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Game Commission
Sets Bird Limits
An increase from 12 to 18 in the daily bag limit for mourning doves was the biggest change in migratory bird regulations approved for the upcoming season in Virginia, reports Game Commission Executive Director Chester F. Phelps. The first half of the state’s split dove season will open September 6 and close November 1. The second period will begin December 15 and extend through December 27. The bag limit will be 18 doves daily, 36 in possession. As usual, shooting will be limited to afternoons from 12 o’clock noon until sunset each day. The increased bag limit is an effort to gain more information on the dove and the effects of gunning pressure. The experiment with the higher bag is expected to remain in effect through next year in the Eastern states.
Rail seasons were set to open September 12 and extend through November 20. The opening date corresponds with seasonal high tides expected to create ideal rail hunting conditions. Hunters will be allowed 15 clapper and king rails combined daily and 30 in possession, plus 25 sora and Virginia rails combined daily or in possession. Woodcock season will begin November 17 and end January 20 with bag limits of 5 daily, 10 in possession. The season on jacksnipe (Wilson’s snipe) will also begin on November 17 but will extend only through January 5 with a daily limit of 8 and a possession limit of ^6. Shooting hours for all migratory species except doves are from .one-half hour before sunrise until sunset each day. Possession limits apply to birds killed on more than one day.
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