{"id":31390,"date":"2020-09-21T14:51:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T18:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=31390"},"modified":"2020-09-21T15:07:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T19:07:48","slug":"early-teal-season-runs-through-sept-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/09\/21\/early-teal-season-runs-through-sept-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Teal Season Runs Through Sept. 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Special Season Provides Additional Waterfowl Opportunity<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 381px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49101256356_a1b5314596.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Maryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp featuring hen and drake teal\" width=\"371\" height=\"255\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A hen and drake teal are featured in the 2020-21 Migratory Game Bird Stamp, painted by Jeffrey Klinefelter.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> announces that the September teal-only hunting season is open from Sept. 16 through Sept. 30. Shooting hours are from one half-hour before sunrise until sunset, the daily bag limit is six teal (blue or green-winged), and the possession limit for teal is three times the daily bag limit.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seasons and bag limits for all other migratory game birds can be found in the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eregulations.com\/maryland\/hunting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2020-21 Maryland Guide to Hunting and Trapping<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are always pleased to offer additional waterfowl hunting opportunities and this year\u2019s special early teal season is no exception,\u201d said Wildlife and Heritage Service Director Paul Peditto.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All migratory game bird hunters, including landowners who are license-exempt, must possess a valid <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eregulations.com\/maryland\/hunting\/hunting-licenses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp\/Harvest Information Program permit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. All waterfowl hunters age 16 and older are also required to possess a federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (federal duck stamp), which must be signed in ink on its front to be valid. Hunters buying the federal stamp online may use the purchase code or printed receipt to show proof of purchase for 45 days. Hunters will receive the physical stamp in the mail from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service within this time frame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hunters with questions may contact the department at 410-260-8540.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special Season Provides Additional Waterfowl Opportunity The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announces that the September teal-only hunting season is open from Sept. 16 through Sept. 30. Shooting hours are from one half-hour before sunrise until sunset, the daily bag limit is six teal (blue or green-winged), and the possession limit for teal is three<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/09\/21\/early-teal-season-runs-through-sept-30\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3172],"tags":[3071,3638,5011,3030],"class_list":["post-31390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","tag-migratory-game-bird-hunting-seasons","tag-teal","tag-teal-season","tag-waterfowl"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31390"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31394,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31390\/revisions\/31394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}