| Window | Dates | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Window 1 | 01 SEP – 31 OCT 2026 | 61d |
| Window 2 | 01 DEC – 29 DEC 2026 | 29d |
As publishedSep 1, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026 and Dec 1, 2026 - Dec 29, 2026
ODWC regulates mourning dove, white-winged dove, and Eurasian collared-dove under one combined regulation/bag limit. No bag limit on Eurasian collared-dove if head or one fully feathered wing remains naturally attached. Shotguns must be plugged to hold no more than 3 shells total. HIP permit required for hunters ages 18-63 (exemptions for under-18, 64+, and landowners on their own property).
ODWC describes mourning dove as present statewide with no published density map or hunting-zone system, so the answer here is a documented access and habitat signal rather than a density-region breakdown. ODWC's own guidance points hunters toward recently harvested grain fields and cattle watering ponds on private land, with sunflower fields called out as a particular draw, and highlights that habitat managers actively prepare dedicated dove-hunting fields on wildlife management areas statewide. Independent outdoor-press coverage of ODWC's own public-land program names specific Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) spread across the state's regions: Keystone and Skiatook WMAs near Tulsa (northeast), Copan, Fort Gibson, and Candy Creek WMAs (northeast/east), Hackberry Flat WMA near Lawton (southwest, within a migratory corridor) and Sandy Sanders WMA (west), Beaver River and Cooper WMAs (northwest panhandle, primarily known for quail but productive for dove), and Kaw and John Dahl WMAs (north-central, near Ponca City). This spread of managed dove fields across every region of the state is itself the sub-state signal: rather than one regional hotspot, the state's dove opportunity is distributed across an agency-managed WMA dove-field program plus general private agricultural land statewide.
The federal survey cannot say whether Oklahoma dove numbers are rising or falling. Its 2016 to 2025 estimate comes out at -0.56% per year, but the range around it runs from -2.23% to +1.14%, 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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