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Iowa's mourning dove season opens Sept. 1 2026
August 25, 2026
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 25 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release:

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Iowa's mourning dove season opens Sept. 1 2026

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Lights bobbing from headlamps guide hunters in the early morning hours from overflowing parking lots to a spot in the standing sunflowers or wheat fields where they will sit and wait for hours until the sun brightens the horizon, and shooting hours to begin.

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