PROPOSED 2007-2008 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD AND CROW HUNTING SEASONS

PROPOSED Rail and Common Moorhen Season

Season: September 1 - November 9 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

 

PROPOSED Special September Duck Season

Season: September 22-26 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.

 

PROPOSED Limited Canada Goose Season

September Season: September 1-26

Regular Season, First Phase: November 17-25

Regular Season, Second Phase: December 1 – January 30

Canada geese may be taken only in the Florida waters of Lake Seminole in Jackson County that are south of SR 2, north of the Jim Woodruff Dam and east of CR 271.

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.

 

PROPOSED Mourning and White-Winged Dove Seasons

Season: First Phase - October 6-29 Second Phase - November 10-25 Third Phase - December 8 - January 6 Shooting Hours: First Phase - 12 Noon to sunset Second & Third phases - One-half hour before sunrise to sunset Bag Limit (daily/possession): 12/24 (singly or in aggregate)

 

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PROPOSED Snipe Season

Season: November 1 - February 15 Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset Bag Limit (daily/possession): 8/16

 

PROPOSED Woodcock Season

Season: December 15 - January 13 Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset Bag Limit (daily/possession): 3/6

 

Crow Season

Season: August 11 - October 28, 2007 (Saturdays and Sundays only) and

November 11, 2007 - February 18, 2008 . Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset Bag Limit: No bag or possession limits.

 

Proposed Waterfowl and Coot Seasons

Season: First Phase - November 17-25 Second Phase - December 8 - January 27 Youth Waterfowl Days – February 2-3 Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset

Light (snow [including blue] and Ross’) geese may be taken statewide.

Bag Limit (daily/possession): Ducks -- 6/12; no more than one black duck, one mottled duck, one fulvous whistling-duck, one pintail, two canvasback, two redheads, two wood ducks, two scaup, four scoters, and four mallards (no more than two of which may be females). All other species of duck (except harlequin ducks) may be taken up to the six-duck daily limit. Light geese – 15/no possession limit. Taking or attempting to take brant or geese (except as described above) 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.

 

2007-2008 FLORIDA HUNTING SEASONS

Seasons and dates are not applicable on WMAs. For specific WMA regulations, obtain individual WMA brochures published annually for each area.

Season     Northwest Zone     Central Zone     South Zone

Archery Oct. 13 - Nov. 11 Sept. 22 - Oct. 21 Sept. 8 - Oct. 7

Deer-Dog Training Oct. 27 - Nov. 15 Oct. 6-25 Oct. 6-25

Crossbow Nov. 26 – Dec. 2 Oct. 22-26 Oct. 8-12

Muzzleloading Gun Nov. 16-18 Oct. 27 - Nov. 4 Oct. 13-21 Feb. 14-24

General Gun Nov. 22-25

Dec. 8 - Feb. 13 Nov. 10 - Jan. 20 Oct. 27 - Jan. 6

Antlerless Deer Dec. 15-21 Nov. 17-23 Nov. 3-9

Fall Turkey* Nov. 22-25

Dec. 8 - Jan. 13 Nov. 10 - Jan. 6 Nov. 10 - Jan. 6

Quail and Gray Squirrel Nov. 10 - Mar. 2 Nov. 10 - Mar. 2 Nov. 10 - Mar. 2

Bobcat and Otter Dec. 1 - Mar.1 Dec. 1 - Mar.1 Dec. 1 – Mar.1

Spring Turkey ** Mar. 15 - April 20 Mar. 15 - April 20 Mar. 1 - April 6

Wild Hog, Rabbit, Raccoon, Opossum, Coyote, Nutria, Skunk and Beaver may be taken year-round.

* Except for Holmes County where there is no fall harvest of turkeys allowed.

** Spring Turkey season is limited to March 15-17 in Holmes County.

 

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