Mourning Dove

[Gateholio]

Maybe they ARE ring neck doves and are sched C.

[Foxton Gundogs]

So are we talking actual Mourning Doves here or Ringneck Doves. Mourning Doves ARE migratory game birds and there is only a season in Region 3,4 and 8 I believe. Ringneck Doves are the ones most commonly seen, and heard "Who...WhoWho...Who" in numbers around Vancouver Island and the LML. The reason for their sudden increase in numbers recently is they are the bird of choice to be released at weddings. They are an invasive species like pigeons and I believe Schedule C


MOURNING DOVE


RINGNECK DOVE

[Gateholio]

Are the ring necks good eating? I imagine they would be just as good as mourning doves?

[Steelwheels]

Just like Pigeons...(rats with feathers)... I see Asians trapping them all around the grain elevators..

[Foxton Gundogs]

Are the ring necks good eating? I imagine they would be just as good as mourning doves?

Yes they are, takes a few to make a meal but definitely good eating.

[Dannybuoy]

AHH ok , Ringnecks they are ... still most are in no shooting rural zones that I have seen .

[heyblast]

I'm fairly sure I've seen Morning Doves out towards Pitt Lake in the last five years. Ring Necks are a larger bird and I don't think that's what I saw. Have to get the binoculars out next time I see them.

[d6dan]

Are the ring necks good eating? I imagine they would be just as good as mourning doves?

My dad used to raise Ringnecks along with other wild game birds.(with a permit) Great eating fowl Clarke..

[d6dan]

Years ago I was log scaling in Douglas Channel and I noticed a Morning Dove which landed on the tidal flats not far from the dryland sort. I would have never thought they would be in that area of BC.

[SPEYMAN]

Colored Doves are a non native species invading B.C. Do a Google search for information.

Hunted morning doves around Kamloops years ago.Limit was 10.Opened Sept 1st or 10th I think. It was a vey short season.Very much like the Bandtailed Pigeon season on Vancouver Island and other areas.