BirdHuntSeptember Teal
- Sep 19 – Sep 27, 2026
Blue-winged and green-winged teal6 daily18 poss.
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Virginia
Atlantic Flyway
Opens Nov 18Season
Opens Nov 18
Daily duck bag
6
12 species limits apply
Next draw deadline
None
No open applications
Nonresident rules
Waterfowl hunters need a Virginia hunting license, HIP registration, the Virginia Migratory Waterfowl Conservation Stamp and the federal duck stamp.
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September Teal
Ducks & Mergansers
Youth & Veterans Waterfowl Hunting Days
Canada Goose Resident Population Zone
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Today
Seasons & bag limits
Ducks & Mergansers
- Oct 9 – Oct 12, 2026
- Nov 18 – Nov 29, 2026
- Dec 19, 2026 – Jan 31, 2027
Ducks6 daily18 poss.
- 4 mallards
- 2 hen mallards
- 3 wood ducks
- 2 black ducks
- 1 scaup (oct. 9 - jan. 11)
- 2 scaup (jan. 12 - 31)
- 2 redheads
- 2 canvasbacks
- 3 pintails
- 1 mottled ducks
- 1 fulvous whistling ducks
- 4 sea ducks
Sea ducks: no more than 3 scoters, 3 eiders (1 hen) and 3 long-tailed ducks.
Mergansers5 daily15 poss.
Youth & Veterans Waterfowl Hunting Days
- Oct 24 – Oct 24, 2026
- Feb 6 – Feb 6, 2027
Canada Goose
- Nov 18 – Nov 29, 2026
- Dec 19, 2026 – Feb 21, 2027
Canada geese5 daily15 poss.
Limit taken from the youth-day rules; confirm the regular-season limit.
Canada Goose
- Nov 24 – Nov 29, 2026
- Dec 24, 2026 – Jan 31, 2027
Canada geese2 daily6 poss.
Limit taken from the youth-day rules; confirm the regular-season limit.
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