New York Environmental Conservation Code § 11-0905

Open hunting seasons and bag limits for upland game birds and small game
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§ 11-0905. Open hunting seasons and bag limits for upland game birds and\n             small game.\n  1. Game of the species listed in column one of the table set forth\nbelow may be taken in the open season or seasons specified in column two\nopposite the name of the species, in the areas for which the open season\nis so specified, or if no area is specified, anywhere in the state. Such\ngame, of the species listed in column one, may be taken to the extent of\nthe bag limits specified in column three opposite the name of the\nspecies. Unless the bag limits are stated separately for different areas\nthey limit the total amount of the species that may be taken by one\nperson in a calendar year, whether hunting is done in one area or more\nthan one area. Where the words "fixed annually by regulation" appear in\ncolumn two or column three, the species may be taken in open seasons,\nand to the extent of bag limits, fixed by such regulations of the\ndepartment pursuant to section 11-0903 or 11-0307.\n  2. Table\n         Column One         Column Two          Column Three\n         Species            Open Season         Bag Limit\n* a. Migratory game      Fixed annually        Fixed annually\n     birds, all species  by federal            by federal\n                         regulation,           regulation,\n                         unless the            unless the\n                         state adopts          state adopts\n                         regulation            regulation\n  * NB Effective until December 31, 2027\n* a. Migratory game      Fixed annually        Fixed annually\n     birds, all species  by regulation         by regulation\n  * NB Effective December 31, 2027\n  b. Ruffed grouse       Fixed annually        Fixed annually\n                         by regulation         by regulation\n  c. Hungarian partridge Fixed annually        Fixed annually\n                         by regulation         by regulation\n  d. Ring-necked         Long Island November  Long Island, four\n     pheasant            1 through December    birds in one day,\n                         31. Elsewhere,        thirty during season.\n                         fixed annually by     Elsewhere, fixed\n                         regulation            annually by regulation\n  e. Quail               Orange, Putnam and    Orange, Putnam and\n                         Westchester counties, Westchester counties;\n                         fixed annually by     four birds in one day,\n                         regulation;           ten during season.\n                         Long Island, November Long Island, six birds\n                         1 through December 31 in one day, forty\n                                               during season.\n  f. Black, gray and     Fixed annually        Fixed annually\n     fox squirrels       by regulation         by regulation\n  g. Varying hares       Fixed annually        Fixed annually\n                         by regulation         by regulation\n  h. Cottontail rabbits  Fixed annually        Fixed annually\n                         by regulation         by regulation\n  i. Frogs               Fixed annually        Fixed annually\n                         by regulation         by regulation\n  j. Raccoon             Fixed annually        Fixed annually\n                         by regulation         by regulation\n  k. Wild turkeys        Fixed annually        Fixed annually\n                         by regulation         by regulation\n  l. European hare       Fixed annually        Fixed annually\n                         by regulation         by regulation\n  m. Bobcat              Fixed annually        Fixed annually\n                         by regulation         by regulation\n  n. Lynx                Fixed annually        Fixed annually\n                         by regulation         by regulation\n  o. Coyote              Fixed annually        Fixed annually\n                         by regulation   

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