CT DEEP Press Release: Migratory Bird Hunting Season Regulations Meeting

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

Migratory Bird Hunting Season Regulations Meeting

Will take place at Cabela’s in East Hartford

Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced that the Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations Meeting will be held from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Friday, April 1, 2016, in the upstairs conference room at Cabela’s, 475 East Hartford Blvd N, East Hartford. In previous years, this meeting was held in late July/early August; however, this year, it is being held at the beginning of April because the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) recently implemented a streamlined process for setting annual migratory game bird hunting seasons and bag limits.

The Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations Meeting provides interested parties an opportunity to comment on the proposed hunting season regulations for the 2016-2017 migratory bird seasons. DEEP will present proposed regulations and take all public comments. Final hunting season dates will be formulated shortly after the comments are compiled and evaluated. Hunters are reminded that DEEP accepts comments on the migratory bird hunting regulations year round; however, this meeting serves to finalize the regulations and is being held just prior to when the Department will have to make its final season selections to the USFWS. Each year, the USFWS works in partnership with states from four Flyway Councils (Atlantic, Pacific, Central, and Mississippi) to establish regulatory frameworks for hunting season lengths, dates, and bag limits. States select their individual seasons from within the federal frameworks.