In Montana, the bag limit is 15 mourning doves a day and 45 in possession. The season opened Sept. 1 and concludes Oct. 30.

Mourning dove banding is resuming near the northeastern Montana community of Outlook this year. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks wildlife biologist Ryan Williamson is trapping and banding the ...

As I passed the kitchen window the other day, I glanced at our bird feeder. I was startled to see a pair of birds slightly larger than the normal visitors.

As many hunters were anxiously awaiting Sept. 1 for the chance to bag a bull or buck, I had my sights set on something considerably smaller — mourning doves.

“Most interesting, the oldest recorded mourning dove was shot in Florida in 1998, but banded in Georgia in 1968. It was over 30 years old. ... a wildlife biologist in Montana.