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The Department of Natural Resources today announced the 2015-2016 early migratory game bird hunting seasons, which mark the traditional start of hunting activity each year in Maryland.<\/p>\n
Dove, split season<\/strong> Woodcock, split season<\/strong> Early resident Canada goose season*<\/strong> Teal, September season**<\/strong> All migratory bird hunters, including landowners who are license-exempt, must purchase a Maryland Migratory Game Bird Stamp\/HIP Permit and possess the printed receipt while hunting. All waterfowl hunters ages 16 and over must possess the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (federal duck stamp). Licenses, stamps and permits may be purchased online via\u00a0COMPASS<\/a>, by phone at 1-855-855-3906, at a\u00a0DNR Service Center<\/a>, or at any of the more than\u00a0250 Sport License Agents<\/a>. For more information, visit\u00a0dnr.maryland.gov\/service<\/a>.<\/p>\n Official shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset for all early migratory game bird hunting seasons EXCEPT for: mourning doves during the first season segment, when shooting hours are from noon to sunset; and during the September resident Canada goose seasons when shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.<\/p>\n Migratory bird hunting information and a listing of season dates and bag limits are\u00a0available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hunters are encouraged to report banded migratory game birds by calling 1-800-327-BAND (2263) or online at\u00a0reportband.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n Keep up to date with\u00a0DNR\u2019s Wildlife & Heritage<\/a>\u00a0Service on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and Twitter\u00a0@MDDNRWildlife<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Department of Natural Resources today announced the 2015-2016 early migratory game bird hunting seasons, which mark the traditional start of hunting activity each year in Maryland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"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":[],"class_list":["post-8963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8963","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8963"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8970,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8963\/revisions\/8970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFirst Season: September 1 \u2013 October 10, 2015
\nSecond: October 31 \u2013 November 27, 2015
\nThird: December 25, 2015 \u2013 January 15, 2016<\/p>\n
\nFirst Season: October 30 \u2013 November 27, 2015
\nSecond: January 15 \u2013 30, 2016<\/p>\n
\nEastern zone: September 1 \u2013 15, 2015
\nWestern zone: September 1 \u2013 25, 2015
\n*Hunters are allowed to use shotguns capable of holding more than three shot shells, and shooting hours are extended to one-half hour after sunset during the early resident Canada goose season.<\/em>
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\nSeptember 16 \u2013 30, 2015
\n**Shooting hours will be one-half hour before sunrise to sunset and the daily bag limit is six teal. A description of the September teal season zone, season dates, and bag limits are included at the Early Teal Season website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n