As publishedSept. 1-Nov. 27, 2026 and Dec. 18, 2026-Jan. 2, 2027
Sunday hunting closed for migratory game birds statewide (PGC survey showed hunters favored keeping Sundays closed for 2026-27). Requires a PA Migratory Game Bird License; no PA-specific 'HIP number' terminology found -- federal harvest-information registration appears folded into this license rather than issued separately (unconfirmed inference, flagged for review).
No PA-specific pre-season dove forecast exists beyond retrospective harvest-per-100-hunter-days from PGC's Game Take and Furtaker Survey (2024-25 edition read in the Tier A pass: dove harvest rate decreased year-over-year). A 2025-26 edition was checked for directly this pass (guessed URL 404s) and via search -- not found, despite the ~late-July publish precedent already having passed. Only the federal USFWS Mourning Dove Population Status report (Eastern Management Unit) applies; re-confirmed not yet published for 2026 as of 2026-08-19.