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FWC Announces 2008-09 Migratory Game Bird and Early Waterfowl Hunting Seasons
September 15, 2008
Crow
- 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 duckÂ
- 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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