Why No dove season in NY

[Phantom]

Anybody know the explanation for why that is?

[2BuckBizCT]

No clue. Never followed it much, but Mike Rossi on the old forum was always pushing for it. Maybe @Lawdwaz knows where the latest efforts stand?

[Robhuntandfish]

Last I read if I remember right  in NYS doves are listed as songbirds and cannot be hunted.  The delineation would have to be changed to a gamebird first.  And while that's easy south of us in the United States, here not so much.  

[broomeguy]

That's a bummer. They sure are tasty wrapped in bacon!

[Larry]

1 hour ago, Robhuntandfish said:

Last I read if I remember right  in NYS doves are listed as songbirds and cannot be hunted.  The delineation would have to be changed to a gamebird first.  And while that's easy south of us in the United States, here not so much.  

You're right if they were classified as game birds they could be hunted. You would have a better chance winning the lottery then getting doves reclassified to game birds.

[Bucksnbows]

We have the same situation and frustrations in NJ with mourning doves. And ours goes back to the decline and extinction of the passenger pigeons although the two birds’ population issues have nothing to do with each other.  But they remain un-huntable and listed as a song bird.  I have enjoyed hunting them in PA and Missouri. 

[Phantom]

Lots around thats all I know .

[Phantom]

2 hours ago, Larry said:

You're right if they were classified as game birds they could be hunted. You would have a better chance winning the lottery then getting doves reclassified to game birds.

If only they  create climate change and cause Lyme disease. 😁 short of that you are probably right. 

[Splitear]

We used to do a couple of hunts a year when I was a kid in Illinois. When you hit a day that they were flying, it was a great time with a lot of shooting. If not, you were just sitting in a hot cut corn field looking at the sky. Not a lot of in between. 

[lucky118]

Cause I don't spend 80 dollars a month feeding them just so you can shoot them. 😏 

[mowin]

5 hours ago, lucky118 said:

Cause I don't spend 80 dollars a month feeding them just so you can shoot them. 😏 

Lots of them in my area, but I don't get many around my feeders. 

[lucky118]

1 hour ago, mowin said:

Lots of them in my area, but I don't get many around my feeders. 

I've got a flock of 15 to 20 that shows up. The sparrow hawk loves to blast them.

[lucky118]

I've actually  hunted them a few times when I lived in Alabama. They are OK tasting. I wouldn't  bother doing it again.

[Chef]

On 3/7/2024 at 3:02 PM, 2BuckBizCT said:

No clue. Never followed it much, but Mike Rossi on the old forum was always pushing for it. Maybe @Lawdwaz knows where the latest efforts stand?

Maybe phantom is Mike 

[Bucksnbows]

14 hours ago, lucky118 said:

I've got a flock of 15 to 20 that shows up. The sparrow hawk loves to blast them.

Same here but red shouldered hawks. It’s awesome to see an attack and kill.