Here in Nj you can begin early in the 1st week of september and go right through til january.
They hit you up with more permit and license fees than I think anywhere else, it seems every time the month changes they call it a different season to which you need another permit or license fee yanked out of your wallet.
it is earn a buck and only one buck.
So if you like to shoot doe... from sept to jan ... you sure can fill the freezer.