Dove season opens on Friday, Sept. 1 at noon (local time), the annual start of one of Tennessee’s most long-standing outdoor sports traditions. Tennessee’s 2017 season is again divided into three segments: Sept. 1 through Sept. 28; Oct. 14 through Nov. 5; and Dec. 8 through Jan. 15, 2018. Hunting times, other than opening day, are one-half hour before sunrise until sunset.