove season come after an unusually rainy year that created muddy [...]

First 2008-2009 Early Migratory Game Bird Hunting Seasons Begin Sept. 1

ANNAPOLIS — Today, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced the 2008-2009 early migratory game bird hunting seasons.
“The dove season, which marks the traditional start of hunting activity each year in Maryland, opens on Monday, Sept. 1, and continues through Oct. 11,” said Bill Harvey, DNR migratory game bird manager.
The second dove season runs from [...]

Picking the Best Spot in the Dove Field

Authored by Lee McClellan
Frankfort, Ky. – You are the second truck in the parking area at the public dove field on Sept. 1, the opening day of this year’s dove season in Kentucky. You’ve shot some trap to get ready for dove season, bought some quality shells and feel ready to get your 15-bird [...]

Where to go Small Game Hunting in Eastern Colorado

Join the Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) for a free evening seminar to explain the Walk-in Access program that provides small game hunters with places to hunt in Eastern Colorado.  Learn about places to hunt in the northeastern and southeastern parts of the state, with a particular focus on dove season.  Biologists and wildlife managers [...]