# Migratory Bird Hunting; 2025-26 Seasons for Certain Migratory Game Birds
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2025-08-25 · Effective 2025-08-22 · 90 FR 41306
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-16192
- **Category:** migratory-bird
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 41306
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 20
- **Publication date:** 2025-08-25
- **Effective date:** 2025-08-22
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-HQ-MB-2024-0127
## Abstract

This rule prescribes the seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits for hunting migratory game birds. Taking of migratory game birds is prohibited unless specifically provided for by annual regulations. This rule permits the taking of designated species during the 2025-26 season.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/25/2025-16192/migratory-bird-hunting-2025-26-seasons-for-certain-migratory-game-birds)
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