Section 11-0909. Hunting hours  


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  • 1.  Bobcat, mink, muskrat, raccoon, coyote, fox and skunk may be taken
      at any hour, day or night.
        2. Migratory game birds shall be taken only during the hours specified
      in regulations adopted by the department pursuant to section 11-0307.
        3. a. Wild deer and bear, wild upland game birds, and small game other
      than bobcat, mink, muskrat, raccoon, coyote, fox and skunk, taken in any
      open season, shall be taken  only  between  the  hours  of  sunrise  and
      sunset, unless otherwise provided in regulations of the department.
        b.  The department shall have the authority to establish by regulation
      hours of hunting wild deer and bear, wild upland game birds,  and  small
      game,  other than bobcat, mink, muskrat, raccoon, coyote, fox and skunk,
      during the open season provided therefor.
        c. Such regulations shall provide for uniform hunting  hours  for  all
      species  of game for which an open season is provided, during all or any
      part of the period covered by such regulations, other than bobcat, mink,
      muskrat, raccoon, coyote, fox and skunk.
        d. The  department  shall  have  the  authority  to  provide  in  such
      regulations  for  different  hours  of hunting in different areas as set
      forth in  such  regulations,  and  shall  have  the  authority  in  such
      regulations  to  provide  for  different  hours of hunting for a part or
      parts of any open season.
        e. A summary of regulations adopted pursuant to this subdivision shall
      be published each year in  the  hunting  and  fishing  syllabus  of  the
      department issued pursuant to section 11-0323.