Friday is the final deadline for participants interested in the state Department of Natural Resource's dove hunting survey, which is assessing the thoughts of active dove hunters to determine their preferences for seasons and bag limits.
The survey also asks about hunters' hunting activities.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service annually sets the framework within which individual states can select seasons, bag limits and methods of harvest for all migratory game birds, which include doves.
Individual states, like South Carolina, can select options that are more conservative than the Federal framework. No state may choose more liberal options than those outlined by the federal government.
At present, the service allows for no more than 90 days of dove hunting with no more than three open segments to be scheduled between Sept. 1 and Jan. 15. The maximum daily dove bag limit is 15 birds per hunter per day.
Active dove hunters can access the survey at www.dnr.sc.gov/doves. The survey will be open until Jan. 8.
