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The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced the dates for the 2009-2010 migratory bird hunting seasons, which include seasons for hunting ducks, geese, woodcock, snipe, and rails. Specific details on season dates, bag limits, regulations, and other reminders are published in the 2009-2010 Migratory Bird Hunting Guide, which will be available from DEP and town clerk offices by early September. The guide also may be found on the DEP’s website at www.ct.gov/dep/hunting.

September Canada Goose Season
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Daily dove hunt permits go on sale at 10 a.m. EDT Sept. 17 for special-opportunity dove fields throughout the state, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced today.

Worksheets are available from FWC regional offices and at MyFWC.com/Hunting under “Limited Entry Hunts” then “Application Worksheets For All Limited Entry Hunts.” Sportsmen may apply for these permits at www.wildlifelicense.com/fl, by calling 888-HUNT-FLORIDA (486-8356), or at county tax collectors’ offices and license agents.

The cost for the permit is $35, which entitles one adult and one youth (under age 16) to hunt together, but allows only one daily bag limit of birds to be harvested between them.
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MADISON — The American woodcock hunting season opens on Sept. 19 and runs through Nov. 2. The daily bag limit is three birds with a possession limit of six. Overall, hunters should expect to see woodcock numbers similar to the last few years and, depending on the weather, should enjoy a good fall.

Hunters are reminded that blaze orange clothing and ground blind rules are in effect during the Oct 10-11 Youth Gun Deer Hunt statewide and during the Oct 15-18 antlerless only gun deer hunt in Herd Control Deer Management Units. Waterfowl hunters are exempt from the blaze orange requirements.
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North Zone Dove: Dove hunters saw fair to good shoots around the Panhandle over cut corn and milo. The region has received rain during the summer so there are plenty of watering holes and playa lakes. Lubbock and fields north of Abilene were good for morning shoots of mourning doves. Fields along the Red River enjoyed steady flights of mourning doves near Paris and Bogota. Soy beans, sunflowers and corn fields have been the ticket. Treelines and watering holes have seen the best flights in the afternoon. The region has enjoyed above-average rainfall amounts for the year. Prospects are good.
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