As publishedSept. 1, 2026 - Nov. 9, 2026
Dates confirmed verbatim from NGPC's official "Webless migratory birds" hunting-seasons page (Wayback-mirrored, see raw source): "Rail (includes Virginia and sora rail): Sept. 1-Nov. 9, 2026." That capture file's original task scope was dove/woodcock only and explicitly disclaimed using this table for other species' classification, but the rail line is verbatim primary-source text on the same official page, consistent with the identical Sept.1-Nov.9 date found independently for the neighboring KS record — used here for this gap-closure pass.