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Are there any hunting areas in the DC area? Am I hopelessly naive about the area? ;)

Are there any hunting areas in the DC area?

Such a tempting question... ;0)

DC has a lot of parks in and around. Some of them are open for hunting.

"Are there any hunting areas in the DC area? Am I hopelessly naive about the area?"

In Maryland it is Waterfowl Season..............

Ducks, Mergansers, and Coots
Season Dates	Daily Bag Limits
Ducks Oct. 5 - Oct. 12 Nov. 9 - Nov. 29 Dec. 17 - Jan. 25	Duck Daily Bag and Possession Limits: 5 ducks per day which may include no more than: 4 mallards (max. 2 hen mallards), 2 wood ducks, 2 redheads, 3 scaup, 4 scoters, 1 fulvous tree duck, 1 pintail (during open season for pintail), 1 mottled duck, and 1 black duck (during open season for black ducks). During all three duck season splits, hunters may take 1 additional teal (blue-winged or green-winged teal). The possession limit is twice the daily bag limit. Closed season for canvasbacks and harlequin ducks. In addition to the duck bag limit hunters may take 15 coot and 6 mergansers per day, which may include not more than 1 hooded merganser.
Black Duck Sept. 28 (Youth Only) Nov. 9 - Nov. 29 Dec. 17 - Jan. 25
Pintail Sept. 28 (Youth Only) Oct. 5 - Oct. 12 Dec. 31 - Jan. 25

Sea Ducks Scoters, Long-tailed Duck, and Eiders
Season Dates	Daily Bag Limits
Oct. 5 - Jan. 20	5 (no more than 4 scoters) per day
*** Sea Duck Bag Limit - There are three types of ducks considered sea ducks: scoters, long-tailed ducks (oldsquaw), and eiders. A hunter may not take or attempt to take more than a daily bag limit of 5 sea ducks (no more than 4 scoters) from one or more waterfowl hunting zones within the State. For example, a hunter could take 3 scaup, 1 long-tailed duck, and 1 scoter in the Offshore Waterfowl Hunting Zone to complete a daily bag limit of 5 regular ducks. The hunter could then hunt in the Sea Duck Zone and take 3 more sea ducks to complete his aggregate daily bag limit of 5 sea ducks (no more than 4 scoters). Daily bag limit on scoters is 4 and possession limit is 8.

Atlantic Population AP Canada Geese
Season Dates	Daily Bag Limits
Nov. 19 - Nov. 29 Dec. 17 - Jan. 25	1 per day
** AP Hunt Zone: Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Harford, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, St. Mary's, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties and that portion of Anne Arundel County east of Interstate 895, Interstate 97, and Route 3, Prince George's County east of Routes 3 and 301, and Charles County east of Route 301 to the VA state line.
Canada Goose Bag Limit - A hunter may not take or attempt to take more than a daily bag limit of 5 Canada geese (no more than 1 Canada goose from the AP Hunt Zone) from one or more Canada goose hunting zones within the State. For example, a hunter could take 1 Canada goose in the AP Hunt Zone, then go to the Late Resident Canada Goose Zone and take 4 additional Canada geese. If the hunter first took 5 Canada geese in the Late Resident Canada Goose Hunt Zone, he could not take 1 Canada goose in the AP Hunt Zone on the same day.

Resident Canada Geese (Late Season)
Season Dates	Daily Bag Limits
Nov. 15 - Nov. 29 Dec. 12 - Feb. 15	5 per day
** RP Hunt Zone: Garrett, Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery and Washington Counties and that portion of Anne Arundel County west of Interstate 895, Interstate 97, and Route 3, Prince George's County west of Routes 3 and 301, and Charles County west of Route 301 to the VA state line.
Canada Goose Bag Limit - A hunter may not take or attempt to take more than a daily bag limit of 5 Canada geese (no more than 1 Canada goose from the AP Hunt Zone) from one or more Canada goose hunting zones within the State. For example, a hunter could take 1 Canada goose in the AP Hunt Zone, then go to the Late Resident Canada Goose Zone and take 4 additional Canada geese. If the hunter first took 5 Canada geese in the Late Resident Canada Goose Hunt Zone, he could not take 1 Canada goose in the AP Hunt Zone on the same day.

Atlantic Brant
Season Dates	Daily Bag Limits
Nov. 9 - Nov. 29 Dec. 3 - Jan. 20	3 per day

Greater Snow Geese
Season Dates	Daily Bag Limits
Oct. 17 - Nov. 29 Dec. 9 - Jan. 31 Feb. 1 - Mar. 10*	15 per day no possession limit
Note*: Season only open on Mon., Wed., Fri., and Sat. during Feb. 1- Mar. 10.