closed season

noun

1. a period, usually for a specific part of the year, during which angling or hunting for a given species is legally prohibited:

   closed season on ducks.

Example Sentences

The full list of offences the man has been arrested for are: criminal damage, night poaching, an offence under the Public Order Act, killing of a schedule 1 bird, an offence under the Animal Welfare Act, killing of brown hare in the closed season and an offence under the Firearms Act.

From BBC

Still another proposal calls for a closed season on conch.

From Seattle Times

Even the possibility of a closed season draws ire.

From Seattle Times

The dramatic abduction of Nat, which closed Season 1, harkens back to the spooky, fishhook-like symbols the teens found carved into random trees while they were stranded in the wilderness back in 1996.

From Los Angeles Times

Picking up a few months after the events that closed Season 2, the end of Ted's extended visit with his son leaves him wondering what he's still doing in England.

From Salon