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 STATISTICS & LEGALITIES 
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• The average lifespan of mourning doves is less than one year. Only 40% of the population lives longer. However, mourning doves are capable of reproducing at 85 days of age, which compensates for this short life span. In addition, nationwide surveys have shown there is no significant difference in mourning dove breeding densities in hunted and non-hunted states.
• Hunters harvest more mourning doves annually in the U.S.A. than any other game bird. More mourning doves are shot than the combined sum of wild turkey and every species of duck and goose.
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The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (MBTA), codified at 16 U.S.C. §§ 703–712 (although §709 is omitted), is a United States federal law, first enacted in 1916 to implement the convention for the protection of migratory birds between the United States and Great Britain (acting on behalf of Canada).[1] The statute makes it unlawful without a waiver to pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, posses, or sell nearly 1,100 species of birds listed therein as migratory birds. The statute does not discriminate between live or dead birds and also grants full protection to any bird parts including feathers, eggs, and nests. A March 2020 update of the list increased the number of species to 1,093.
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