PointsAfieldSeason2026–27
Kansas · Migratory

Mourning dove

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Season 2026
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Season windows

  1. Season01 SEP – 29 NOV 202690d

As publishedSeptember 1, 2026 - November 29, 2026

What you may take, and when

Take and hours

Bag limit15 daily / 45 possession (possession = 3x daily per KDWP's regulation summary)

Licence and outlook

HIP requiredRequired
Exceptions posted at the boundary

Kansas regulates mourning and white-winged dove together under one season with fixed (non-shifting) calendar dates, published as "September 1-November 29 each year." Bag limit confirmed from KDWP's regulation-summary bag-limit table (see raw source): "Dove (Migratory): 15 per day (3x the daily limit in possession)" — not found in the first research pass (the full 2026-27 regulations summary book wasn't yet published then), now closed from the same already-captured raw file. Exotic dove (Eurasian collared/ringed turtle-dove) has no bag limit, per the same table — this record covers native mourning/white-winged dove only. HIP requirement is inferred from KDWP's falconry-season stamp list (which names "Kansas HIP Permit" as required for the migratory-bird combination that includes dove) plus the standard federal HIP framework; no single page gives a bare "dove hunters need HIP" sentence.

Population outlook

Kansas 2026

Awaiting survey — Kansas 2026

No KS-specific dove survey; gated by the federal USFWS Mourning Dove Population Status report (Central Management Unit). Re-confirmed still unpublished for 2026 as of 2026-08-19 (FWS's own report-collection page lists no 2026 edition; 2025 edition dated Aug 2025).

Issuing agencyKansas Department of Wildlife & Parksksoutdoors.govRecord year 2026