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MIGRATORY GAME BIRD REGULATIONS

DOVE, CROW, WOODCOCK, RAIL, For license requirements, possession
limits, public lands, shooting hours,
legal means of taking, hunter orange
WILSON'S SNIPE AND GALLINULE hunting restrictions see pages 43-44.
and other migratory bird/waterfowl

DOVE CROW

SPECIES INCLUDED: LEGAL MEANS OF TAKING:
Mourning, White-Winged & Eurasian Collared Firearms, archery equipment, legal raptors and as otherwise provided
under General Hunting Regulations (see pages 33-34). Shotguns larger
DATES: than 10 gauge are prohibited. There is no magazine restriction for
• Sept. 1 - Oct. 31 and Dec. 1-29; statewide. firearms. Electronic calls are legal.
DAILY LIMIT: DATES & OPEN AREAS:
15. The limit may consist of any combination (aggregate) of mourning, • Oct. 10 - Nov. 16 and Dec. 9, 2023 - Mar. 4, 2024; statewide.
white-winged and fully dressed Eurasian collared doves (those without LIMIT:
a head or fully feathered wing naturally attached to the carcass).
However, there is no bag limit on Eurasian collared doves provided that There is no daily or possession limit.
the head or one fully feathered wing remains naturally attached to the
carcass of all such birds while being transported to their final destination. DEPREDATION ORDER:
Federally approved nontoxic shot
must be used when taking crows
DOVE IDENTIFICATION under depredation order. Federal
law provides for a depredation
order for crows when commit-
ting or about to commit depre-
dations or when concentrated in
such numbers and manner as to
constitute a health hazard or other
Mourning Dove White-Winged Dove Eurasian Collared Dove nuisance. For a complete copy of
the Depredation Order, see 50
CFR, Part 21.43.

WOODCOCK RAIL (SORA & VIRGINIA)

DATES & OPEN AREAS: DATES & OPEN AREAS:
• Oct. 28 - Dec. 11; statewide. • Sept. 1 - Nov. 9; statewide.
DAILY LIMIT: DAILY LIMIT:
Three 25

GALLINULE
WILSON’S (COMMON) SNIPE (PURPLE GALLINULE & COMMON GALLINULE)

DATES & OPEN AREAS: DATES & OPEN AREAS:
• Sept. 30, 2023 - Jan. 14, 2024; • Sept. 1 - Nov. 9; statewide.
statewide.
DAILY LIMIT:
DAILY LIMIT: 15
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