Final 2009-2010 Migratory Game Bird and Crow Hunting Seasons

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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.

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