RANCHING Wildlife
Texas Sets Dove, Teal Seasons
D
ove hunters will have more op- portunity later in the season with
dates and bag limits recently fi nalized by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). T e U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has
approved the 2014 to 2015 Texas dove sea- son, including a 70-day season and 15-bird daily bag statewide, and a 16-day early teal and Canada goose season. The traditional Sept. 1 dove season
opening day in the North and Central Zones remains; this year falling on Labor Day Monday. However, the fi rst segment in those zones will be shorter than last season, closing on Monday, Oct. 20. T e 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 fi rst segment will be shortened by 5 days compared to last year, and those days are added to the end of the second segment. T e South Zone opens Friday, Sept. 19, and runs through Monday, Oct. 20. T e second segment will run Fri- day, Dec. 19, through Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. T e daily bag limit for doves statewide is 15 and the pos-
session limit is 45. T e Special White-winged Dove Area will be restricted
to aſt ernoon only (noon to sunset) hunting the fi rst 2 full weekends in September — Sept. 6 and 7 and Sept. 13 and
Important Dove Season Dates North Zone Sept. 1
Sept. 6 and 7 Sept. 13 and 14
Sept. 19 Oct. 20
Dec. 19
Jan. 7, 2015 Jan. 21, 2015
Jan. 25, 2015 70 The Cattleman September 2014 Closing day Closing day Closing day
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Central Zone Opening day Opening day
Open, noon to sunset Open, noon to sunset
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thecattlemanmagazine.com South Zone Special White-winged Dove Area
14. Hunting in this area will reopen Friday, Sept. 19, and con- tinue through Monday, Oct. 20, and then reopen Friday, Dec. 19, through Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. During the early 2 weekends, the daily bag limit is 15 birds,
to include not more than 2 mourning doves and 2 white- tipped doves. Once the general season opens, the aggregate bag limit will be 15 with no more than 2 white-tipped doves. A 16-day statewide early teal and Eastern Zone Canada
goose season will run Saturday, Sept. 13, through Sunday, Sept. 28. T e daily bag on teal remains 6, with a possession limit of 18. Bag limit for Canada geese is 3, with a possession limit of 6 in the Eastern Zone only.
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