Dove Season

[ibfishin]

Opens this weekend, anyone going? I got the perfect field this year, 40 acres of sunflower and millet, but I ain't seein many doves around which has me worried.

[julieparker]

Here is the schedule depending on where you live. Our season doesn't start until October down here in Gulf Shores.

Dove Season

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announces that the final framework for the 2008 dove season has been approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This year the north and south zones in Alabama will hunt under a 70-day season with a 15-a-day bag limit. This change was finalized in late June and represents an increase in the bag limit for the south zone and an increase of the number of hunting days for the north zone.

The south zone includes Baldwin, Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Mobile counties. The remaining counties are in the north zone.
The season dates are:
SOUTH ZONE: 15-a-day – 15 in Possession
12 O’clock noon until Sunset (Afternoon Shooting Only) October 4
One-half hour before Sunrise until Sunset (All Day) October 5 – November 2
One-half hour before Sunrise until Sunset (All Day) November 27 – November 30
One-half hour before Sunrise until Sunset (All Day) December 6 – January 10, 2009

NORTH ZONE: 15-a-day – 15 in Possession

12 O’clock noon until Sunset (Afternoon Shooting Only) September 6
One-half hour before Sunrise until Sunset (All Day) September 7 – October 5

One-half hour before Sunrise until Sunset (All Day) October 25– November 15

One-half hour before Sunrise until Sunset (All Day) December 13 – December 30

[Doemasters]

thanks for the information Julie

[ibfishin]

Opens here in TN on Labor Day, Sept 1 at 12:00 noon

[wilyhawg]

Dove season opens here on Sep. 6 and they are everywhere:chat_hyper