JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Conservation Commission approved recommendations at its April 12 meeting from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) for upcoming 2019 migratory-game-bird-hunting seasons and 2019-2020 waterfowl-hunting seasons.
2019 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING
Mourning Doves, Eurasian Collared Doves, and White-Winged Doves
Season: Sept. 1 through Nov. 29
Limits: 15 daily and 45 in possession combined total for all three species
Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
Sora and Virginia Rails
Season: Sept. 1 through Nov. 9
Limits: 25 daily and 75 in possession combined for both species
Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
Wilson’s (Common) Snipe
Season: Sept. 1 through Dec. 16
Limits: 8 daily and 24 in possession
Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
American Woodcock
Season: Oct. 15 through Nov. 28
Limits: 3 daily and 9 in possession
Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
2019-2020 WATERFOWL HUNTING
Teal
Season: Sept. 7-22
Limits: 6 daily and 18 in possession
Hours: Sunrise to sunset
Ducks
Season:
North Zone: Nov. 2 through Dec. 31
Middle Zone: Nov. 9 – 15 and Nov. 21 through Jan. 12, 2020
South Zone: Nov. 28 through Dec. 1 and Dec. 7 through Jan. 31, 2020
Bag Limit: 6 ducks daily with species restrictions of:
4 mallards (no more than 2 females)
3 scaup
3 wood ducks
2 redheads
2 hooded mergansers
1 pintail (new limit)
2 canvasbacks
2 black ducks
1 mottled duck
Possession Limit: Three times the daily bag or 18 total, varies by species
Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
Coots
Season: Same as duck season dates in the respective zones
Limits: 15 daily and 45 in possession
Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset
Snow Geese (White and Blue Phases) and
