Description: Missouri is home to three species of dove that are legal to harvest during the state’s dove hunting season. Mourning doves are the most common species found statewide, but hunters may also encounter white-winged doves or Eurasian collared-doves. White-winged doves are common to southwest states and Mexico, and Eurasian collared-doves have arrived in Missouri fairly recently and are increasingly common, especially near urban areas and grain-handling facilities.Many conservation areas are actively managed for doves. Managed dove hunting fields are planted in sunflowers, wheat, millet, buckwheat, corn, or a combination of these. Each field provides a different type of hunting experience. Weather conditions in the spring and early summer of 2016 made it difficult for planting and managing dove fields. Hunters are cautioned that field conditions may be fair or poor in some areas this fall.For more information, please visit the MDC's dove hunting webpage at: https://huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/hunting-trapping/species/dove
Copyright Text: This dataset was created by the Missouri Department of Conservation, Wildlife Division.