50 CFR § 20.103 - Seasons, limits, and shooting hours for mourning and white-winged doves and wild pigeons.

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title: "50 CFR § 20.103 - Seasons, limits, and shooting hours for mourning and white-winged doves and wild pigeons."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "20.103"
section_name: "Seasons, limits, and shooting hours for mourning and white-winged doves and wild pigeons."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE, PURCHASE, BARTER, EXPORTATION, AND IMPORTATION OF WILDLIFE AND PLANTS"
part_number: "20"
part_name: "MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 703  and 16 U.S.C. 742a-j."
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# 20.103 Seasons, limits, and shooting hours for mourning and white-winged doves and wild pigeons.

This section provides for the annual hunting of certain doves and pigeons in the 48 contiguous United States. The mourning dove hunting regulations are arranged by the Eastern, Central, and Western Management Units.

[44 FR 7147, Feb. 6, 1979]

For  citations affecting annual regulatory schedules for this section, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at