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Final 2009-2010 Migratory Game Bird and Crow Hunting Seasons

Rail and Common Moorhen

  • Season: Sept. 1 - Nov. 9, 2009
    Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
    Bag Limits (daily/possession):
    • Clapper & king rails - 15/30 (singly or in aggregate)
    • Sora & Virginia rails - 25/25 (singly or in aggregate)
    • Common moorhen - 15/30
    • Purple gallinule - No Open Season

Special September Duck 

  • Season: Sept. 26-30, 2009
  • Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
    Legal to Take: Wood duck, green-winged teal, blue-winged teal
  • Bag Limit (daily/possession): 4/8. The 4-duck daily bag limit shall consist of no more than two wood ducks.

September Canada Goose

  • Season: Sept. 5-30, 2009
  • Canada geese may be taken statewide
  • Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
  • Bag Limit (daily/possession): 5/10. Taking or attempting to take brant or geese (except as described above) is prohibited.

Mourning and White-Winged Dove

  • Season:
    • First Phase - Oct. 3-26, 2009
    • Second Phase - Nov. 14-29, 2009
    • Third Phase - Dec. 12, 2009 - Jan. 10, 2010
  • Shooting Hours:
    • First Phase - 12 Noon to sunset
    • Second & Third phases - One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
  • Bag Limit (daily/possession): 15/30 (singly or in aggregate)

Snipe

  • Season: Nov. 1, 2009 - Feb. 15, 2010
  • Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
  • Bag Limit (daily/possession): 8/16

Woodcock

  • Season: Dec. 19, 2009 - Jan. 17, 2010
  • Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
  • Bag Limit (daily/possession): 3/6

Crow

  • Season: Aug. 8 - Oct. 25, 2009 (Saturdays and Sundays only) and Nov. 11, 2009 - Feb. 18, 2010.
  • Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset
  • Bag Limit: No bag or possession limits.

Final 2009-2010 Waterfowl and Coot Seasons

Waterfowl and Coot Seasons

  • Season:
    • First Phase - Nov. 21-29, 2009
    • Second Phase - Dec. 12, 2009 - Jan. 31, 2010
    • Youth Waterfowl Days - Feb. 6-7, 2010
  • Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
  • Bag Limit (daily/possession): Six (12 in possession) duck daily bag limit shall consist of no more than four mallards (no more than two of which may be females), one black duck, one mottled duck (Florida duck), one fulvous whistling-duck, one pintail, one canvasback, two redheads, two scaup, three wood ducks and four scoters.  All other species of duck (except harlequin ducks) may be taken up to the six-duck daily limit. Taking or attempting to take harlequin ducks is prohibited.
     
  • Coots - 15/30
     
  • Mergansers: Daily limit 5, only two of which may be a hooded merganser; possession limit 10, only four of which may be hooded mergansers.

Canada Goose (Statewide)

  • Season:
    • First Phase - Nov. 21-29, 2009
    • Second Phase - Dec. 1, 2009 - Jan. 30, 2010
  • Bag Limit (daily/possession): 5/10

Snow, blue and Ross' geese (Statewide)

  • Season:
    • First Phase - Nov. 21-29, 2009
    • Second Phase - Dec. 12, 2009 - Jan. 31, 2010
  • Bag Limit (daily/possession): 15/no limit

 

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