As publishedStatewide: Sept 1 - Oct 30, 2026
State migratory bird permit / HIP survey required.A longer falconry-only season (Sept 1-Dec 16, 2026) also exists in parallel with a 3/day mixed-bag falconry limit shared with snipe/coots/ducks/geese; the dates and bag reported here are for the general firearms season.
No WA-specific dove survey exists (folds into the same "no discrete pre-season outlook" gap as WA's other unsurveyed upland species). Only the federal USFWS Mourning Dove Population Status report applies, and it remains unpublished for 2026 -- re-confirmed via a direct fetch of fws.gov/media/mourning-dove-population-status-2026 (404) on 2026-08-19.