Migratory and Waterfowl Seasons

2012-2013 Migratory Game Birds Hunting Seasons

Season	Dates		Daily Bag Limit			Possession Limit
Rails	Sept. 15-30; Nov. 10 - Jan. 2		King and Clapper	Sora and Virginia		King and Clapper	Sora and Virginia
			15 in the aggregate	25 in the aggregate		30 in the aggregate	25 in the aggregate
Gallinules	Sept. 15-30; Nov. 10 -Jan. 2		15			30
Snipe	West Zone	East-Coastal
	Nov. 3- Dec. 10; Dec 22- Feb. 28	Nov 3- Dec. 3: Dec. 15- Feb. 28	8			16
Woodcock	Dec. 18- Jan. 31		3			6
Teal (Blue-winged, Green-winged and Cinnamon only)	Sept. 15-30		4			8
Mourning, White-winged, fully dressed Eurasian Collared and Ringed-turtle Doves	North Zone	South Zone	15 in the aggregate		30 in the aggregate
	Sept. 1-16, Oct. 6 - Nov. 4 and Dec. 15 - Jan. 7	Sept. 1-9, Oct. 13 - Nov. 25 and Dec. 22- Jan. 7
Ducks, Coots and Mergansers	West Zone	East Zone	Coastal Zone	Daily bag limit is 6 and may include no more than 4 mallards (no more than 2 of which may be females),2 pintails, 1 canvasback, 1 mottled duck, 1 black duck, 3 wood ducks, 4 scaup and 2 redheads.		Twice the daily bag limit
	Nov. 10 - Dec. 9; Dec. 22- Jan. 20	Nov. 17- Dec. 2; Dec. 15 - Jan 27	Nov. 10 - Dec. 2; Dec. 15 - Jan. 20
Youth Waterfowl Hunts	Nov. 3-4	Nov. 10- 11	Nov. 3-4	Bag limits are the same as regular duck season. See “Ducks and Coots” section for more details.		Twice the daily bag limit
Light Geese (Snow, Blue, Ross')	Nov. 10 - Dec. 9; Dec. 22 - Feb. 3	Nov. 3 - Dec. 2; Dec. 15 - Jan. 27;	Nov. 10 - Dec. 2; Dec. 15 - Feb. 3	20		None
White-fronted Geese (Specklebelly)				2		4
Canada Goose	The Canada goose season will run concurrent with the light and white-fronted goose season, but close on Jan. 31 in the West and Coastal Zones.		3 in aggregate with White-fronts		6 in aggregate with White-fronts

1 daily in aggregatewith White-fronts

Extended Falconry Season

An extended falconry season for ducks, rails and gallinules will take place from Nov. 3 to Feb. 1.