Results from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s annual dove survey, taken during the height of breeding season each May and June, bode well for the approximately 300,000 Texas hunters heading ...

Texas accounts for 30 percent of the total mourning doves and 85 percent of the total white-winged doves harvested in the U.S. each year, far more than any other state.

Texas dove hunting season begins Sept. 1 in the North and Central zones and Sept. 14 in the South Zone. Mourning and white-winged dove numbers are high.

White-winged dove populations have reached a new record high with an estimated 12.8 million this year. “We've had a fairly wet spring and summer across most of the state, which bodes well for ...

Every Texas dove season is a good one. ... White-winged dove numbers are up about 20 percent over 2022 and 19% higher the long term average of 10 million birds.

Dove season opens Sept. 1 in Texas and a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department survey shows a 44% increase in dove population ... there will be six Special White-Winged Dove Days, Sept. 1-3 and 8-10.

Since Sept. 1 & 2 are considered special white-winged dove days, that means legal shooting hours are from noon to ... Here in south Texas, the regular season doesn’t begin until September ...

Every dove season is a good one in Texas, ... White-winged dove populations also are at near record levels — about 12.8 million. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad.

Spring surveys conducted by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) staff found an estimated 28.3 million mourning doves in Texas, a 44 percent increase from 2022. White-wing dove populations ...

Texas accounts for 30 percent of the total mourning doves and 85 percent of the total white-winged doves harvested in the U.S. each year, far more than any other state.