This state's classification carries no date range for the species.
Connecticut is one of a small minority of states (with Massachusetts and several other Northeastern states) that does not open a mourning dove hunting season, despite federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act frameworks permitting one. Confirmed by full read of the official 2026-2027 CT DEEP Migratory Bird Hunting Guide: its table of contents and every game-species season table (waterfowl/geese, snipe, rail, woodcock, crow) contain no mourning dove entry anywhere in the 20-page document. This is a structural/legal absence, not a not-yet-published gap. A low-authority secondary aggregator (animalofthings.com) claimed specific CT dove season dates and a 15/45 bag limit, but this was not corroborated by any official CT DEEP source and is judged unreliable.
Confirmed absence, structural: Connecticut has no mourning dove hunting season at all — verified via a full read of the 2026-2027 CT DEEP Migratory Bird Hunting Guide, whose season tables contain no dove entry anywhere. No population survey or forecast applies; the federal USFWS report exists but isn't actionable for CT hunters.