The Eurasian collared-dove is a fast-spreading exotic species that’s unprotected in Washington and Idaho and can be shot by licensed hunters year-round where hunting/shooting is allowed. They ...

If doves in the area are looking bigger, it might not be the native Mourning Dove. Since the 1970s, Eurasian Collard-dove populations have made their way from Florida across the United States.

Over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, the Eurasian collared-dove was documented in Vermont for the first time. Homeowners in Norwich near the Connecticut River in central Vermont noticed a large pale ...

But Eurasian collared-doves and turtle doves must be hunted during regular dove hours and season dates, and hunting must stop when the daily bag for mourning/white-winged doves is reached.

More than 300,000 dove hunters are expected to head to the field Sept. 1 for the 2019-20 season opener in the North and Central zones. Biologists are saying this could be banner year for ...

A more recent arrival is the Eurasian collared-dove. In the 1800s, they lived from Turkey to China, but spread across Europe in the 20th century.

The Eurasian collared dove is considered a pest in agricultural areas, but at least they’re not attacking boaters every year. More information on both of these birds is available below. Mute swan ...

The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Vol. 128, No. 1 (March 2016), pp. 198-200 (3 pages) Interspecific nest usurpation was observed when a Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) took over the ...

The Eurasian collared dove, as you might gather from its name, is an immigrant, arriving in Florida in 1980s and spreading to about two-thirds of the continental United States.

Hopefully, Texas’ 300,000-plus dove hunters are about to find a little respite. The 2020-21 dove season gets underway on Tuesday in the North and Central zones; Sept. 14 in the South Zone.

Where to Go Dove Hunting Most dove hunting takes place in fields where the birds are coming to feed. Those fields are often public or private sunflower plots mowed to attract doves. They can also ...

The Eurasian collared-dove is a fast-spreading exotic species that's unprotected in Washington and Idaho and can be shot by licensed hunters year-round where hunting/shooting is allowed.