Dove Season Announced in South Carolina

Columbia, S.C (July 23, 2019) — It will probably still be quite warm, but nonetheless thousands of eager wing-shooters will take to the field for the start of the mourning dove season in South Carolina in early September. For many in South Carolina, the opening day of dove season is synonymous with the beginning of fall and all of the great outdoor activities that come with it, and if the weather cooperates, this year’s birds promise to be plentiful, according to biologists with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources.
Opening day of this year’s early dove season in South Carolina will once again coincide with the Labor Day holiday on Monday, September 2. The seasons, daily bag limits, and methods of harvest have been published in the federal register by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The daily bag limit for this season will again be 15 birds, and legal shooting time for the early season, September 2 – 7, will begin at 12 noon. Legal shooting hours for the later seasons will begin at 1/2 hour before legal sunrise. Legal shooting time ends at official sunset during all season dates:

Sept. 2–7, 2019: 12 Noon until Sunset
Sept. 8–Oct. 12, 2019: 1/2 Hour before Sunrise until Sunset
Nov.16–Nov. 30, 2019: 1/2 Hour before Sunrise until Sunset
Dec. 28, 2019 –Jan. 30, 2020: 1/2 Hour before Sunrise until Sunset