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Definition of Open season
1. Noun. (hunting sometimes followed by (term on) or (term for) to designate the kind of animal hunted) A period of time during the calendar year when authorities within a jurisdiction permit the unrestricted hunting of one or more kinds of animal wildlife. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic often followed by (term on) or (term for)) A situation in which someone is endangered, blamed, harassed, or opposed in a sustained manner by a number of others; a situation in which something is endangered or otherwise opposed. ¹
3. Noun. (idiomatic often followed by (term on) or (term for)) A situation in which or period of time during which some activity or circumstance routinely occurs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com