Alabama Seasons are Set

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Alabama Waterfowl Seasons for 2015-16:

SPECIAL TEAL SEASON
September 12 – September 27
  • Note: At time of printing, federal guidelines were not final. See Alabama Waterfowl Hunting Guide.
  • 6 a day
  • Shooting Hours: One-half hour before Sunrise to Sunset.
SPECIAL EARLY CANADA GOOSE SEASON
September 1 – September 15
  • Note: At time of printing, federal guidelines were not final. See Alabama Waterfowl Hunting Guide.
  • 5 a day
  • Shooting Hours: One-half hour before Sunrise to Sunset.
SPECIAL SNOW/BLUE GOOSE SEASON
October 24 – November 8
  • Monroe and Escambia Counties only
  • Note: At time of printing, federal guidelines were not final. See Alabama Waterfowl Hunting Guide.
  • 5 a day
  • Shooting Hours: One-half hour before Sunrise to Sunset.
DUCK, COOT, MERGANSER
November 27 – November 28
December 5 – January 31
  • Note: At time of printing, federal guidelines were not final. See Alabama Waterfowl Hunting Guide.
  • Shooting Hours: One-half hour before Sunrise to Sunset.
Duck
  • 6 ducks a day — may include no more than 4 Mallards (no more than 2 of which may be female), 3 Wood Ducks, 1 Mottled Duck, 1 Black Duck, 2 Redhead, 2 Pintail, 2 Canvasback, and 2 Scaup.
COOT
  • 15 a day
Merganser
  • 5 a day, only 2 may be a Hooded Merganser.
GEESE
September 21 – October 8
November 27 – November 28
December 5 – January 31
  • Note: At time of printing, federal guidelines were not final.
    See Alabama Waterfowl Hunting Guide.
  • The daily bag limit of 5 shall not include more than 3 Canada Geese or 2 White-Fronted Geese.
  • The possession limit of 5 shall include no more than 4 Canada geese and white-fronted geese in aggregate.
  • Shooting Hours: One-half hour before Sunrise to Sunset.
SPECIAL YOUTH WATERFOWL HUNTING DAYS
November 21 and February 6
  • Note: At time of printing, federal guidelines were not final. See Alabama Waterfowl Hunting Guide.
  • Same shooting hours, bag limits, and legal arms and ammunition apply as did in regular waterfowl season, in accordance with Rule 220-2-.119.
 
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No, just 16 days as normal but the limit is 6.
I may hunt early teal for the first time in over 10 years.
 
Very nice. Ohio is usually one of the last to get there's together.

Congrats on being able to shoot teal half hour before sunrise. Our is sunrise, also known as half hour after the teal get up and leave until nightfall...
 
Good morning, Carl~

I note that your Duck Season is virtually the same as our Long Island season.

Question: Is your Merganser limit separate from your Duck limit? Ours were merged about 20 years ago.

All the best,

SJS
 
Yes, mergies are separate, 5/day 2 can be hoodies.
So if you really got on the right spot, you could bring home 6 ducks, 5 lawn-darts and 15 coots in one day!
I have never killed 5 mergies in one day, maybe had one or two chances to do so if I had wanted to.
I have taken two hoodies in one day.
 
Our shooting time is around 6:10 am. I don't think I have ever killed a teal in early season past 8:00am.
 
Carl - You are going to give me a heart attack... you took 1 can and 1 bluebill per day away from me! :) In verifying with the website, limits are actual 2 cans, 2 pintails, and 3 bills per day this year. You can have my pintail though as I won't see the first one unless it's half mile in the air headed somewhere else.

http://www.outdooralabama.com/sites/default/files/WaterfowlLeaflet20152016.pdf
 
Sorry!!! I fixed it. The regs are correct in the Waterfowl pamphlet but wrong on the E-Regs site. I will let them know.
 
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