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2005 -2006 Migratory Game Bird And Crow Hunting Seasons

Shotguns (not larger than 10-gauge, plugged to a threeshell capacity including a one-piece filler that cannot be removed without disassembling the gun and are incapable of holding more than three shells in the magazine and chamber combined), birds of prey and bows (except crossbows) may be used.

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.

 
SPECIAL SEPTEMBER DUCK SEASON

• Season: September 24-28.

• 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.

 
LIMITED CANADA GOOSE SEASON

• September Season: September 3 -28.

• Regular Season, First Phase: November 19-27.

• 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.

 
MOURNING AND WHITE-WINGED DOVE SEASONS

• Season:

  • First Phase - October 1-24.

  • Second Phase - November 12-27.

  • Third Phase - December 10 - January 8.

• Shooting Hours:

  • First Phase - 12 Noon to sunset.

  • Second & Third phases - One-half hour before sunrise to sunset.

• Bag Limit (daily/possession): 12/24 (including no more than 4/8 white-winged doves).

 
SNIPE SEASON

• Season: November 1 - February 15.

• Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset.

• Bag Limit (daily/possession): 8/16.

 
WOODCOCK SEASON

• Season: December 17 - January 15.

• Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset.

• Bag Limit (daily/possession): 3/6.

 
CROW SEASON

• Season: November 11, 2005 - February 18, 2006. August 13 - October 30, 2006 (Saturdays and Sundays only).

• Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset.

• Bag Limit: No bag or possession limits.

 
WATERFOWL AND COOT

• Season:

  • First Phase - November 19-27.

  • Second Phase - December 10 - January 29.

  • Youth Waterfowl Days – February 4-5.

  • Canvasback Season – November 19-27, December 10-30.

• Shooting Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset.

• Bag Limit (daily/possession): Ducks -- 6/12; no more than one black duck, one mottled duck, one fulvous whistling-duck, one pintail, one canvasback (only during the canvasback season), 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.

• Coots -- 15/30.

• Mergansers: Daily limit 5, only one of which may be a hooded merganser; possession limit 10, only two of which may be hooded mergansers.
   

Shooting hours for migratory game birds: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset, except during first phase of dove season in which shooting hours are noon to sunset. For migratory game bird hunting regulations obtain the following brochures at your county tax collectors’ office or click My- FWC.com/hunting: 2006-2007 Migratory Bird Regulations for Dove, Snipe, Woodcock, Rail, Moorhen, Crow and Early Waterfowl Seasons (available in mid-September) and 2006-2007 Migratory Game Bird Regulations for Waterfowl and Coot Seasons (available in mid-October).