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Subchapter
002
:
BIRDS
(Cite as: 10 App. V.S.A. § 21)
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§ 21. Seasons, bag limits
Game birds of the species listed in column one of the Table set forth below may be
taken during the period specified in column two in the number specified in column
three, and may be possessed only in the numbers specified in column three as “possession
limits.”
| Column One |
Column Two |
Column Three |
| BIRD |
SEASON |
BAG LIMIT |
| |
|
|
| (a) Migratory game birds, all species |
In accordance with Federal regulations |
In accordance with Federal regulations |
| (b) Partridge (ruffed grouse) |
Last Saturday in
September to December 31, inclusive
|
4 daily limit
8 possession limit
|
| |
|
|
| (c) Pheasant |
Last Saturday in September to December 31, inclusive |
2 daily limit
4 possession limit
|
| |
|
|
| (d) Wild Turkey |
see § 22, post |
see § 22, post |
| (e) Quail |
Last Saturday in September to last Thursday before regular deer season, inclusive |
4 daily limit
8 possession limit
|
| (1) Bobwhite Quail |
No closed season |
None |
| |
|
|
(f) Chukar
Partridge
|
No closed season |
None |
| (g) Others |
No open season |
|
| (h) Crow |
Friday through Monday only, inclusive, January 15 — April 11 and August 19 — December
19
|
No limit |
(Added 1961, No. 119, § 2, eff. May 9, 1961; amended 1963, Fish and Game Board Reg. No.—, eff. Aug. 23, 1963; 1965, Fish and Game Board Reg. No.—, eff. Sept. 13, 1965; 1968, Fish and Game Board Reg. No.—, eff. Jan. 6, 1968; 1975, Fish and Game Board Reg. No. 891, eff. Sept. 1, 1975; 1978, Fish and Game Board Reg. No. 908, eff. Oct. 31, 1978; 1980, Fish and Game Board Reg. No. 921, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; 1980, Fish and Game Board Reg. No. 922, eff. Oct. 27, 1980; 1984, Fish and Wildlife Board Reg. No. 952, eff. Sept. 17, 1984; 1989, Fish and Wildlife Board Reg. No. 979, eff. Nov. 24, 1989; 1991, Fish and Wildlife Board Reg. No. 988, eff. Sept. 1991; 2015, Fish and Wildlife Board Reg., eff. January 1, 2016.)