| Window | Dates | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Season | 01 SEP – 29 NOV 2026 | 90d |
As publishedSeptember 1, 2026 - November 29, 2026
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: "Dove (Migratory): 15 per day (3x the daily limit in possession)." Exotic dove (Eurasian collared/ringed turtle-dove) has no bag limit, per the same table (the limit above covers native mourning and 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.
Kansas does not publish a population-density regional map for mourning dove the way it does for pheasant/quail/prairie-chicken — doves are hunted statewide wherever harvested grain fields (sunflower, wheat stubble, millet) and water are found. The one real sub-state signal KDWP does publish is access-based: the department's managed public dove fields are concentrated mainly in the southeastern and south-central parts of the state, giving hunters a practical regional lean even without a density map.
The federal survey cannot say whether Kansas dove numbers are rising or falling. Its 2016 to 2025 estimate comes out at 0.00% per year, but the range around it runs from -1.47% to +1.50%, 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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