# Migratory Bird Hunting; Early Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds in the Contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2012-08-31 · Effective 2012-09-01 · 77 FR 53752
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-21294
- **Category:** migratory-bird
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **State:** AK
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 53752
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 20
- **Publication date:** 2012-08-31
- **Effective date:** 2012-09-01
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R9-MB-2012-0005
## Abstract

This rule prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits of mourning, white-winged, and white- tipped doves; band-tailed pigeons; rails; moorhens and gallinules; woodcock; common snipe; sandhill cranes; sea ducks; early (September) waterfowl seasons; migratory game birds in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; youth waterfowl day; and some extended falconry seasons. Taking of migratory birds is prohibited unless specifically provided for by annual regulations. This rule permits taking of designated species during the 2012-13 season.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/08/31/2012-21294/migratory-bird-hunting-early-seasons-and-bag-and-possession-limits-for-certain-migratory-game-birds)
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