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CORRECTION: TEAL SEASON STARTS SEPT 8.
Hunt
dove, rail, and snipe starting Sept. 1 with teal season starting Sept. 8.
JEFFERSON
CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department
of Conservation (MDC) reminds hunters that migratory bird hunting starts Sept.
1 with the opening day for dove, snipe, and rail, followed by waterfowl hunting
with teal season starting Sept. 8.
Mourning
doves, Eurasian collared doves, and white-winged doves may be taken from Sept. 1 through Nov. 29 from one
half hour before sunrise to sunset with a combined daily limit of 15 and a
combined possession limit of 45 for all species. MDC provides numerous
conservation areas around the state for dove hunting, including many planted
with crops of sunflower, corn, millet, wheat, and buckwheat to attract the
popular game birds. Find conservation areas for dove hunting and dove-field
maps online at nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/places/dove-hunting-areas.
Wilson’s
snipe (common snipe) may be taken
from Sept. 1 through Dec. 16 from one half hour before sunrise to sunset with a
daily limit of 8 and a possession limit of 24.
Sora
and Virginia rail may be taken from
Sept. 1 through Nov. 9 from one half hour before sunrise to sunset with a
combined daily limit of 25 and a combined possession limit of 75 for both
species.
Blue-winged,
green-winged, and cinnamon teal season
runs Sept. 8 - 23 from sunrise to sunset with a combined daily limit of 6 and a
combined possession limit of 18 for all species.
American
woodcock season runs Oct. 15 through
Nov. 28 from one half hour before sunrise to sunset with a daily limit of 3 and
a possession limit of 9.
Duck
and coot season is divided by three geographic
zones with hunting allowed one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. The North
Zone season runs Nov. 3 through Jan. 1, 2019; the Middle Zone Nov. 3 through 9
and Nov. 15 through Jan. 6, 2019; and the South Zone: Nov. 22 through 25 and
Dec. 3 through Jan. 27, 2019. The daily bag
limit for ducks is 6 and the possession limit is 18 with daily bag limit species
restrictions of: 4 mallards (no more than 2 females), 3 scaup, 3 wood ducks, 2
redheads, 2 hooded mergansers, 2 pintails (new limit), 2 canvasbacks, 2 black
ducks, and 1 mottled duck. Coot limits are 15 daily and 45 in possession.
Waterfowl
youth hunting days for those 15 years
of age or younger are Oct. 20 and 21 in the North Zone and Middle Zone, and
Nov. 17 and 18 in the South Zone.
Canada
goose and Brant goose season runs
from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset Oct. 6-14 and Nov. 11 – Feb. 6,
2019, with a daily limit of 3 for both species combined and a possession limit
of 9.
Snow
goose and Ross's goose season runs one-half
hour before sunrise to sunset Nov. 11 through Feb. 6, 2019, with a limit of 20
blue, snow, or Ross's geese daily and no possession limit.
White-fronted
goose season runs one-half hour
before sunrise to sunset Nov. 11 through Feb. 6, 2019, with a daily limit of 2
daily and a possession limit of 6.
Light
Goose Conservation Order runs one-half
hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset Feb. 7 through April 30,
2019, with no daily or possession limits.
Get
more information on related regulations, seasons, species, permits, limits, and
more from MDC’s “Migratory Bird and Waterfowl Hunting Digest 2018-2019,”
available where hunting permits are sold.
Get
hunting details by species from the MDC website at huntfish.mdc.mo.gov/.
Buy hunting permits from numerous
vendors around the state, online at mdc.mo.gov/buypermits, or through MDC’s free MO Hunting mobile app, available
for download through Google Play for Android devices or the App Store for Apple
devices.
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MDC
reminds hunters that migratory bird hunting starts Sept. 1 with the opening day
for dove, snipe, and rail, followed by waterfowl hunting with teal season
starting Sept. 8. |
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Get information on related regulations, seasons,
species, permits, limits, and more from MDC’s “Migratory Bird and Waterfowl
Hunting Digest 2018-2019,” available where hunting permits are sold. |
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