PA Dove season Regs.

DoubleLung55 · 08-28-2003, 05:12 PM

I know that monday starts dove season here in PA , and i was wondering , what the times r your allowed to hunt them , i didnt know if it was until noon , after noon , or allday. I will prolly be out walking my shotgun for a while, just gettin into the hunting mode.If anyone knows what page its on in the book or on the website i would appreciate posting it so i can look it up . So far i cant find it on either.

mauser06 · 08-28-2003, 05:46 PM

should be in the migratory game bird regs for 2003-2004.....its online but you need adobe reader to open it i think i havent done it this year.....in the past years i hunted its been not until after noon......but who knows they change everything....someone will know for sure....but thats what it WAS.....good luck.......

JimPic · 08-28-2003, 10:48 PM

Here' s the seasons,limits and hours for the 2003 dove seaason.

http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/press/2003/july/nr061-03.asp

PABowhntr · 08-29-2003, 10:54 AM

Last time I checked it was still 12 noon as the official start. They only changed it that one year. I would ask you folks that are " in the know" to tell me why they have it at 12 noon instead of like how the rest of the seasons start. Is it a propagation issue or something else?

JimPic · 08-29-2003, 08:17 PM

PA,I believe there were alot of complaints from the early season goose hunters when the dove season hours were in the early a.m. so the PGC pushed it back to 12 noon again.Since the early goose is a resident goose management season,the PGC gives that top priority.

Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Vern Ross today reminded dove hunters that shooting hours for the early season will return to the traditional noon starting time.

" To expand dove hunting opportunities, it was decided to begin early season shooting hours a half-hour before sunrise last year," said Ross. " That decision was part of a new triple-split dove season. We found that in a few instances, early morning dove hunters were interfering with early season goose hunters. To avoid any conflict, we"™ve returned to the traditional noon starting time for dove hunting in the early portion of the three-split dove seasons."