Outdoors notebook: Mourning dove season resumes Saturday through Nov. 28

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The 2009-10 mourning dove season in South Carolina resumes Saturday with hunting continuing through Nov. 28.

The final portion of the season is scheduled for Dec. 21-Jan. 15. Legal hunting hours for mourning dove season are from 30 minutes before sunrise until sunset. The daily bag limit is 15 birds per day. The state's mourning dove season is set each year by the S.C. Natural Resources Board within a framework of regulations and timetables issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A county-by-county list of the 46 public dove fields can be seen at www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/dove/fields.html by writing: DNR, Attn: Public Dove Fields, PO Box 167, Columbia, SC 29202, or by calling 803-734-3886. The Public Dove Field List is also available at County Extension Service offices, Soil and Water Conservation District offices, and local DNR offices.

The only public dove field in Horry or Georgetown counties is Samworth WMA in Georgetown County (843-546-8665).

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This inshore tournament targeting spotted seatrout and flounder will be held Saturday in Murrells Inlet and is based out of Dead Dog Saloon.

Captains meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. today with registration held from 5 to 8 p.m. Weigh-in is at Dead Dog Saloon from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday. The tournament benefits the American Heart Association.

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