PointsAfieldSeason2026–27

New Mexico · UplandBand-tailed pigeon

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Season 2026-27
2 windows on one classification

Season windows

WindowDatesDays
Window 101 SEP – 14 SEP 202614d
Window 201 OCT – 14 OCT 202614d

As publishedRegular Season: Sept. 1-14, 2026. Southwest Season: Oct. 1-14, 2026.

What you may take, and when

Take and hours

Bag limit
2 daily / 6 possession (both zones)

Licence and outlook

HIP required
Required
Exceptions posted at the boundary

Part of the Interior/Four Corners population per USFWS's 2025 population-status report.NMDGF's 2026-2027 Migratory Game Bird Supplement gives a real, current two-zone season: Regular Season (remainder of the state outside the Southwest boundary) Sept. 1-14, 2026, and Southwest Season (south of US-60 and west of I-25) Oct. 1-14, 2026, both 2 daily / 6 possession. A free Band-tailed Pigeon Permit is required in addition to standard migratory-bird HIP registration. New backfill record per plan 8 -- New Mexico previously had no band-tailed-pigeon record.

Population outlook

New Mexico 2026

Awaiting survey — New Mexico 2026
Issuing agencyNew Mexico Department of Game and Fish (branded publicly as NMDOW / New Mexico Department of Wildlife)wildlife.dgf.nm.govRecord year 2026