The dove hunting season dates for the 2022-23 season in Texas were announced.
“This year, water is going to be key. Birds are going to be a lot more concentrated and a lot easier to hunt, I think,” Owen Fitzimmons, webless migratory game bird program leader for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), said in an interview with the Texas Farm Bureau Radio Network. “Key in on those water holes, and you’ll have plenty of birds coming in.”
A migratory game bird endorsement and HIP certification is required to hunt dove in Texas.
The hunting season dates are listed below:
North Zone:
Sept. 1 – Nov. 13, 2022
Dec. 17, 2022 – Jan. 1, 2023
Central Zone
Sept. 1 – Oct. 30, 2022
Dec. 17, 2022 – Jan. 15, 2023
South Zone
Sept. 14 – Oct. 30, 2022
Dec. 17, 2022 – Jan. 22, 2023
Special White-winged Dove Days*:
Sept. 2-4 and 9-11
*Shooting hours are noon to sunset.
The daily bag limit is 15 birds with no more than two white-tipped. The possession limit is three times the daily bag limit.
There is no closed season or bag limit restriction for Eurasian collared-doves, an invasive species, or rock doves, also known as rock pigeons.
Every hunter, including out-of-state hunters, born on or after Sept. 2, 1971, must successfully complete a hunter education training course and must carry proof of completion while hunting.
For more information on dove hunting regulations in Texas, visit TPWD’s Dove Hunting Regulations webpage.
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I appreciate the information. I wasn’t able to obtain the new Tx hunting booklet today when I obtained my new license.
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