2008 Dove Season Dates are Announced
Thursday, July 12, 2007 (09:04:37)

Posted by Admin

The NCWRC has announced the dates for the upcoming 2008-2009 Dove Season. Opening day of the dove season will be Monday, September 1. Shooting hours for doves are noon to sunset on Sept. 1 (only) and one half-hour before sunrise until sunset thereafter. Also announced were other bird hunting dates for webless migratory game birds.

* dove — Sept. 1-Oct. 4, Nov. 24-29 and Dec. 12-Jan. 10; daily bag of 15 and possession limit of 30. (Shooting hours for doves are noon to sunset Sept. 1 and one half-hour before sunrise until sunset thereafter.)
* rails (king and clapper) — Sept. 1-Nov. 8; daily bag of 15 and possession limit of 30.
* rails (sora and Virginia) — Sept. 1-Nov. 8; daily bag and possession limit of 25.
* gallinule and moorhens — Sept. 1-Nov. 8; daily bag 15 and possession 30.
* woodcock — Jan. 2 - Jan. 31; daily bag 3 and possession 6.
* common snipe — Nov. 14-Feb. 28; daily bag 8 and possession 16.
* early season Canada goose — Sept. 1-30; daily bag 8 and possession 16, except in portions of Dare County on and around Roanoke Island, where the daily bag limit is 2 and possession limit is 4. (When west of U.S. Highway 17, shooting hours for Canada goose extend to ½ hour after sunset during September only.)
* early season September Teal Season - includes blue-winged, green-winged and cinnamon — Sept. 20-30 east of U.S. Highway 17 only; daily bag 4 and possession 8.