Texas recently set its upcoming dove and teal seasons, and dove hunters will have more late-season opportunities.
There will be a 70-day dove season with a 15-bird daily bag limit statewide. The possession limit for doves is 45 birds. Waterfowl hunters will have a 16-day early teal and Canada goose season.
The traditional Sept. 1 opening day for dove season in the north and central zones remains. This year it will fall on Labor Day Monday. However, the first segment in those zones will be shorter than last season, closing on Monday, Oct. 20. The season will reopen Friday, Dec. 19 and run through Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 in the north and central zones.
In the south zone and Special White-winged Dove Area, the first segment will be shortened by five days compared to last year, and those days would be added to the end of the second segment. The south zone opens Friday, Sept. 19 and runs through Monday, Oct. 20. The second segment will run Friday, Dec. 19 through Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015.
The Special White-winged Dove Area will be restricted to noon to sunset hunting the first two full September weekends Sept. 6-7 and 13-14. Hunting in this area will reopen Sept. 19-Oct. 20, and then Dec. 19-Jan. 21. During the early two weekends, the daily bag limit is 15 birds, to include not more than two mourning doves and two white-tipped doves. Once the general season opens, the aggregate bag limit will be 15 with no more than two white-tipped doves.
A 16-day statewide early teal and eastern zone Canada goose season will run Sept. 13-28. The daily bag on teal remains six, with a possession limit of 18. Bag limit for Canada geese will be three and a possession limit of six in the eastern zone only.
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