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RAPID CITY, S.D. — Regulations for the early fall Canada goose hunting season and the youth waterfowl hunting season were finalized by the S.D. Game, Fish and Parks Commission at its July meeting in Rapid City.

Much of South Dakota will be open for the early fall Canada goose season which runs from Sept. 6 through Sept. 26. The areas closed to hunting during this season include Unit 2 which encompasses most of the counties along the Missouri River as well as portions of Fall River and Custer counties and, in a change from previous seasons, Perkins County. Also included in the closed area is Bennett County.
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The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today announced that it will take input on the dates for and structure of the 2008-2009 migratory bird hunting season at an information meeting to be held August 1 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the rear conference room at the DEP Marine Headquarters, Old Lyme.

This meeting provides interested parties an opportunity to comment on the proposed dates for the hunting season and to hear reports on various migratory bird issues from DEP staff. The final hunting season dates will be formulated shortly after the comments are compiled and evaluated.
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KEARNEY, Neb. — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s board of commissioners voted to table staff recommendations for Nebraska’s 2008 waterfowl hunting season dates and regulations and took action on a variety of other subjects at a July 18 meeting in Kearney.

The recommendations for the 2008 waterfowl season dates tabled by the commissioners will be adopted with amendments at the next commission meeting in late August. They are:

Early Teal — Low Plains, Sept. 6-21; High Plains, Sept. 13-21; daily bag limit four; possession limit eight;

Early Canada Geese — In designated zone, Sept. 6-14; daily bag limit five; possession limit 10;

Youth — Statewide, Sept. 27-28; daily bag and possession limit same as regular duck season;
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Frankfort, Ky. – The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider proposed hunting regulation changes for the Taylorsville Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA) at its August 15 meeting.

The proposed changes are two-fold: 1) elimination of the waterfowl refuge, and 2) daily closure of waterfowl hunting on the entire WMA at 2:00 p.m.

“Whenever possible, we want to increase opportunities for people to enjoy wildlife on our public lands, and this is a great opportunity to do that,” said Dr. Karen Alexy, Wildlife Division director for Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. “With this proposal we can greatly expand hunting and other wildlife recreational access on this WMA without having an adverse impact on waterfowl and other wildlife populations.”
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RAPID CITY, S.D. — The Game, Fish and Parks Commission approved proposals for the duck and goose hunting seasons at its July meeting in Rapid City. The seasons will be finalized at the commission’s August meeting at Fort Sisseton.

As proposed, Canada goose hunting along the Missouri River would get a little bit later start. The season in Unit 2, largely those counties along the river and portions of Custer and Fall River counties, would start on Nov. 1 and go through Feb. 13, 2009.

“The best goose hunting seems to be later and later every year,” said George Vandel, assistant director of the Wildlife Division. Because of that trend, hunters in Perkins County have asked that it be included in the later-starting Unit 2.
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