Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 66 - Hunting and Trapping › Section 26-66-3 - Open Hunting Seasons and Bag Limits for Upland Game Birds and Mammals

Current through July 10, 2024
The following seasons are subject to the closures provided in
				subsection (i) of this section:
(a)
			 The open season for taking chukar partridge and Hungarian partridge shall be
			 from the third Saturday in October through the last day in February. The daily
			 bag limit shall not exceed two chukar partridge and two Hungarian partridge,
			 and the season bag limit shall not exceed ten chukar partridge and ten
			 Hungarian partridge.
(b) The open
			 season for taking European hare and cottontail rabbit shall be from the third
			 Saturday in October through the last day of February. The daily bag limit shall
			 not exceed one European hare and three cottontail rabbits, and the season bag
			 limit shall not exceed ten European hare and twenty-five cottontail rabbits.
			 The open season for taking ruffed grouse shall be from the third Saturday in
			 October through the last day of November. The open season for taking gray
			 squirrel shall be from the first day in September through the last day of
			 February. The daily bag limit shall not exceed one ruffed grouse and eight gray
			 squirrels and the season bag limit shall not exceed eight ruffed grouse and
			 forty gray squirrels.
(c) The open
			 season for taking snowshoe rabbit shall be from the third Saturday in November
			 through January 31. The daily bag limit shall not exceed two and the season bag
			 limit shall not exceed ten.
(d) The
			 open season for taking raccoon and opossum shall be from the third Saturday in
			 October through the third Saturday in January. During the shotgun season for
			 hunting deer, raccoon and opossum hunting will not be permitted during the
			 daylight hours from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.
			 The daily bag limit shall not exceed five for raccoon. There shall be no daily
			 or seasonal bag limits on opossum.
(e) The open season for taking quail shall be
			 from the third Saturday in October and continue for two consecutive weeks,
			 except that the season shall continue through the last day in February on the
			 following state-controlled field trial or dog training areas: Dr. John E.
			 Flaherty Field Trial Area, Mansfield Hollow Dam, Nod Brook Management Area and
			 Sugarbrook Field Trial Area. The daily bag limit shall not exceed two and the
			 season bag limit shall not exceed ten.
(f) There shall be no open season on northern
			 and southern flying squirrel, mink, moose, muskrat, beaver, otter, Canada lynx,
			 harbor seal, pine marten, Indiana bat, black bear, fisher, bobcat and mountain
			 lion (Felis concolor).
(g) There
			 shall be no closed season except as provided in section
			 26-66-1(c)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and no daily or season bag
			 limits on any of the following species: coyote, porcupine, red squirrel,
			 weasel, or skunk.
(h) The open
			 season for taking red fox and gray fox shall be from the third Saturday in
			 October through the last day in February. The daily bag limit shall not exceed
			 three and the season limit shall not exceed thirty, in combination.
(i) There shall be a closed season for all
			 hunting and the training of dogs from the second Saturday in October through
			 one half-hour before sunrise, e.d.t. on the third Saturday in October except
			 for turkey and archery deer hunting; rail and gallinule hunting in tidal marsh;
			 waterfowl hunting; coyote hunting; the hunting of foxes and rabbits under the
			 provisions of section 26-39 of the Connecticut General Statutes; hunting on
			 licensed private shooting preserves operating under the provisions of section
			 26-48 of the Connecticut General Statutes; junior pheasant hunting training day
			 under the provisions of Section
			 26-48a-1(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; field trials held under the
			 provisions of section 26-51 and section 26-52 of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes, the training of dogs under the provisions of Section 26-49 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes; or the training of hunting dogs on any area
			 approved by the Department for this purpose.
(j) The open season for taking woodchuck
			 shall be from March 15 through November 15.