| Window | Dates | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Window 1 | 05 SEP – 11 OCT 2026 | 37d |
| Window 2 | 21 NOV – 29 NOV 2026 | 9d |
| Window 3 | 19 DEC 2026 – 31 JAN 2027 | 44d |
As publishedSept. 5–Oct. 11, 2026; Nov. 21–29, 2026; Dec. 19, 2026–Jan. 31, 2027
Three-segment split season, statewide, no zones.Possession limit is 3x daily bag (45). Requires GA Waterfowl & Migratory Bird License (free for many license holders) which serves as GA's migratory-bird/HIP registration.
WRD publishes no dove density map -- the season runs statewide with no zone split -- but does run a real, geographically organized public-access program: managed WMA/PFA/VPA dove fields spread across the state, organized under WRD's own numbered Game Management region system (six regions, per WRD's own published 'Numbered Region Map'), with an annual Dove Field Forecast rating each field's condition. Confirmed named fields in all six of WRD's regions: Region 1 (Northwest Georgia -- Berry College, Coosawattee, Crockford-Pigeon Mountain, J.L. Lester, Joe Kurz, McEntire, McGraw Ford, West Point), Region 2 (North Georgia -- Buck Shoals, Dawson Forest, Hart County, London Farms, Redlands, Wilson Shoals), Region 3 (East Central Georgia -- Alexander, B.F. Grant, Cedar Creek, Clarks Hill, Clybel, Di-Lane Plantation, Lower Broad River, McDuffie, Oconee, Perry Dove Field, Rum Creek, Walton, Yuchi), Region 4 (South Central Georgia -- Alapaha River, Appling County Dove Fields, Beaverdam, Canoochee Sandhills, Hiltonia, Ocmulgee-Gum Swamp, River Bend, Rogers State Prison Farm), Region 5 (Southwest Georgia -- Albany Nursery, Big Lazer Creek, Blanton Creek, Chattahoochee Fall Line, Chickasawhatchee, Elmodel, Featherfield, Flint River, Hannahatchee Creek, Mayhaw, River Creek, Silver Lake), and Region 6 (Southeast/Coastal Georgia -- Altamaha, Dixon Memorial, Paradise PFA, Paulks Pasture, Penholoway Swamp, Richmond Hill, Townsend). This is an access/habitat-management signal spanning the whole state rather than a claim about where wild dove density concentrates; corrected from an earlier draft that only captured four of the six regions and mislabeled Region 4.
The federal survey cannot say whether Georgia dove numbers are rising or falling. Its 2016 to 2025 estimate comes out at -0.25% per year, but the range around it runs from -1.22% to +0.73%, wide enough in both directions that no direction can be called. Read that as unknown, not as steady. The figures also run through 2025, one season behind this fall.
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