Montana allows a Dove hunting starting on September 1st in conjunction with the upland bird season (except for pheasants which usually starts the second weekend of October.) The problem is that morning doves are actually migratory birds that are very averse to the cold. As soon as the overnight temperature drops below 40 degrees the Doves head south to Mexico. So basically, Montanans have one possible two weeks of good Dove hunting. In my humble opinion, Montana FWP should allow Dove hunting a couple of weeks earlier. This would give Montanans a month-long season to hunt Doves. The good news is that an evasive species of Eurasian Doves has moved into Montana, and they don’t migrate. Since they are not considered to be a game bird, you can hunt these doves all year around.
Good Luck and Good Hunting!