And you can heat up a shotgun barrel hunting these birds: Shooting a limit of clapper rails is common on a good tide, and the daily limit is 15 clapper and king rails in aggregate, plus another 25 ...

Hunters may use archery equipment during the muzzleloader, shotgun and handgun seasons provided they wear at least 400 square inches of hunter orange material displayed on the head chest, and back.

The team has had great success capturing clapper rails using an airboat, thermal imaging camera, spotlights and dip nets. Forty-two birds have been banded and outfitted with radio-transmitters in the ...