| Many of the common questions that hunters ask | | | | hunting habitats to check licenses and - if they catch |
| have to do with what types of birds, animals, or | | | | someone hunting without a license - issue citations. |
| other prey to hunt during a particular hunting season | | | | So what you hunt - and when you hunt it - will be |
| or time of year. This is especially true for those who | | | | dictated in large part by the wildlife officials in your |
| may be interested in hunting a type of prey that | | | | locale. |
| they have never hunted before - or for those who | | | | So official wildlife department licenses are the first |
| may be completely new to the sport of hunting and | | | | thing to investigate in regard to what type of hunting |
| not know what to hunt during which seasons. | | | | is best to do during a particular season. These |
| The choice of what to hunt - and when to hunt it - | | | | licenses allow you to hunt for a particular period of |
| will usually depend upon a variety of factors. But | | | | time, so by knowing what is "in season" or legal to |
| there is a very easy and practical way to figure out | | | | hunt, you will automatically learn what to hunt during |
| what to hunt during a particular time of year. Just | | | | a particular time of the year. If it is deer season, for |
| check with the local wildlife authorities that are in | | | | example, that means two important things. First of all |
| charge of issuing hunting permits and they will know | | | | it means that it is the time of year when hunting for |
| exactly what to hunt and when to hunt for it in your | | | | deer is legal. Second it means that it is the ideal time |
| area. | | | | of year to hunt for deer based on their own growth, |
| That is because in most places in the world - and | | | | breeding, feeding, and maturation cycles. |
| certainly in the United States - government agencies | | | | The wildlife officials in your particular region will |
| regulate hunting and require hunters to apply for | | | | designate hunting seasons for certain kinds of prey |
| hunting licenses that state when it is legal to hunt and | | | | only after considering what is the optimum time to |
| what kinds of prey the hunter is allowed to kill. | | | | hunt for those animals or birds. So if you hunt during |
| Despite the fact that some less responsible hunters | | | | the designated season you will find the most |
| may want to hunt certain animals that may be | | | | abundant hunting and you will also be hunting during |
| endangered or limited in number, for example, doing | | | | the time of year when the prey is largest and can |
| so can result in fines, penalties, and other legal actions | | | | provide you with the most food if you plan to eat |
| if the killing of that particular type of prey is | | | | the game you kill. Most hunting of the more popular |
| prohibited. Even for those kinds of birds and animals | | | | type of game happens during the autumn season, so |
| that it is okay to kill, a hunting license is still usually | | | | you can count on spending most of your hunting |
| mandated. Not having one can subject the hunter to | | | | time in the fall - when the variety of game and the |
| fines and penalties, and wildlife inspectors or agents | | | | opportunities to hunt are generally the most plentiful. |
| from the Fish and Game Commission regularly patrol | | | | |