Small Game & Migratory Game Birds

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2022-2023 Small Game Hunting Seasons & Bag Limits
Season	Season Dates	Daily Bag Limit
Youth Squirrel (On private lands and authorized state and federal lands. Youth 15 and under.)	Sept. 24 - 30	8
Squirrel – Fall Season	Oct. 1 - Feb. 28	8
Squirrel – Spring Season	May 15 - June 1	4
Rabbit	Oct. 15 - Feb. 28	8
Bobwhite Quail	Nov. 24 - March 4	8
Frog	April 1 - Sept. 30	25/night
Raccoon	July 1 - Sept. 30	1 per party/night
Opossum, Raccoon, and Bobcat	Oct. 1 - Oct. 31 (Food and sport)	5/day; 8/party
Opossum, Raccoon, and Bobcat	Nov. 1 - Feb. 28 (Food, sport, and pelt)	no limit
Trapping	Nov. 1 - March 15	no limit

2022-2023 Migratory Game Bird Seasons & Bag Limits
Season	Season Dates	Daily Bag Limit	Possession Limit
Sept. Canada Geese*	Sept. 1 - Sept. 30	5	15
White-winged and Mourning Doves (North Zone)**	Sept. 3 - Oct. 14 Nov. 19 - Nov. 27 Dec. 24 - Jan. 31	15 singly or in aggregate	45 singly or in aggregate
White-winged and Mourning Doves (South Zone)***	Sept. 3 - Sept. 18 Oct. 8 - Nov. 6 Dec. 19 - Jan. 31	15 singly or in aggregate	45 singly or in aggregate
Sept. Teal	Sept. 10 - Sept. 25	6	18
Rails (Sora & Virginia)	Sept. 1 - Oct. 2 Nov. 25 - Jan. 1	25 singly or in aggregate	75 singly or in aggregate
Rails (Clapper & King)	Sept. 1 - Oct. 2 Nov. 25 - Jan. 1	15 singly or in aggregate	45 singly or in aggregate
Gallinules: Common and purple	Sept. 1 - Oct. 2 Nov. 25 - Jan. 1	15 singly or in aggregate	45 singly or in aggregate
Crow	Nov. 5 - Feb. 28	no limit	no limit
Snipe	Nov. 14 - Feb. 28	8	24
Geese (Canada, Snow, Blue, Ross’s, White-fronted, and Brant)	Nov. 11 - Nov. 27 Dec. 2 - Dec. 4 Dec. 9 - Jan. 31	Canada Goose Bag Limit 5; Snow, Blue, and Ross’s Bag Limit 20; White-fronted Bag Limit 3; Brant Bag Limit 1	Possession 15 (Canada Goose) No Possession Limit (Snow, Blue, and Ross’s) Possession 9 (White-fronted) Possession 3 (Brant)
Ducks, Mergansers, & Coots	Nov. 25 - Nov. 27 Dec. 2 - Dec. 4 Dec. 9 - Jan. 31	See below for ducks, mergansers, and coots bag limits.
Woodcock	Dec. 18 - Jan. 31	3	9
Youth, Veteran, and Active Military Waterfowl Days	Feb. 4 - Feb. 5, 2023	Bag limits & shooting hours are the same as the regular season.
Light Goose Conservation Order****	Oct. 1 - Nov. 10, Nov. 28 - Dec. 1, Dec. 5 - Dec. 8, Feb. 1 - Feb. 3, Feb. 6 - Mar. 31	no limit	no limit

Shooting hours are from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.
Only snow, blue, and Ross’s geese are eligible for harvest.
The use of electronic calls is allowed.
The use of unplugged shotguns is allowed.
There is no daily or possession limit for snow, blue, or Ross’s geese.
Hunters must use non-toxic shot.

Daily Bag Limits / Possession Limits:

Possession Limit is three times the daily bag limit for all migratory game birds except on opening day unless otherwise noted.

Ducks - A total of 6 ducks, including no more than 4 mallards (no more than 2 of which may be females), 3 wood ducks, 2 redheads, 2 canvasbacks, 1 mottled duck, 2 black ducks, and 1 pintail. The daily bag limit for scaup is 1 scaup per day Nov. 25 - 27, Dec. 2 - 4, and Dec. 9 - 17; and is 2 scaup per day Dec. 18 - Jan. 31.

Mergansers - A total of 5, only 2 of which may be hooded mergansers.

Coots - 15 Daily.