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Dove Hunter's Hotline

The Dove Hunter's Hotline is designed to provide you with valuable information, such as field conditions and harvest data, on public dove fields managed by the FWC. Information is updated every Thursday. Whether you are a first-timer or experienced user of public lands for hunting, we recommend reviewing the information on this Web site.

For a complete list of statewide regulations and requirements, please consult the "Migratory Game Bird Regulations Pamphlet" available at your local tax collectors' office or nearest FWC regional office.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has revised its regulations, please visit this link on dove hunting and baiting.

If you have any questions that this web site doesn't answer, you can e-mail dovehotline@myfwc.com . In case the answer is lengthy or requires explanation, please make sure to leave a daytime telephone number, with area code, where you can be reached.

Because of failures in the total Licensing System (TLS), FWC staff have concluded that the risk of future failures has increased to unacceptable levels.  As a result, FWC staff will be recommending a change at the February Commission meeting.   The recommendation will be to change all of the hunts where permits are issued first-come, first-served (FCFS) to a random drawing.  If approved, this change would occur in 2010 for all FCFS hunt types other than Recreational Use Permits.  For more information you can preview the material that will be presented to the FWC Commissioners in February.