This state's classification carries no date range for the species.
Absent from VT's statutory enumerated game-bird definitions ('quail, ruffed grouse, chukar partridge, woodcock, pheasant, common snipe, coot, wild ducks, wild geese, and wild turkey') and not mentioned in any VFWD migratory-bird material checked, including the full 4-page 2026-2027 Migratory Bird Regulation Syllabus PDF. This is an absence-based finding (no VFWD source explicitly states dove hunting is prohibited in those words) but is consistent across four independent VFWD/VFWD-linked sources with zero mentions.
Structural: mourning dove is absent from Vermont's statutory enumerated game-bird list, and dove hunting itself is not authorized -- confirmed across four independent VFWD/VFWD-linked sources including the full 2026-2027 Migratory Bird Regulation Syllabus. No population survey or forecast applies to a species with no season.