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FWC Announces 2008-09 Migratory Game Bird and Early Waterfowl Hunting Seasons

Posted by ODC Editor on Sep 15th, 2008 and filed under Hunting Rules. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

FWC Announces 2008-09 Migratory Game Bird and Early Waterfowl Hunting SeasonsCrow

  • Season: Aug. 9 – Oct. 26, 2008 (Saturdays and Sundays only) and Nov. 11, 2008 – Feb. 18, 2009
  • Shooting hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
  • Bag limit: No bag or possession limits

Rail and common moorhen

  • Season: Sept. 1 – Nov. 9, 2008
  • 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

September Canada goose

  • September Season: Sept. 6-24, 2008
  • Note: This season is now open statewide (previously open on Lake Seminole only)
  • Shooting hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
  • Bag limit (daily/possession): 5/10.

Special early duck

  • Season: Sept. 20-24, 2008
  • Shooting hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
  • Legal to take: Teal, wood duck 
  • Bag limit (daily/possession): 4/8. The 4-duck daily bag limit may include no more than 2 wood ducks; the 8-duck possession limit may include no more than 4 wood ducks.

Mourning and white-winged dove

  • Season:
      First phase – Oct. 4-27, 2008
      Second phase – Nov. 15-30, 2008
      Third phase – Dec. 13, 2008 – Jan. 11, 2009
  • Shooting hours:
      First phase – noon to sunset
      Second and third phases – One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
  • Bag limit (daily/possession): 15/30 (singly or in aggregate) – increased from previous year.

Snipe

  • Season: Nov. 1, 2008 – Feb. 15, 2009
  • Shooting hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
  • Bag limit (daily/possession): 8/16

Woodcock

  • Season: Dec. 20, 2008 – Jan. 18, 2009
  • Shooting hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
  • Bag limit (daily/possession): 3/6

For general hunting season dates, follow this link.

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