An estimated 90,000 dove hunters will soon be taking to the chase in California to harvest more than 1.5 million doves.
This year, a split dove season opens Sept. 1, until Sept. 15, and again Nov. 13 through Dec. 27, according to the Department of Fish and Game.
Open or limited dove hunting opportunities are available in DFG-managed wildlife areas and ecological reserves from Shasta Valley Wildlife Area in the north to the Imperial Valley Wildlife Area in the south. Hunts are conducted both on a reservation and non-reservation basis. For details, visit www.dfg.ca.gov/lands or www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunting/uplandgame/gamebird.
This year, numerous additional hunting sites will be made available in the Niland area of the Imperial Valley, through the cooperative efforts of DFG, Desert Wildlife Unlimited, the Imperial County Fish and Game Commission, Quail Unlimited, Pheasants Forever and the San Diego Chapter of the Safari Club. More details are available at 760.359-0577.
The season includes white-winged and mourning doves, for which the combined bag limit is 10 birds and the possession limit is 20.
Hunters can also harvest Eurasian collared doves, which are now common in some parts of the state. There is no daily bag limit or possession limit for this species.
There is no open hunting season on common ground-doves, ruddy ground-doves or Inca doves.
Hunters must be in possession of a valid hunting license, an Upland Game Bird Stamp and a free Harvest Information Program Stamp. Proper safety precautions should be taken, including wearing shooting safety glasses in the field. Hunters are required to leave a fully feathered wing attached to doves when transporting them.
The sale of the required upland game bird stamps supports DFG's Game Bird Heritage Program, which provides funding annually to plant dove food crops on state lands and on partnership private lands in the Imperial Valley. For details, visit www.fgc.ca.gov/regulations/current/uplandgamebirdregs.asp
This year, a split dove season opens Sept. 1, until Sept. 15, and again Nov. 13 through Dec. 27, according to the Department of Fish and Game.
Open or limited dove hunting opportunities are available in DFG-managed wildlife areas and ecological reserves from Shasta Valley Wildlife Area in the north to the Imperial Valley Wildlife Area in the south. Hunts are conducted both on a reservation and non-reservation basis. For details, visit www.dfg.ca.gov/lands or www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/hunting/uplandgame/gamebird.
This year, numerous additional hunting sites will be made available in the Niland area of the Imperial Valley, through the cooperative efforts of DFG, Desert Wildlife Unlimited, the Imperial County Fish and Game Commission, Quail Unlimited, Pheasants Forever and the San Diego Chapter of the Safari Club. More details are available at 760.359-0577.
The season includes white-winged and mourning doves, for which the combined bag limit is 10 birds and the possession limit is 20.
Hunters can also harvest Eurasian collared doves, which are now common in some parts of the state. There is no daily bag limit or possession limit for this species.
There is no open hunting season on common ground-doves, ruddy ground-doves or Inca doves.
Hunters must be in possession of a valid hunting license, an Upland Game Bird Stamp and a free Harvest Information Program Stamp. Proper safety precautions should be taken, including wearing shooting safety glasses in the field. Hunters are required to leave a fully feathered wing attached to doves when transporting them.
The sale of the required upland game bird stamps supports DFG's Game Bird Heritage Program, which provides funding annually to plant dove food crops on state lands and on partnership private lands in the Imperial Valley. For details, visit www.fgc.ca.gov/regulations/current/uplandgamebirdregs.asp
Joe Segura, a mild-mannered reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper, has covered Gotham City, er Long Beach, for 34 years. During his very, very long -- endless -- tenure, he's covered almost every beat, and he was the main writer for BeachWeek, which focused on life and lifestyles of the shoreline communities from downtown Long Beach to the Huntington Beach pier.
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