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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 20
[Docket No. FWS–HQ–MB–2017–0028;
FF09M21200–178–FXMB1231099BPP0]
RIN 1018–BB73

Migratory Bird Hunting; Final
Frameworks for Migratory Bird Hunting
Regulations
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service or we) prescribes final
frameworks from which States may
select season dates, limits, and other
options for the 2018–19 migratory bird
hunting seasons. The effect of this final
rule is to facilitate the States’ selection
of hunting seasons and to further the
annual establishment of the migratory
bird hunting regulations. We annually
prescribe frameworks, or outer limits,
for dates and times when hunting may
occur and the number of birds that may
be taken and possessed in hunting
seasons. These frameworks are
necessary to allow State selections of
seasons and limits and to allow
recreational harvest at levels compatible
with population and habitat conditions.
DATES: This rule takes effect on June 4,
2018.
ADDRESSES: States should send their
season selections to: Chief, Division of
Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, MS: MB, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803. You may inspect comments
received on the migratory bird hunting
regulations during normal business
hours at the Service’s office at 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 or at http://www.regulations.gov at
Docket No. FWS–HQ–MB–2017–0028.
You may obtain copies of referenced
reports from the street address above, or
from the Division of Migratory Bird
Management’s website at http://
www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/, or at
http://www.regulations.gov at Docket
No. FWS–HQ–MB–2017–0028.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron
W. Kokel, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Department of the Interior, MS:
MB, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church,
VA 22041–3803; (703) 358–1967.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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SUMMARY:

Process for the Annual Migratory Game
Bird Hunting Regulations
As part of DOI’s retrospective
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developed a schedule for migratory
game bird hunting regulations that is
more efficient and provides hunting
season dates much earlier than was
possible under the old process. The
process facilitates planning for the
States and all parties interested in
migratory bird hunting. Beginning in the
summer of 2015, with the 2016–17
hunting seasons, we started
promulgating our annual migratory
game bird hunting regulations using a
schedule that combines the previously
used early- and late-season regulatory
processes into a single process. We
make decisions for harvest management
based on predictions derived from longterm biological information and
established harvest strategies and,
therefore, can establish migratory bird
hunting seasons much earlier than the
system we used for many years. Under
this revised process, we develop
proposed hunting season frameworks
for a given year in the fall of the prior
year. We then finalize those frameworks
a few months later, thereby enabling the
State agencies to select and publish
their season dates in early summer. We
provided a detailed overview of the new
process in the August 3, 2017, Federal
Register (82 FR 36308). This final rule
is the fourth in a series of proposed and
final rules for the establishment of the
2018–19 hunting seasons.
Regulations Schedule for 2018
On August 3, 2017, we published a
proposal to amend title 50 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) at part 20
(82 FR 36308). The proposal provided a
background and overview of the
migratory bird hunting regulations
process, and addressed the
establishment of seasons, limits, and
other regulations for hunting migratory
game birds under §§ 20.101 through
20.107, 20.109, and 20.110 of subpart K.
Major steps in the 2018–19 regulatory
cycle relating to open public meetings
and Federal Register notifications were
also identified in the August 3, 2017,
proposed rule. Further, we explained
that all sections of subsequent
documents outlining hunting
frameworks and guidelines would be
organized under numbered headings.
Those headings are:
1. Ducks
A. General Harvest Strategy
B. Regulatory Alternatives
C. Zones and Split Seasons
D. Special Seasons/Species Management
i. September Teal Seasons
ii. September Teal/Wood Duck Seasons
iii. Black ducks
iv. Canvasbacks
v. Pintails
vi. Scaup

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vii. Mottled ducks
viii. Wood ducks
ix. Youth Hunt
x. Mallard Management Units
xi. Other
2. Sea Ducks
3. Mergansers
4. Canada Geese
A. Special Early Seasons
B. Regular Seasons
C. Special Late Seasons
5. White-Fronted Geese
6. Brant
7. Snow and Ross’s (Light) Geese
8. Swans
9. Sandhill Cranes
10. Coots
11. Moorhens and Gallinules
12. Rails
13. Snipe
14. Woodcock
15. Band-tailed Pigeons
16. Doves
17. Alaska
18. Hawaii
19. Puerto Rico
20. Virgin Islands
21. Falconry
22. Other

Subsequent documents, including this
document, refer only to numbered items
requiring attention. Therefore, it is
important to note that we omit those
items requiring no attention and
remaining numbered items will be
discontinuous, so the list appears to be
incomplete. The August 3, 2017,
proposed rule also provided detailed
information on the proposed 2018–19
regulatory schedule and announced the
Service Regulations Committee (SRC)
and Flyway Council meetings.
On October 3, 2017, we published in
the Federal Register (82 FR 46011) a
second document providing
supplemental proposals for migratory
bird hunting regulations. The October 3
supplement also provided detailed
information on the 2018–19 regulatory
schedule and re-announced the SRC
meetings. On October 17–18, 2017, we
held open meetings with the Flyway
Council consultants, at which the
participants reviewed information on
the current status of migratory game
birds and developed recommendations
for the 2018–19 regulations for these
species. On February 2, 2018, we
published in the Federal Register (83
FR 4964) the proposed frameworks for
the 2018–19 season migratory bird
hunting regulations. This document
establishes final frameworks for
migratory bird hunting regulations for
the 2018–19 season. There are no
substantive changes from the February
2, 2018, proposed rule. We will publish
State selections in the Federal Register
as amendments to §§ 20.101 through
20.107 and 20.109 of title 50 CFR part
20.

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Population Status and Harvest
Each year we publish various species
status reports that provide detailed
information on the status and harvest of
migratory game birds, including
information on the methodologies and
results. These reports are available at
the address indicated under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT or from
our website at https://www.fws.gov/
birds/surveys-and-data/reports-andpublications/population-status.php. We
used the following reports: Adaptive
Harvest Management, 2018 Hunting
Season (September 2017); American
Woodcock Population Status, 2017
(August 2017); Band-tailed Pigeon
Population Status, 2017 (August 2017);
Migratory Bird Hunting Activity and
Harvest During the 2015–16 and 2016–
17 Hunting Seasons (August 2017);
Mourning Dove Population Status, 2017
(August 2017); Status and Harvests of
Sandhill Cranes, Mid-continent, Rocky
Mountain, Lower Colorado River Valley
and Eastern Populations, 2017 (August
2017); and Waterfowl Population Status,
2017 (August 2017).

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Review of Public Comments and
Flyway Council Recommendations
The preliminary proposed
rulemaking, which appeared in the
August 3, 2017, Federal Register (82 FR
36308), opened the public comment
period for migratory game bird hunting
regulations and discussed the regulatory
alternatives for the 2018–19 duck
hunting season. The February 2, 2018,
Federal Register publication (83 FR
4964) discussed and proposed the
frameworks for the 2018–19 season
migratory bird hunting regulations.
Comments and recommendations are
summarized below and numbered in the
order from the above list of topics. We
received recommendations from all four
Flyway Councils. Some
recommendations supported
continuation of last year’s frameworks.
Due to the comprehensive nature of the
annual review of the frameworks
performed by the Councils, support for
continuation of last year’s frameworks is
assumed for items for which no
recommendations were received.
Council recommendations for changes
in the frameworks are summarized
below. We have included only the
numbered items pertaining to issues for
which we received recommendations.
Consequently, the issues do not follow
in successive numerical order.
General
Written Comments: A commenter
protested the entire migratory bird
hunting regulations process, the killing

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of all migratory birds, and status and
habitat data on which the migratory bird
hunting regulations are based. Another
commenter questioned the availability
of data upon which the proposals were
based and requested that all such data
should be in any proposal. Several other
commenters noted the lack of habitat
information (particularly human-caused
losses), biodiversity, and climate change
discussion in the proposals. An
individual stated that our economic
studies used outdated, flawed data. An
individual generally supported the
proposed regulations.
Service Response: Our long-term
objectives continue to include providing
opportunities to harvest portions of
certain migratory game bird populations
and to limit harvests to levels
compatible with each population’s
ability to maintain healthy, viable
numbers. Having taken into account the
zones of temperature and the
distribution, abundance, economic
value, breeding habits, and times and
lines of flight of migratory birds, we
conclude that the hunting seasons
provided for herein are compatible with
the current status of migratory bird
populations and long-term population
goals. Additionally, we are obligated to,
and do, give serious consideration to all
information received as public
comment. While there are problems
inherent with any type of representative
management of public-trust resources,
we conclude that the Flyway-Council
system of migratory bird management
has been a longstanding example of
State-Federal cooperative management
since its establishment in 1952.
However, as always, we continue to
seek new ways to streamline and
improve the process.
Regarding the availability of
population and harvest data, we post all
reports, recommendations, background
materials, and other such information
used to make decisions on the Division
of Migratory Bird Management’s website
and the Federal Government’s official
regulatory website
(www.regulations.gov). Further, any of
the information is also available by
contacting the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Regarding habitat information,
biodiversity, and climate change, we
note that there is an extensive
discussion of habitat conditions in the
Waterfowl Population Status report and
that all of the reports, population
models, and frameworks either directly
or indirectly take into consideration
factors such as these, especially habitat
conditions.
Lastly, as detailed under Regulatory
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economic impacts of the annual hunting
regulations on small business entities in
detail as part of a 1981 cost-benefit
analysis and that this analysis was
revised annually from 1990–95. In 1995,
we issued a Small Entity Flexibility
Analysis, which was subsequently
updated in 1996, 1998, 2004, 2008, and
2013, as new information became
available. The primary source of
information about hunter expenditures
for migratory game bird hunting is the
National Hunting and Fishing Survey,
which is conducted at 5-year intervals.
When there is updated information
available, we will update our analysis.
1. Ducks
A. General Harvest Strategy
Council Recommendations: The
Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, and
Pacific Flyway Councils recommended
the adoption of the ‘‘liberal’’ regulatory
alternative.
Service Response: We will continue
using adaptive harvest management
(AHM) to help determine appropriate
duck-hunting regulations for the 2018–
19 season. AHM allows sound resource
decisions in the face of uncertain
regulatory impacts and provides a
mechanism for reducing that
uncertainty over time. We use AHM to
evaluate four alternative regulatory
levels for duck hunting based on the
population status of mallards. We enact
other hunting regulations for species of
special concern, such as canvasbacks,
scaup, and pintails.
The prescribed regulatory alternative
for the Atlantic, Mississippi, Central,
and Pacific Flyways is based on the
status of mallard populations that
contribute primarily to each Flyway. In
the Atlantic Flyway, we set hunting
regulations based on the population
status of mallards breeding in eastern
North America (Federal survey strata
51–54 and 56, and State surveys in New
England and the mid-Atlantic region). In
the Central and Mississippi Flyways, we
set hunting regulations based on the
status and dynamics of mid-continent
mallards. Mid-continent mallards are
those breeding in central North America
(Federal survey strata 13–18, 20–50, and
75–77, and State surveys in Minnesota,
Wisconsin, and Michigan). In the Pacific
Flyway, we set hunting regulations
based on the status and dynamics of
western mallards. Western mallards are
those breeding in Alaska and the
northern Yukon Territory (as based on
Federal surveys in strata 1–12), and in
British Columbia, Washington, Oregon,
and California (as based on Canadian
Wildlife Service and State-conducted
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For the 2018–19 season, we will
continue to use independent
optimization to determine the optimal
regulatory choice for each mallard stock.
This means that we would develop
regulations for eastern mallards, midcontinent mallards, and western
mallards independently, based upon the
breeding stock that contributes
primarily to each Flyway. We detailed
implementation of this AHM decision
framework for western and midcontinent mallards in the July 24, 2008,
Federal Register (73 FR 43290) and for
eastern mallards in the July 20, 2012,
Federal Register (77 FR 42920). Further
documentation on how adjustments
were made to these decision frameworks
can be found at https://www.fws.gov/
migratorybirds/pdf/management/AHM/
SEIS&AHMReportFinal.pdf.
As we stated in the October 3, 2017,
proposed rule (82 FR 46011), for the
2018–19 hunting season, we are
continuing to use the same regulatory
alternatives as those used last year. The
nature of the ‘‘restrictive,’’ ‘‘moderate,’’
and ‘‘liberal’’ alternatives has remained
essentially unchanged since 1997,
except that extended framework dates
have been offered in the ‘‘moderate’’
and ‘‘liberal’’ regulatory alternatives
since 2002 (67 FR 47224; July 17, 2002).
The optimal AHM strategies for midcontinent, eastern, and western mallards
for the 2018–19 hunting season were
calculated using: (1) Harvestmanagement objectives specific to each
mallard stock; (2) the 2018–19
regulatory alternatives; and (3) current
population models and associated
weights. Based on ‘‘liberal’’ regulatory
alternatives selected for the 2017–18
hunting season, the 2017 Waterfowl
Breeding Population and Habitat Survey
(WBPHS) results of 10.64 million midcontinent mallards and 4.33 million
ponds in Prairie Canada, 0.65 million
eastern mallards, and 0.98 million
western mallards (0.44 million in
California–Oregon and 0.54 million in
Alaska), the optimal regulatory choice
for all four Flyways is the ‘‘liberal’’
alternative. Therefore, we concur with
the recommendations of the Atlantic,
Mississippi, Central, and Pacific Flyway
Councils regarding selection of the
‘‘liberal’’ regulatory alternative for the
2018–19 season and will adopt the
‘‘liberal’’ regulatory alternative, as
described in the October 3, 2017,
Federal Register.
C. Zones and Split Seasons
Written Comments: Colorado Parks
and Wildlife requested a minor
boundary change between the east and
west zones in the Pacific Flyway portion
of the State due to unintended law

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enforcement issues. The existing zones
split Elkhead Reservoir.
Service Response: We agree. The
change is very minor and aids in hunter
compliance by placing the entire
reservoir into one zone.
D. Special Seasons/Species
Management
i. September Teal Seasons
Council Recommendations: The
Atlantic Flyway Council requested that
Florida be allowed to hold an
experimental September teal-only
season for an additional year (2018), to
allow sufficient time to incorporate the
2017 results into a final report
evaluating impacts to nontarget species.
The Mississippi Flyway Council
recommended that teal seasons in Iowa,
Michigan, Wisconsin, and Kentucky be
made operational beginning in 2018–19.
They further recommended that
Tennessee be granted an additional year
of experimental status for their teal
season to collect an additional year of
data to support evaluations and that
Iowa be allowed to retain the option to
select a September 5-day duck season or
an operational early teal season for the
2018–19 hunting seasons. Iowa’s
decision would remain in effect under
current duck season frameworks.
The Central Flyway Council
recommended that Nebraska’s
experimental September teal season be
made operational for the 2018–19
hunting season.
Service Response: For the 2018–19
season, we will utilize the 2017
breeding population estimate of 7.9
million blue-winged teal from the
traditional survey area and the criteria
developed for the teal season harvest
strategy. Thus, a 16-day September teal
season in the Atlantic, Central, and
Mississippi Flyways is appropriate for
the 2018–19 season.
We agree with the Atlantic Flyway’s
request to extend Florida’s experimental
teal-only season through 2018, to allow
the State sufficient time to prepare a full
report on the results of its study on
impacts to nontarget species.
We also agree with the Mississippi
Flyway’s request that September teal
seasons in Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin,
and Kentucky be made operational
beginning in 2018–19. Iowa, Michigan,
and Wisconsin submitted a report that
summarized results from their 3-year
experimental September teal season
conducted during 2014–16. As
established in the MOAs and discussed
in our 2014 Proposed Rule (79 FR
44583), the criteria to allow September
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25 percent and nontarget kill rates no
greater than 10 percent. Results from
those studies demonstrated that
nontarget species attempt rates were
below the acceptable rate of 25 percent
(range 4.6 to 6.6 percent). Although
Michigan and Wisconsin each had one
year in which the nontarget harvest rate
exceeded the acceptable rate of 10
percent, the harvest rate in the other 2
years of the studies in each State were
well below 10 percent (range 4.0 to 6.7
for Michigan and 0.0 for both years in
Wisconsin). Thus, we conclude that
production (‘‘northern’’) States in the
Mississippi Flyway have satisfied the
experimental criteria for nontarget
species harvest rates. None of the three
States opened an experimental season
prior to sunrise; therefore, a comparison
of nontarget species attempt and harvest
rates during pre- and post-sunrise
periods was not made.
Furthermore, we concur that Iowa be
allowed to retain the option to select
either a September 5-day duck season or
an operational September teal season for
the 2018–19 hunting season. The
Service previously agreed to allow Iowa
to retain these options when the State
suspended its special September 5-day
duck season in order to conduct a 3-year
experimental September teal season
along with other production States in
the Flyway. When Iowa chooses either
of these options for the 2018–19 season,
that decision will remain in effect for
future years under current duck season
frameworks. With regard to the results
from the 3-year experimental September
teal-only season that follows the
operational September teal–wood duck
season in Kentucky, the nontarget
species attempt rate for both the presunrise (7.7 percent) and post-sunrise
(13.4 percent) periods were below the
acceptable rate of 25 percent. Similarly,
the nontarget species harvest rate for
both the pre-sunrise (5.0 percent) and
post-sunrise (6.0 percent) periods were
below the acceptable rate of 10 percent.
Therefore, we agree with the Mississippi
Flyway Council’s request to make the
September teal-only season in Kentucky
operational.
Finally, we agree with the Mississippi
Flyway’s request to extend Tennessee’s
experimental teal-only season through
2018, to allow the Service sufficient
time to review a report recently
submitted by Tennessee that contains
results from a fourth experimental year
conducted in September 2017. The
Service will examine results from all 4
years of the study to determine whether
Tennessee has met experimental criteria
with regard to nontarget species attempt
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We also agree with the Central Flyway
Council’s recommendation granting
operational status to Nebraska’s
experimental September teal season. As
with the Mississippi Flyway States,
Nebraska entered into a memorandum
of agreement with the Service that
specified sample sizes (i.e., observations
of hunter performance) and decision
criteria that would need to be met for
these experimental seasons to become
operational, wherein hunters’ rates of
attempting to shoot nontarget waterfowl
species and the harvest rate of nontarget
species could not exceed certain levels.
Nebraska collected 4 years of
information and met the sample-size
requirements. The attempt rates at
nontarget species (pre-sunrise period:
7.9 percent; post-sunrise period: 13.6
percent; both periods combined: 12.4
percent) were below our acceptable rate
of 25 percent. Further, the harvest rate
of nontarget species was 3 percent,
below the acceptable rate of 10 percent.
Therefore, we support granting
operational status to September teal
seasons in the northern portion of
Nebraska.

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iii. Black Ducks
Council Recommendations: The
Atlantic and Mississippi Flyway
Councils recommended that the Service
continue to follow the International
Black Duck AHM Strategy for the 2018–
19 season.
Service Response: In 2012, we
adopted the International Black Duck
AHM Strategy (77 FR 49868; August 17,
2012). The formal strategy is the result
of 14 years of technical and policy
decisions developed and agreed upon
by both Canadian and U.S. agencies and
waterfowl managers. The strategy
clarifies what harvest levels each
country will manage for and reduces
conflicts over country-specific
regulatory policies. Further, the strategy
allows for attainment of fundamental
objectives of black duck management:
Resource conservation; perpetuation of
hunting tradition; and equitable access
to the black duck resource between
Canada and the United States while
accommodating the fundamental
sources of uncertainty, partial
controllability and observability,
structural uncertainty, and
environmental variation. The
underlying model performance is
assessed annually, with a
comprehensive evaluation of the entire
strategy (objectives and model set)
planned after 6 years. A copy of the
strategy is available at the Division of
Migratory Bird Management’s website at
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For the 2018–19 season, the optimal
country-specific regulatory strategies
were calculated using: (1) The black
duck harvest objective (98 percent of
long-term cumulative harvest); (2) 2018–
19 country-specific regulatory
alternatives; (3) current parameter
estimates for mallard competition and
additive mortality; and (4) 2017 survey
results of 0.54 million breeding black
ducks and 0.44 million breeding
mallards in the core survey area. The
optimal regulatory choices for the 2018–
19 season are the ‘‘liberal’’ package in
Canada and the ‘‘moderate’’ package in
the United States.
iv. Canvasbacks
Council Recommendations: The
Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, and
Pacific Flyway Councils recommended
a full season for canvasbacks with a 2bird daily bag limit. Season lengths
would be 60 days in the Atlantic and
Mississippi Flyways, 74 days in the
Central Flyway, and 107 days in the
Pacific Flyway.
Service Response: As we discussed in
the March 28, 2016, final rule (81 FR
17302), the canvasback harvest strategy
that we had relied on until 2015 was not
viable under our new regulatory process
because it required biological
information that was not yet available at
the time a decision on season structure
needed to be made. We do not yet have
a new harvest strategy to propose for use
in guiding canvasback harvest
management in the future. However, we
have worked with technical staff of the
four Flyway Councils to develop a
decision framework (hereafter, decision
support tool) that relies on the best
biological information available to
develop recommendations for annual
canvasback harvest regulations. The
decision support tool uses available
information (1994–2014) on canvasback
population size, growth rate, survival,
and harvest and a discrete logistic
growth model to derive an optimal
harvest policy with an objective of
maximum sustained yield. The decision
support tool calls for a closed season
when the observed population is below
460,000, a 1-bird daily bag limit when
the observed breeding population is
between 460,000 and 480,000, and a 2bird daily bag limit when the observed
population is greater than 480,000.
Given that the 2017 canvasback
breeding population estimate was
733,000 birds, we support the Flyways’
recommendations for a 2-canvasback
daily bag limit for the 2018–19 season.
v. Pintails
Council Recommendations: The
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Pacific Flyway Councils recommended
a full season for pintails, consisting of
a 2-bird daily bag limit and a 60-day
season in the Atlantic and Mississippi
Flyways, a 74-day season in the Central
Flyway, and a 107-day season in the
Pacific Flyway.
Service Response: The current derived
pintail harvest strategy was adopted by
the Service and Flyway Councils in
2010 (75 FR 44856; July 29, 2010). For
the 2018–19 season, an optimal
regulatory strategy for pintails was
calculated with: (1) An objective of
maximizing long-term cumulative
harvest, including a closed-season
constraint of 1.75 million birds; (2) the
regulatory alternatives and associated
predicted harvest; and (3) current
population models and their relative
weights. Based on a ‘‘liberal’’ regulatory
alternative with a 1-bird daily bag limit
for the 2017–18 season, and the 2017
survey results of 2.89 million pintails
observed at a mean latitude of 56.7
degrees, the optimal regulatory choice
for all four Flyways for the 2018–19
hunting season is the ‘‘liberal’’
alternative with a 2-bird daily bag limit.
vi. Scaup
Council Recommendations: The
Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, and
Pacific Flyway Councils recommended
use of the ‘‘moderate’’ regulation
package, consisting of a 60-day season
with a 2-bird daily bag limit in the
Atlantic Flyway and a 3-bird daily bag
limit in the Mississippi Flyway, a 74day season with a 3-bird daily bag limit
in the Central Flyway, and an 86-day
season with a 3-bird daily bag limit in
the Pacific Flyway.
Service Response: In 2008, we
adopted and implemented a new scaup
harvest strategy (73 FR 43290 on July
24, 2008, and 73 FR 51124 on August
29, 2008) with initial ‘‘restrictive,’’
‘‘moderate,’’ and ‘‘liberal’’ regulatory
packages adopted for each Flyway.
For scaup, optimal regulatory
strategies for the 2018–19 season were
calculated using: (1) An objective to
achieve 95 percent of long-term
cumulative harvest, (2) current scaup
regulatory alternatives, and (3) updated
model parameters and weights. Based
on a ‘‘moderate’’ regulatory alternative
selected in 2017, and the 2017 survey
results of 4.37 million scaup, the
optimal regulatory choice for the 2018–
19 season for all four Flyways is the
‘‘moderate’’ regulatory alternative.
4. Canada Geese
A. Special Early Seasons
Council Recommendations: The
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changing the zone boundaries in North
Dakota, modifying the boundary of the
‘‘Remainder of State’’ zone to form a
new zone in the western portion of the
State.
Service Response: We support the
Central Flyway Council’s
recommendation. The change in zone
boundaries will allow the State to
increase harvest of resident Canada
geese in eastern portions of the State,
where goose/human conflicts need to be
alleviated, without negatively impacting
hunter opportunities in western
portions of the State.
B. Regular Seasons
Council Recommendations: The
Atlantic Flyway Council revised its
North Atlantic Population (NAP)
Harvest Strategy by (1) eliminating the
‘‘very restrictive’’ regulatory option, and
(2) incorporating uncertainty around
breeding population estimates into the
annual regulatory option decision.
Under the revised strategy, the Council
recommended adoption of the moderate
season option, which would consist of
a 60-day season with a 2-bird daily bag
limit, with a framework of October 1 to
January 31 for the high-harvest NAP
areas; and a 70-day season with a 3-bird
daily bag limit, with a framework of
October 1 to February 15 for the lowharvest NAP areas for the 2018–19
season. The Council further
recommended discontinuance of North
Carolina’s Southern James Bay
Population (SJBP) zone. This area would
become part of North Carolina’s Atlantic
Flyway Resident Population (AFRP)
Zone.
The Central Flyway Council
recommended the implementation of
modified Canada goose hunting zones in
North Dakota and Wyoming. Wyoming
would conduct an evaluation of the 3way splits in two zones in accordance
with established criteria.
The Pacific Flyway Council
recommended increasing the daily bag
limit for Canada geese from 4 to 6 in the
Northwest Permit Zone of Oregon. They
further recommended reducing the size
of Oregon’s Tillamook County
Management Area (i.e., reducing the
size of the goose hunting closure).
Service Response: We agree with the
Atlantic Flyway Council’s decision to
explicitly consider uncertainty around
breeding population estimates when
developing its annual regulatory
recommendation for NAP Canada geese,
and we support the Council’s
recommendation for a moderate season
in 2018–19. We also agree that the SJBP
zone designation in North Carolina can
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appropriate. The SJBP is no longer
managed as a separate population in the
Mississippi Flyway, where most of these
birds are harvested; thus, the SJBP zone
in North Carolina is not needed for
harvest management purposes.
We support the Central Flyway
Council’s recommendations. The change
in North Dakota was previously
addressed above in 4.A. Special Early
Seasons. The changes will allow the
States to better satisfy hunters’ desires
to hunt at certain times of the season
without negatively impacting Canada
goose populations. Wyoming will work
together with the Service to conduct an
evaluation of their change to conform to
Service requirements.
We also agree with the Pacific Flyway
Council’s recommendation to increase
the daily bag limit from 4 to 6 Canada
geese in Oregon’s Northwest Permit
Zone. Seven subspecies of Canada geese
occur in this area, but cackling Canada
geese are the most abundant. The
current 3-year average predicted fall
population estimate (2015–17) for
cackling geese is 321,475, which is
substantially above the Flyway
population objective of 250,000. The
increase in bag limit is specifically
intended to decrease abundance of
cackling geese and address associated
depredation complaints, and is
consistent with the Council’s harvest
strategy for these birds. However, the
bag limit increase could result in
increased harvest of the 6 other
subspecies of Canada geese in the area,
but is not expected to be significant.
Canada goose harvest in the area is
expected to increase by less than 10
percent with the bag limit change, and
State harvest data indicate cackling
geese represent about 70 percent of the
Canada goose harvest in this area. Other
subspecies of Canada geese are over the
Council’s population objectives, have no
open hunting season, occur mostly
outside of the Northwest Zone, or have
stable trends in abundance during the
last 10 years.
More specific to these other Canada
goose subspecies, the current 3-year
average breeding population estimate
(2015–17) for Aleutian Canada geese is
167,451, which is substantially above
the Flyway population objective of
60,000 geese. The current 3-year average
breeding population estimate (2015–17)
for the Pacific Population of western
Canada geese is 313,200 and exceeds
area-specific Flyway objectives. The
hunting season on dusky Canada geese,
a subspecies of management concern, is
currently closed in this area. The
potential for increased incidental take of
dusky geese is expected to be small, and
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evaluate population status. Vancouver
Canada geese are relatively
nonmigratory, occur primarily in remote
estuarine areas of southeast Alaska and
northern British Columbia (i.e.,
Northwest Permit Zone is on the
periphery of the subspecies’ range), and
additional harvest associated with the
bag limit increase is expected to be
insignificant. For Taverner’s Canada
geese and lesser Canada geese, there are
no Flyway management plans,
population objectives, or populationspecific monitoring programs because
these birds cannot be differentiated
during surveys and breeding
distributions are not disjunct. However,
these subspecies are encountered during
general waterfowl breeding population
and habitat surveys across North
America. Indices from these surveys
indicate that abundance of Taverner’s
and lesser geese have been stable during
the last 10 (2008–17) years.
We also agree with the Pacific Flyway
Council’s recommendation to reduce the
size of the Tillamook County
Management Area (i.e., goose hunting
closure). Oregon’s Tillamook County
Management Area was established in
1982 to provide protection for Aleutian
Canada geese, specifically those that
primarily breed on the Semidi Islands,
Alaska, and winter near Pacific City,
Oregon. Aleutian Canada geese were
listed as an endangered population in
1967 (32 FR 4001, March 11, 1967)
under the Endangered Species
Preservation Act of 1966, which was
later superseded by the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.); downlisted to threatened status in
1990 (55 FR 51106, December 12, 1990);
and removed from protection under the
Act in 2001 (66 FR 15643, March 20,
2001). The current 3-year average
breeding population estimate (2015–17)
for Aleutian geese is 167,451, which is
substantially above the Flyway
population objective of 60,000 geese.
The Semidi Islands population segment
is currently about 300 birds, and has
consisted of about 100–300 birds since
the 1990s.
Monitoring data indicate that these
birds almost exclusively use two
pastures/hayfields within the goose
hunting closure area. The closure area
includes both non-goose habitat and
pastures/hayfields the Semidi Islands
geese do not use. The closure area has
been reduced four times (2002, 2005,
2007, and 2011) since establishment to
focus protection on areas Semidi Islands
geese use and address depredation
complaints resulting from increasing
abundance of several populations of
Canada and white-fronted geese in the
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hunting closure area is expected to
maintain the same level of protection for
Semidi Islands geese and address the
increasing number of goose depredation
complaints in the area currently closed
to goose hunting. Reduction of the goose
hunting closure area could result in
increased take of dusky Canada geese, a
subspecies of management concern
known to winter primarily in northwest
Oregon and southwest Washington.
However, the hunting season for this
subspecies is closed in this area, the
potential for increased incidental take is
expected to be small, and monitoring
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5. White-Fronted Geese
Council Recommendations: The
Pacific Flyway Council recommended
removal of the special goose season
outside date restriction in Washington’s
Area 1.
Service Response: We agree with the
Pacific Flyway Council’s
recommendation. Removing the
restriction would change the hunting
season framework dates for whitefronted geese from the Saturday nearest
September 24 and the last Sunday in
February, to the Saturday nearest
September 24 and March 10, consistent
with the general framework for the
Pacific Flyway. The current 3-year
average predicted fall population
estimate (2015–17) for the Pacific
population of greater white-fronted
geese is 633,399, which is substantially
above the Flyway population objective
of 300,000. The Area 1 framework date
restriction was implemented when the
local 3-year average snow goose count
was below the 70,000 bird objective
established in Washington Department
of Fish and Wildlife’s management plan
for Wrangel Island snow geese. The
current 3-year average snow goose count
(2015–17) is 83,175, and exceeds the
threshold of 70,000 birds. Removing the
framework date restriction for whitefronted geese in Washington’s Area 1
will simplify regulations by matching
the general framework dates for whitefronted geese in the Pacific Flyway.
6. Brant
Council Recommendations: The
Atlantic Flyway Council recommended
that the 2018–19 season for Atlantic
brant follow the Atlantic Flyway brant
hunt plan pending the results of the
2018 Atlantic Flyway mid-winter
waterfowl survey. The Council also
recommended that if the results of the
2018 mid-winter survey are not
available, then the results of the most
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Service Response: As we discussed in
the March 28, 2016, final rule (81 FR
17302), the current harvest strategy used
to determine the Atlantic brant season
frameworks does not fit well within the
new regulatory process, similar to the
Rocky Mountains Population (RMP)
sandhill crane issue discussed below
under 9. Sandhill Cranes. In developing
the annual proposed frameworks for
Atlantic brant in the past, the Atlantic
Flyway Council and the Service used
the number of brant counted during the
Mid-winter Waterfowl Survey (MWS) in
the Atlantic Flyway, and took into
consideration the brant population’s
expected productivity that summer. The
MWS is conducted each January, and
expected brant productivity is based on
early-summer observations of breeding
habitat conditions and nesting effort in
important brant nesting areas. Thus, the
data under consideration were available
before the annual Flyway and SRC
decision-making meetings took place in
late July. Although the former regulatory
alternatives for Atlantic brant were
developed by factoring together longterm productivity rates (observed during
November and December productivity
surveys) with estimated observed
harvest under different framework
regulations, the primary decisionmaking criterion for selecting the annual
frameworks was the MWS count.
Under the new regulatory schedule,
neither the expected 2018 brant
production information (available
summer 2018) nor the 2018 MWS count
(conducted in January 2018) is typically
available at the time of the proposed
frameworks (early December to midJanuary). However, the 2018 MWS is
typically completed and winter brant
data is available by the expected
publication of the final frameworks.
Therefore, in the September 24, 2015,
Federal Register (80 FR 57664), we
adopted the Atlantic Flyway’s changes
to the then-current Atlantic brant hunt
plan strategies. Current harvest packages
(strategies) for Atlantic brant hunting
seasons are now as follows:
• If the MWS count is <100,000
Atlantic brant, the season would be
closed.
• If the MWS count is between
100,000 and 115,000 brant, States could
select a 30-day season with a 1-bird
daily bag limit.
• If the MWS count is between
115,000 and 130,000 brant, States could
select a 30-day season with a 2-bird
daily bag limit.
• If the MWS count is between
130,000 and 150,000 brant, States could
select a 50-day season with a 2-bird
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• If the MWS count is between
150,000 and 200,000 brant, States could
select a 60-day season with a 2-bird
daily bag limit.
• If the MWS count is >200,000 brant,
States could select a 60-day season with
a 3-bird daily bag limit.
Under all the above open-season
alternatives, seasons would be between
the Saturday nearest September 24 and
January 31. Further, States could split
their seasons into two segments.
The recently completed 2018 MWS
Atlantic brant count was 169,749 brant.
Thus, utilizing the above Atlantic brant
hunt strategies, the appropriate Atlantic
brant hunting season for the 2018–19
season is a 60-day season with a 2-bird
daily bag limit.
7. Snow and Ross’s (Light) Geese
Council Recommendations: The
Pacific Flyway Council recommended,
in Washington, removing the special
goose season outside the date restriction
in Area 1.
Service Response: We agree with the
Pacific Flyway Council’s
recommendation. Removing the
restriction would change the hunting
season closing framework date for light
geese from the last Sunday in February
to March 10, consistent with the general
framework for the Pacific Flyway. The
Area 1 framework date restriction was
implemented when the local 3-year
average snow goose count was below
the 70,000-bird objective established in
the Washington Department of Fish and
Wildlife’s management plan for Wrangel
Island snow geese. The current 3-year
average snow goose count (2015–17) is
83,175, and exceeds the threshold of
70,000 birds. Three populations of light
geese occur in the Pacific Flyway, and
all are above Flyway objectives based on
the most recent breeding population
indices. The population estimate for the
Western Arctic Population (WAP) of
lesser snow geese was 419,800 in 2013
(most recent estimate) on Banks Island,
which is above the objective of 200,000
geese. Ross’s geese were estimated at
624,100 in 2016 (most recent estimate)
at Karrak Lake and are above the
objective of 100,000 geese. The current
3-year average breeding population
estimate (2015–17) for Wrangel Island
snow geese is 297,333, which is above
the objective of 120,000 geese. Current
evidence suggests most light geese in
Washington during fall and early winter
are primarily Wrangel Island snow
geese, but an influx of WAP lesser snow
and Ross’s geese may occur during late
winter as birds begin to move north
from California toward breeding areas.
Removing the closing framework date
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Washington’s Area 1 will simplify
regulations by matching the general
framework dates for light geese in the
Pacific Flyway.
9. Sandhill Cranes
Council Recommendations: The
Central and Pacific Flyway Councils
recommended changing the framework
season length for Rocky Mountains
Population (RMP) cranes from 30
consecutive days to 60 days that may be
split into segments. The Pacific Flyway
Council recommended a maximum of
three season segments, whereas the
Central Flyway Council
recommendation did not specify a
maximum number of season segments.
The Pacific Flyway Council further
recommended establishment of a new
hunting unit for RMP cranes in the
Malad River area of Oneida County,
Idaho, and that allowable harvest of
RMP cranes be determined based on the
formula described in the Pacific and
Central Flyway Management Plan for
RMP cranes.
Service Response: We agree with the
Central and Pacific Flyway Council’s
recommendation to increase the season
length for RMP cranes from 30 to 60
days and to allow the season to be split
into segments. However, we will restrict
the number of season segments to three,
consistent with the Pacific Flyway
recommendation. The change in season
length and splits is intended to provide
increased flexibility to States in
addressing crop depredation concerns
and cranes staging for longer periods.
This change is not expected to result in
harvest of RMP cranes above allowable
levels because States are allocated a
maximum allowable harvest annually
according to the harvest strategy
specified in the Pacific and Central
Flyway Councils’ RMP crane
management plan. However, we note
that increasing hunting opportunities
likely will increase harvest and bring
States closer to their harvest allocations.
The Service, collaboratively with the
States, will continue to monitor take
levels to ensure that realized take
remains within those allowed in the
Flyway Councils’ harvest strategy.
We also agree with the Pacific Flyway
Council’s recommendation to create a
new hunting area for RMP cranes in
Idaho to include a portion of Oneida
County. The new hunting area is
consistent with the hunting area
requirements in the Pacific and Central
Flyway Council’s RMP crane
management plan. Because this is a
shared population between the Pacific
and Central Flyways, the same
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Although we did not receive a formal
recommendation from them, the Central
Flyway Council has indicated to the
Service that it supports the
recommendation.
Regarding the RMP crane harvest, as
we discussed in the March 28, 2016,
final rule (81 FR 17302), the current
harvest strategy used to calculate the
allowable harvest of RMP cranes does
not fit well within the new regulatory
process, similar to the Atlantic brant
issue discussed above under 6. Brant.
Currently, results of the fall abundance
and recruitment surveys of RMP
sandhill cranes, upon which the annual
allowable harvest is based, will
continue to be released between
December 1 and January 31 each year,
which is after the date for which
proposed frameworks will be
formulated in the new regulatory
process. If the usual procedures for
determining allowable harvest were
used, data 2 to 4 years old would be
used to determine the annual allocation
for RMP sandhill cranes. Due to the
variability in fall abundance and
recruitment for this population, and
their impact on the annual harvest
allocations, we agree that relying on
data that is 2 to 4 years old is not ideal.
Thus, we agree that the formula to
determine the annual allowable harvest
for RMP sandhill cranes published in
the March 28, 2016, final rule should be
used under the new regulatory schedule
and propose to utilize it as such. The
formula uses information on abundance
and recruitment collected annually
through operational monitoring
programs, as well as constant values
based on past research or monitoring for
survival of fledglings to breeding age
and harvest retrieval rate. The formula
is:
H=C×P×R×L×f
Where:
H = total annual allowable harvest;
C = the average of the three most recent,
reliable fall population indices;
P = the average proportion of fledged chicks
in the fall population in the San Luis
Valley during the most recent 3 years for
which data are available;
R = estimated recruitment of fledged chicks
to breeding age (current estimate is 0.5);
L = retrieval rate of 0.80 (allowance for an
estimated 20 percent crippling loss based
on hunter interviews); and
f = (C/16,000) 3 (a variable factor used to
adjust the total harvest to achieve a
desired effect on the entire population)

The 2017 fall RMP sandhill crane
abundance estimate was 19,592 cranes,
resulting in a 3-year (2015–17) average
of 22,062 cranes, essentially unchanged
from the previous 3-year average, which
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recruitment estimate was 7.93 percent
young in the fall population, resulting
in a 3-year (2015–17) average of 9.37
percent, a decrease from the previous 3year average, which was 10.16 percent.
Using the above formula and the above
most recent 3-year average abundance
and recruitment estimates, the allowable
harvest for the 2018–19 season is 2,168
cranes.
14. Woodcock
In 2011, we implemented a harvest
strategy for woodcock (76 FR 19876,
April 8, 2011). The harvest strategy
provides a transparent framework for
making regulatory decisions for
woodcock season length and bag limits
while we work to improve monitoring
and assessment protocols for this
species. Utilizing the criteria developed
for the strategy, the 3-year average for
the Singing Ground Survey indices and
associated confidence intervals fall
within the ‘‘moderate package’’ for both
the Eastern and Central Management
Regions. As such, a ‘‘moderate season’’
for both management regions for the
2018–19 season is appropriate.
Specifics of the harvest strategy can
be found at https://www.fws.gov/birds/
surveys-and-data/webless-migratorygame-birds/american-woodcock.php.
16. Doves
Council Recommendations: The
Atlantic and Mississippi Flyway
Councils recommended use of the
‘‘standard’’ season framework
comprising a 90-day season and 15-bird
daily bag limit for States within the
Eastern Management Unit (EMU). The
daily bag limit could be composed of
mourning doves and white-winged
doves, singly or in combination. They
also recommended that the closing
framework date for the EMU be changed
from January 15 to January 31.
The Mississippi and Central Flyway
Councils recommended the use of the
‘‘standard’’ season package of a 15-bird
daily bag limit and a 90-day season for
the 2018–19 mourning dove season in
the States within the Central
Management Unit.
The Pacific Flyway Council
recommended use of the ‘‘standard’’
season framework for States in the
Western Management Unit (WMU)
population of mourning doves.
Service Response: Based on the
harvest strategies and current
population status, we agree with the
recommended selection of the
‘‘standard’’ season frameworks for doves
in the Eastern, Central, and Western
Management Units for the 2018–19
season. As we stated in the October 3,
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we agree with the Atlantic and
Mississippi Flyway Councils’
recommendation to extend the EMU’s
framework closing date to January 31. A
review of the available data on
mourning dove nesting phenology in the
EMU indicated that <1 percent of all
mourning dove nest initiations detected
occurred in January; thus, the impacts
on mourning dove reproduction will be
minimal. Furthermore, the maximum
additional harvest expected as a result
of this action is negligible in relation to
the number of mourning doves in the
EMU (<0.2 percent of the fall
population). Therefore, we do not
expect that this action will result in
significant impacts to the EMU
mourning dove population. However,
we also note that nesting phenology
may have changed in some areas since
the studies cited in the EMU
recommendation were conducted and
may continue to change in the future.
Thus, framework dates later than
January 31 should not be considered
without new studies that document
contemporary nesting phenology
throughout the EMU, which would
allow assessment of the impact of a later
closing date on mourning dove
productivity.
22. Other
Council Recommendations: The
Atlantic Flyway Council recommended
that Atlantic Flyway States be granted
compensatory days for webless
migratory game bird hunting beginning
with the 2018–19 hunting season in
States where Sunday hunting for
migratory game birds is prohibited by a
State law adopted prior to 1997
(Connecticut, Delaware, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey,
North Carolina, and Pennsylvania).
Written Comments: An individual
supported allowing compensatory days.
Service Response: We agree with the
Atlantic Flyway Council’s
recommendation to allow compensatory
days for all migratory game bird species
in States where Sunday hunting is
prohibited by State law. Compensatory
days will provide additional hunting
opportunity for dove, woodcock, rail,
snipe, and gallinule hunters in those
States, thereby assisting State agency
efforts to retain hunters. We expect that
the biological impacts of the additional
hunting opportunity afforded by
compensatory days will be minimal on
snipe, rails, and gallinules, which are
lightly hunted in the Atlantic Flyway.
More than 88 percent of the mourning
dove harvest in the Atlantic Flyway
occurs during the first month of the
season, and only 4 of the affected States
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compensatory days later in the dove
season in those States will not increase
the harvest significantly. Based on
recent (2012–2016) estimates of
woodcock harvested per day, the
additional 7 woodcock hunting days (5
in New Jersey) in the affected States is
expected to result in approximately
5,500 additional woodcock harvested,
about 9 percent of the recent annual
woodcock harvest in the Atlantic
Flyway. If this additional harvest results
in measurable adverse population
impacts, the woodcock hunting season
and harvest in the Atlantic Flyway will
be adjusted in accordance with the
woodcock harvest strategy, which is
based on the population status of the
species.
Required Determinations
Executive Order 13771—Reducing
Regulation and Controlling Regulatory
Costs
This action is not subject to Executive
Order (E.O.) 13771 (82 FR 9339,
February 3, 2017) because it is issued
with respect to routine hunting and
fishing activities.
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) Consideration
The programmatic document,
‘‘Second Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement:
Issuance of Annual Regulations
Permitting the Sport Hunting of
Migratory Birds (EIS 20130139),’’ filed
with the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) on May 24, 2013,
addresses NEPA compliance by the
Service for issuance of the annual
framework regulations for hunting of
migratory game bird species. We
published a notice of availability in the
Federal Register on May 31, 2013 (78
FR 32686), and our Record of Decision
on July 26, 2013 (78 FR 45376). We also
address NEPA compliance for waterfowl
hunting frameworks through the annual
preparation of separate environmental
assessments, the most recent being
‘‘Duck Hunting Regulations for 2018–
19,’’ with its corresponding May 2018,
finding of no significant impact. The
programmatic document, as well as the
separate environmental assessment, is
available on our website at https://
www.fws.gov/birds/index.php. or from
the address indicated under the caption
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Endangered Species Act Consideration
Section 7 of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.), provides that, ‘‘The Secretary
shall review other programs
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of this Act’’ (and) shall ‘‘insure that any
action authorized, funded, or carried out
* * * is not likely to jeopardize the
continued existence of any endangered
species or threatened species or result in
the destruction or adverse modification
of [critical] habitat. * * *.’’
Consequently, we conducted formal
consultations to ensure that actions
resulting from these regulations would
not likely jeopardize the continued
existence of endangered or threatened
species or result in the destruction or
adverse modification of their critical
habitat. Findings from these
consultations are included in a
biological opinion, which concluded
that the regulations are not likely to
jeopardize the continued existence of
any endangered or threatened species.
Additionally, these findings may have
caused modification of some regulatory
measures previously proposed, and the
final frameworks reflect any such
modifications. Our biological opinions
resulting from this section 7
consultation are public documents
available for public inspection at the
address indicated under ADDRESSES.
Regulatory Planning and Review
(Executive Orders 12866 and 13563)
E.O. 12866 provides that the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
(OIRA) will review all significant rules.
OIRA has reviewed this rule and has
determined that this rule is significant
because it would have an annual effect
of $100 million or more on the
economy.
E.O. 13563 reaffirms the principles of
E.O. 12866 while calling for
improvements in the nation’s regulatory
system to promote predictability, to
reduce uncertainty, and to use the best,
most innovative, and least burdensome
tools for achieving regulatory ends. The
executive order directs agencies to
consider regulatory approaches that
reduce burdens and maintain flexibility
and freedom of choice for the public
where these approaches are relevant,
feasible, and consistent with regulatory
objectives. E.O. 13563 emphasizes
further that regulations must be based
on the best available science and that
the rulemaking process must allow for
public participation and an open
exchange of ideas. We have developed
this rule in a manner consistent with
these requirements.
An economic analysis was prepared
for the 2018–19 season. This analysis
was based on data from the 2011
National Hunting and Fishing Survey,
the most recent year for which data are
available (see discussion in Regulatory
Flexibility Act section below). This
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three alternatives for duck hunting
(estimates for other species are not
quantified due to lack of data). The
alternatives are (1) issue restrictive
regulations allowing fewer days than
those issued during the 2017–18 season,
(2) issue moderate regulations allowing
more days than those in alternative 1,
and (3) issue liberal regulations
identical to the regulations in the 2017–
18 season. For the 2018–19 season, we
chose Alternative 3, with an estimated
consumer surplus across all flyways of
$334–$440 million with a mid-point
estimate of $387 million. We also chose
alternative 3 for the 2009–10, the 2010–
11, the 2011–12, the 2012–13, the 2014–
15, the 2015–16, the 2016–17, and the
2017–18 seasons. The 2018–19 analysis
is part of the record for this rule and is
available at http://www.regulations.gov
at Docket No. FWS–HQ–MB–2017–
0028.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
The annual migratory bird hunting
regulations have a significant economic
impact on substantial numbers of small
entities under the Regulatory Flexibility
Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). We analyzed
the economic impacts of the annual
hunting regulations on small business
entities in detail as part of the 1981 costbenefit analysis. This analysis was
revised annually from 1990–95. In 1995,
the Service issued a Small Entity
Flexibility Analysis (Analysis), which
was subsequently updated in 1996,
1998, 2004, 2008, 2013, and 2018. The
primary source of information about
hunter expenditures for migratory game
bird hunting is the National Hunting
and Fishing Survey, which is conducted
at 5-year intervals. The 2018 Analysis
was based on the 2011 National Hunting
and Fishing Survey and the U.S.
Department of Commerce’s County
Business Patterns, from which it was
estimated that migratory bird hunters
would spend approximately $1.5 billion
at small businesses in 2018. Copies of
the Analysis are available upon request
from the Division of Migratory Bird
Management (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) or from http://
www.regulations.gov at Docket No.
FWS–HQ–MB–2017–0028.

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Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act
This final rule is a major rule under
5 U.S.C. 804(2), the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act.
For the reasons outlined above, this rule
would have an annual effect on the
economy of $100 million or more.
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plan to defer the effective date under the
exemption contained in 5 U.S.C. 808(1).
Paperwork Reduction Act
This final rule contains a collection of
information that we have submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). We may not
conduct or sponsor and you are not
required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
OMB has previously approved the
information collection requirements
associated with migratory bird surveys
and assigned the following OMB control
numbers:
• 1018–0019, ‘‘North American
Woodcock Singing Ground Survey’’
(expires 5/31/2018).
• 1018–0023, ‘‘Migratory Bird
Surveys’’ (expires 6/30/2017). Includes
Migratory Bird Harvest Information
Program, Migratory Bird Hunter
Surveys, Sandhill Crane Survey, and
Parts Collection Survey.
OMB also reviewed and approved the
new reporting and recordkeeping
requirements identified below and
assigned OMB Control Number 1018–
0171, ‘‘Establishment of Annual
Migratory Bird Hunting Seasons, 50 CFR
part 20’’:
(1) Information Requested to Establish
Annual Migratory Bird Hunting
Seasons:
(A) Tribes that wish to use the
guidelines to establish special hunting
regulations for the annual migratory
game bird hunting season are required
to submit a proposal that includes:
(i) The requested migratory game bird
hunting season dates and other details
regarding the proposed regulations;
(ii) Harvest anticipated under the
proposed regulations; and
(iii) Tribal capabilities to enforce
migratory game bird hunting
regulations.
For those situations where it could be
shown that failure to limit Tribal
harvest could seriously impact the
migratory game bird resource, we also
request information on the methods
employed to monitor harvest and any
potential steps taken to limit level of
harvest. A tribe that desires the earliest
possible opening of the migratory game
bird season for nontribal members
should specify this request in its
proposal, rather than request a date that
might not be within the final Federal
frameworks. Similarly, unless a tribe
wishes to set more restrictive
regulations than Federal regulations will
permit for nontribal members, the
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bag and possession limits and season
length for migratory game birds that
Federal regulations are likely to permit
the States in the Flyway in which the
reservation is located
(B) State and U.S. territory
governments that wish to establish
annual migratory game bird hunting
seasons are required to provide the
requested dates and other details for
hunting seasons in their respective
States or Territories. The information is
provided to the Service in a nonform
format, usually via letter or spreadsheet,
in response to solicitations for the
information sent to the State
governments each year via an emailed
letter and as part of the first final rule
(for the frameworks).
(2) Reports: The following reports are
requested from the States and are
submitted either annually or every-three
years as explained in the following text.
(A) Reports from Experimental
Hunting Seasons and Season Structure
Changes:
Atlantic Flyway Council:
• Delaware—Experimental tundra swan
season (Yearly updates and Final
report)
• Florida—Experimental teal-only
season (Yearly updates and Final
report)
Mississippi Flyway Council:
• Alabama—Experimental sandhill
crane season (Yearly updates and
Final report)
Central Flyway Council:
• Nebraska—Experimental teal season
(Yearly updates and Final report)
• New Mexico—Experimental
sandhill crane season in Estancia Valley
(Yearly updates and Final report)
• Wyoming—Split (3-way) season for
Canada geese (Final report only)
Pacific Flyway Council:
• California—Zones and split season
for white-fronted geese (Final report
only)
(B) Additional State-specific Annual
Reports (unless otherwise indicated
these are annual reports):
State specific:
• Arizona—Sandhill crane racial
composition of the harvest conducted at
3-year intervals.
• North Carolina and Virginia—
Tundra swan harvest and hunter
participation data.
• Montana (Central Flyway portion),
North Dakota, and South Dakota—
Tundra swan harvest and hunter
participation data.
• Montana (Pacific Flyway portion)—
Swan harvest-monitoring program to
measure species composition.
• Montana (Pacific Flyway portion),
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monitoring program to measure the
species composition and report
detailing swan harvest, hunter
participation, reporting compliance, and
monitoring of swam populations in
designated hunt areas.
Reports and monitoring are used for a
variety of reasons. Some are used to
monitor species composition of the
harvest for those areas where species
intermingling can confound harvest
management and potential overharvest
of one species can be a management
concern. Others are used to determine
overall harvest for those species and/or
areas that are not sampled well by our
overall harvest surveys due to either the
limited nature/area of the hunt or
season or where the harvest needs to
closely monitored. Experimental season
reports are used to determine whether
the experimental season is achieving its
intended goals and objectives, without
causing unintended harm to other
species and ultimately whether the
experimental season should proceed to
operational status. Most experimental
seasons are 3-year trials with yearly
reports and a final report. Most of the
other reports and monitoring are
conducted either annually or at 3-year
intervals.
During the proposed rule stage, we
solicited comments on the above
information collection requirements. We
received two comments in response to
the proposed rule but neither addressed
the information collection requirements.
We have discussed other comments
received in the preamble above.
Title: Establishment of Annual
Migratory Bird Hunting Seasons, 50 CFR
part 20.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0171.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: New.
Description of Respondents: State and
Tribal governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 82 (from 52 State
governments and Territories and 30
Tribal governments).
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 99 (includes State
governments, Tribal governments and
Reports).
Average Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 4 hours to 650
hours, depending on the activity.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 9,878.
Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden
Cost: None.
You may send comments on this
information collection to the Service
Information Collection Clearance

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Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: BPHC, Falls
Church, VA 22041–3803 (mail); or Info_
Coll@fws.gov (email). Please reference
OMB Control Number 1018–BB73/0171
in the subject line of your comments.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
We have determined and certify, in
compliance with the requirements of the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, 2
U.S.C. 1502 et seq., that this rulemaking
would not impose a cost of $100 million
or more in any given year on local or
State government or private entities.
Therefore, this rule is not a ‘‘significant
regulatory action’’ under the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act.
Civil Justice Reform—Executive Order
12988
The Department, in promulgating this
rule, has determined that this rule will
not unduly burden the judicial system
and that it meets the requirements of
sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of E.O. 12988.
Takings Implication Assessment
In accordance with E.O. 12630, this
rule, authorized by the Migratory Bird
Treaty Act, does not have significant
takings implications and does not affect
any constitutionally protected property
rights. This rule would not result in the
physical occupancy of property, the
physical invasion of property, or the
regulatory taking of any property. In
fact, this rule would allow hunters to
exercise otherwise unavailable
privileges and, therefore, reduce
restrictions on the use of private and
public property.
Energy Effects—Executive Order 13211
E.O. 13211 requires agencies to
prepare Statements of Energy Effects
when undertaking certain actions.
While this rule is a significant
regulatory action under E.O. 12866, it is
not expected to adversely affect energy
supplies, distribution, or use. Therefore,
this action is not a significant energy
action and no Statement of Energy
Effects is required.
Government-to-Government
Relationship With Tribes
In accordance with the President’s
memorandum of April 29, 1994,
‘‘Government-to-Government Relations
with Native American Tribal
Governments’’ (59 FR 22951), E.O.
13175, and 512 DM 2, we have
evaluated possible effects on Federally
recognized Indian tribes and have
determined that there are no effects on
Indian trust resources. We have
consulted with Tribes affected by this
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Federalism Effects
Due to the migratory nature of certain
species of birds, the Federal
Government has been given
responsibility over these species by the
Migratory Bird Treaty Act. We annually
prescribe frameworks from which the
States make selections regarding the
hunting of migratory birds, and we
employ guidelines to establish special
regulations on Federal Indian
reservations and ceded lands. This
process preserves the ability of the
States and tribes to determine which
seasons meet their individual needs.
Any State or Indian tribe may be more
restrictive than the Federal frameworks
at any time. The frameworks are
developed in a cooperative process with
the States and the Flyway Councils.
This process allows States to participate
in the development of frameworks from
which they will make selections,
thereby having an influence on their
own regulations. These rules do not
have a substantial direct effect on fiscal
capacity, change the roles or
responsibilities of Federal or State
governments, or intrude on State policy
or administration. Therefore, in
accordance with E.O. 13132, these
regulations do not have significant
federalism effects and do not have
sufficient federalism implications to
warrant the preparation of a federalism
summary impact statement.
Regulations Promulgation
The rulemaking process for migratory
game bird hunting, by its nature,
operates under a time constraint as
seasons must be established each year or
hunting seasons remain closed.
However, we intend that the public be
provided extensive opportunity for
public input and involvement in
compliance with Administrative
Procedure Act requirements. Thus,
when the preliminary proposed
rulemaking was published, we
established what we concluded were the
longest periods possible for public
comment and the most opportunities for
public involvement. We also provided
notification of our participation in
multiple Flyway Council meetings,
opportunities for additional public
review and comment on all Flyway
Council proposals for regulatory change,
and opportunities for additional public
review during the SRC meeting.
Therefore, sufficient public notice and
opportunity for involvement have been
given to affected persons regarding the
migratory bird hunting frameworks for
the 2018–19 hunting seasons. Further,
after establishment of the final
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to conduct their own public processes to
select season dates and limits; to
communicate those selections to us; and
to establish and publicize the necessary
regulations and procedures to
implement their decisions. Thus, if
there were a delay in the effective date
of these regulations after this final
rulemaking, States might not be able to
meet their own administrative needs
and requirements.
For the reasons cited above, we find
that ‘‘good cause’’ exists, within the
terms of 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) of the
Administrative Procedure Act, and
these frameworks will take effect
immediately upon publication.
Therefore, under authority of the
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (July 3, 1918),
as amended (16 U.S.C. 703–711), we
prescribe final frameworks setting forth
the species to be hunted, the daily bag
and possession limits, the shooting
hours, the season lengths, the earliest
opening and latest closing season dates,
and hunting areas, from which State
conservation agency officials will select
hunting season dates and other options.
Upon receipt of season selections from
these officials, we will publish a final
rulemaking amending 50 CFR part 20 to
reflect seasons, limits, and shooting
hours for the United States for the 2018–
19 seasons. The rules that eventually
will be promulgated for the 2018–19
hunting season are authorized under 16
U.S.C. 703–712 and 742 a–j.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 20
Exports, Hunting, Imports, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements,
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Final Regulations Frameworks for
2018–19 Hunting Seasons on Certain
Migratory Game Birds
Pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty
Act and delegated authorities, the
Department of the Interior approved the
following frameworks for season
lengths, shooting hours, bag and
possession limits, and outside dates
within which States may select seasons
for hunting migratory game birds
between the dates of September 1, 2018,
and March 10, 2019. These frameworks
are summarized below.
General
Dates: All outside dates noted below
are inclusive.
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Waterfowl Flyways

Dated: April 25, 2018.
Susan Combs,
Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Exercising
the Authority of the Assistant Secretary for
Fish and Wildlife and Parks.

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specified, from one-half hour before
sunrise to sunset daily.
Possession Limits: Unless otherwise
specified, possession limits are three
times the daily bag limit.
Permits: For some species of
migratory birds, the Service authorizes
the use of permits to regulate harvest or
monitor their take by sport hunters, or
both. In many cases (e.g., tundra swans,
some sandhill crane populations), the
Service determines the amount of
harvest that may be taken during
hunting seasons during its formal
regulations-setting process, and the
States then issue permits to hunters at
levels predicted to result in the amount
of take authorized by the Service. Thus,
although issued by States, the permits
would not be valid unless the Service
approved such take in its regulations.
These Federally authorized, Stateissued permits are issued to individuals,
and only the individual whose name
and address appears on the permit at the
time of issuance is authorized to take
migratory birds at levels specified in the
permit, in accordance with provisions of
both Federal and State regulations
governing the hunting season. The
permit must be carried by the permittee
when exercising its provisions and must
be presented to any law enforcement
officer upon request. The permit is not
transferrable or assignable to another
individual, and may not be sold,
bartered, traded, or otherwise provided
to another person. If the permit is
altered or defaced in any way, the
permit becomes invalid.

Atlantic Flyway: Includes
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, Vermont,
Virginia, and West Virginia.
Mississippi Flyway: Includes
Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio,
Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
Central Flyway: Includes Colorado
(east of the Continental Divide), Kansas,
Montana (Counties of Blaine, Carbon,
Fergus, Judith Basin, Stillwater,
Sweetgrass, Wheatland, and all counties
east thereof), Nebraska, New Mexico
(east of the Continental Divide except
the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation),
North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota,
Texas, and Wyoming (east of the
Continental Divide).
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Oregon, Utah, Washington, and those
portions of Colorado, Montana, New
Mexico, and Wyoming not included in
the Central Flyway.
Duck Management Units
High Plains Mallard Management
Unit: Roughly defined as that portion of
the Central Flyway that lies west of the
100th meridian. See Area, Unit, and
Zone Descriptions, Ducks (Including
Mergansers) and Coots for specific
boundaries in each State.
Columbia Basin Mallard Management
Unit: In Washington, all areas east of the
Pacific Crest Trail and east of the Big
White Salmon River in Klickitat County;
and in Oregon, the counties of Gilliam,
Morrow, and Umatilla.
Mourning Dove Management Units
Eastern Management Unit: All States
east of the Mississippi River, and
Louisiana.
Central Management Unit: Arkansas,
Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New
Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South
Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming.
Western Management Unit: Arizona,
California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah,
and Washington.
Woodcock Management Regions
Eastern Management Region:
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, Vermont,
Virginia, and West Virginia.
Central Management Region:
Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, and Wisconsin.
Other geographic descriptions are
contained in a later portion of this
document.
Definitions
For the purpose of the hunting
regulations listed below, the collective
terms ‘‘dark’’ and ‘‘light’’ geese include
the following species:
Dark geese: Canada geese, whitefronted geese, brant (except in Alaska,
California, Oregon, Washington, and the
Atlantic Flyway), and all other goose
species except light geese.
Light geese: Snow (including blue)
geese and Ross’s geese.
Area, Zone, and Unit Descriptions:
Geographic descriptions related to
regulations are contained in a later
portion of this document.
Area-Specific Provisions: Frameworks
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and possession limits, and other special
provisions are listed below by Flyway.
Migratory Game Bird Seasons in the
Atlantic Flyway
In the Atlantic Flyway States of
Connecticut, Delaware, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey,
North Carolina, and Pennsylvania,
where Sunday hunting is prohibited
Statewide by State law, all Sundays are
closed to the take of all migratory game
birds.
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Outside Dates: States may select 2
days per duck-hunting zone, designated
as ‘‘Youth Waterfowl Hunting Days,’’ in
addition to their regular duck seasons.
The days must be held outside any
regular duck season on weekends,
holidays, or other non-school days
when youth hunters would have the
maximum opportunity to participate.
The days may be held up to 14 days
before or after any regular duck-season
frameworks or within any split of a
regular duck season, or within any other
open season on migratory birds.
Daily Bag Limits: The daily bag limits
may include ducks, geese, tundra
swans, mergansers, coots, moorhens,
and gallinules and would be the same
as those allowed in the regular season.
Flyway species and area restrictions
would remain in effect.
Shooting Hours: One-half hour before
sunrise to sunset.
Participation Restrictions: States may
use their established definition of age
for youth hunters. However, youth
hunters may not be over the age of 17.
In addition, an adult at least 18 years of
age must accompany the youth hunter
into the field. This adult may not duck
hunt but may participate in other
seasons that are open on the special
youth day. Youth hunters 16 years of
age and older must possess a Federal
Migratory Bird Hunting and
Conservation Stamp (also known as
Federal Duck Stamp). Tundra swans
may only be taken by participants
possessing applicable tundra swan
permits.

Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee,
and Wisconsin.
Central Flyway: Colorado (part),
Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico (part),
Oklahoma, and Texas.
Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag
Limits: Not to exceed 16 consecutive
hunting days in the Atlantic,
Mississippi, and Central Flyways. The
daily bag limit is 6 teal.
Shooting Hours
Atlantic Flyway: One-half hour before
sunrise to sunset, except in South
Carolina, where the hours are from
sunrise to sunset.
Mississippi and Central Flyways: Onehalf hour before sunrise to sunset,
except in the States of Arkansas,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and
Wisconsin, where the hours are from
sunrise to sunset.
Special September Duck Seasons
Florida, Kentucky, and Tennessee: In
lieu of a special September teal season,
a 5-consecutive-day teal/wood duck
season may be selected in September.
The daily bag limit may not exceed 6
teal and wood ducks in the aggregate, of
which no more than 2 may be wood
ducks. In addition, a 4-consecutive-day
teal-only season may be selected in
September either immediately before or
immediately after the 5-consecutive-day
teal/wood duck season. The daily bag
limit is 6 teal. The teal-only seasons in
Florida and Tennessee are experimental.
Iowa: In lieu of an experimental
special September teal season, Iowa may
hold up to 5 days of its regular duck
hunting season in September. All ducks
that are legal during the regular duck
season may be taken during the
September segment of the season. The
September season segment may
commence no earlier than the Saturday
nearest September 20 (September 22).
The daily bag and possession limits will
be the same as those in effect during the
remainder of the regular duck season.
The remainder of the regular duck
season may not begin before October 10.
Waterfowl

Special September Teal Season

Atlantic Flyway

Outside Dates: Between September 1
and September 30, an open season on
all species of teal may be selected by the
following States in areas delineated by
State regulations:
Atlantic Flyway: Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Virginia.
Mississippi Flyway: Alabama,
Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan,

Ducks, Mergansers, and Coots
Outside Dates: Between the Saturday
nearest September 24 (September 22)
and the last Sunday in January (January
27).
Hunting Seasons and Duck Limits: 60
days. The daily bag limit is 6 ducks,
including no more than 4 mallards (no
more than 2 of which can be females),
2 black ducks, 2 pintails, 1 mottled
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ducks, 2 redheads, 2 scaup, 2
canvasbacks, 4 scoters, 4 eiders, and 4
long-tailed ducks.
Closures: The season on harlequin
ducks is closed.
Merganser Limits: The daily bag limit
of mergansers is 5, only 2 of which may
be hooded mergansers. In States that
include mergansers in the duck bag
limit, the daily limit is the same as the
duck bag limit, only 2 of which may be
hooded mergansers.
Coot Limits: The daily bag limit is 15
coots.
Lake Champlain Zone, New York: The
waterfowl seasons, limits, and shooting
hours should be the same as those
selected for the Lake Champlain Zone of
Vermont.
Connecticut River Zone, Vermont:
The waterfowl seasons, limits, and
shooting hours should be the same as
those selected for the Inland Zone of
New Hampshire.
Zoning and Split Seasons: Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North
Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Virginia, and West Virginia may split
their seasons into three segments;
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, and Vermont may select
hunting seasons by zones and may split
their seasons into two segments in each
zone.
Scoters, Eiders, and Long-tailed Ducks
Special Sea Duck Seasons
Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
North Carolina, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, and Virginia may select a
Special Sea Duck Season in designated
Special Sea Duck Areas. If a Special Sea
Duck Season is selected, scoters, eiders,
and long-tailed ducks may be taken in
the designated Special Sea Duck Area(s)
only during the Special Sea Duck
Season dates; scoters, eiders, and longtailed ducks may be taken outside of
Special Sea Duck Area(s) during the
regular duck season, in accordance with
the frameworks for ducks, mergansers,
and coots specified above.
Outside Dates: Between September 15
and January 31.
Special Sea Duck Seasons and Daily
Bag Limits: 60 consecutive hunting
days, or 60 days that are concurrent
with the regular duck season, with a
daily bag limit of 5, of the listed sea
duck species, including no more than 4
scoters, 4 eiders, and 4 long-tailed
ducks. Within the special sea duck
areas, during the regular duck season in
the Atlantic Flyway, States may choose
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addition to the limits applying to other
ducks during the regular season. In all
other areas, sea ducks may be taken only
during the regular open season for
ducks and are part of the regular duck
season daily bag (not to exceed 4
scoters, 4 eiders, and 4 long-tailed
ducks) and possession limits.
Special Sea Duck Areas: In all coastal
waters and all waters of rivers and
streams seaward from the first upstream
bridge in Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, and New York; in New
Jersey, all coastal waters seaward from
the International Regulations for
Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS)
Demarcation Lines shown on National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Nautical Charts
and further described in 33 CFR 80.165,
80.501, 80.502, and 80.503; in any
waters of the Atlantic Ocean and in any
tidal waters of any bay that are
separated by at least 1 mile of open
water from any shore, island, and
emergent vegetation in South Carolina
and Georgia; and in any waters of the
Atlantic Ocean and in any tidal waters
of any bay that are separated by at least
800 yards of open water from any shore,
island, and emergent vegetation in
Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina,
and Virginia; and provided that any
such areas have been described,
delineated, and designated as special
sea duck hunting areas under the
hunting regulations adopted by the
respective States.
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Special Early Canada Goose Seasons
A Canada goose season of up to 15
days during September 1–15 may be
selected for the Eastern Unit of
Maryland. Seasons not to exceed 30
days during September 1–30 may be
selected for Connecticut, Florida,
Georgia, New Jersey, New York (Long
Island Zone only), North Carolina,
Rhode Island, and South Carolina.
Seasons may not exceed 25 days during
September 1–25 in the remainder of the
Flyway. Areas open to the hunting of
Canada geese must be described,
delineated, and designated as such in
each State’s hunting regulations.
Daily Bag Limits: Not to exceed 15
Canada geese.
Shooting Hours: One-half hour before
sunrise to sunset, except that during any
special early Canada goose season,
shooting hours may extend to one-half
hour after sunset if all other waterfowl
seasons are closed in the specific
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New Hampshire

Season Lengths, Outside Dates, and
Limits: Specific regulations for Canada
geese are shown below by State. These
seasons may also include white-fronted
geese in an aggregate daily bag limit.
Unless specified otherwise, seasons may
be split into two segments.

A 60-day season may be held
Statewide between October 1 and
January 31 with a 2-bird daily bag limit.

Connecticut
North Atlantic Population (NAP)
Zone: Between October 1 and January
31, a 60-day season may be held with
a 2-bird daily bag limit.
Atlantic Population (AP) Zone: A 50day season may be held between
October 10 and February 5, with a 3bird daily bag limit.
South Zone: A special season may be
held between January 15 and February
15, with a 5-bird daily bag limit.
Resident Population (RP) Zone: An
80-day season may be held between
October 1 and February 15, with a 5bird daily bag limit. The season may be
split into 3 segments.
Delaware
A 50-day season may be held between
November 15 and February 5, with a 2bird daily bag limit.
Florida
An 80-day season may be held
between October 1 and March 10, with
a 5-bird daily bag limit. The season may
be split into 3 segments.
Georgia
An 80-day season may be held
between October 1 and March 10, with
a 5-bird daily bag limit. The season may
be split into 3 segments.
Maine
A 60-day season may be held
Statewide between October 1 and
January 31, with a 2-bird daily bag limit.
Maryland

New Jersey
AP Zone: A 50-day season may be
held between the fourth Saturday in
October (October 27) and February 5,
with a 3-bird daily bag limit.
RP Zone: An 80-day season may be
held between the fourth Saturday in
October (October 27) and February 15,
with a 5-bird daily bag limit. The season
may be split into 3 segments.
Special Late Goose Season Area: A
special season may be held in
designated areas of North and South
New Jersey from January 15 to February
15, with a 5-bird daily bag limit.
New York
NAP Zone: Between October 1 and
January 31, a 60-day season may be
held, with a 2-bird daily bag limit in the
High Harvest areas; and between
October 1 and February 15, a 70-day
season may be held, with a 3-bird daily
bag limit in the Low Harvest areas.
AP Zone: A 50-day season may be
held between the fourth Saturday in
October (October 27), except in the Lake
Champlain Area where the opening date
is October 10, through February 5, with
a 3-bird daily bag limit.
Western Long Island RP Zone: A 107day season may be held between the
Saturday nearest September 24
(September 22) and March 10, with an
8-bird daily bag limit. The season may
be split into 3 segments.
Rest of State RP Zone: An 80-day
season may be held between the fourth
Saturday in October (October 27) and
March 10, with a 5-bird daily bag limit.
The season may be split into 3
segments.
North Carolina

RP Zone: An 80-day season may be
held between November 15 and March
10, with a 5-bird daily bag limit. The
season may be split into 3 segments.
AP Zone: A 50-day season may be
held between November 15 and
February 5, with a 2-bird daily bag limit.

RP Zone: An 80-day season may be
held between October 1 and March 10,
with a 5-bird daily bag limit. The season
may be split into 3 segments.
Northeast Hunt Unit: A 14-day season
may be held between the Saturday prior
to December 25 (December 22) and
January 31, with a 1-bird daily bag limit.

Massachusetts

Pennsylvania

NAP Zone: A 60-day season may be
held between October 1 and January 31,
with a 2-bird daily bag limit.
Additionally, a special season may be
held from January 15 to February 15,
with a 5-bird daily bag limit.
AP Zone: A 50-day season may be
held between October 10 and February
5, with a 3-bird daily bag limit.

SJBP Zone: A 78-day season may be
held between the first Saturday in
October (October 6) and February 15,
with a 3-bird daily bag limit.
RP Zone: An 80-day season may be
held between the fourth Saturday in
October (October 27) and March 10,
with a 5-bird daily bag limit. The season
may be split into 3 segments.

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Mississippi Flyway

AP Zone: A 50-day season may be
held between the fourth Saturday in
October (October 27) and February 5,
with a 3-bird daily bag limit.

Ducks, Mergansers, and Coots

Rhode Island
A 60-day season may be held between
October 1 and January 31, with a 2-bird
daily bag limit. A special late season
may be held in designated areas from
January 15 to February 15, with a 5-bird
daily bag limit.
South Carolina
In designated areas, an 80-day season
may be held between October 1 and
March 10, with a 5-bird daily bag limit.
The season may be split into 3
segments.
Vermont
Lake Champlain Zone and Interior
Zone: A 50-day season may be held
between October 10 and February 5,
with a 3-bird daily bag limit.
Connecticut River Zone: A 60-day
season may be held between October 1
and January 31, with a 2-bird daily bag
limit.
Virginia
SJBP Zone: A 40-day season may be
held between November 15 and January
14, with a 3-bird daily bag limit.
Additionally, a special late season may
be held between January 15 and
February 15, with a 5-bird daily bag
limit.
AP Zone: A 50-day season may be
held between November 15 and
February 5, with a 2-bird daily bag limit.
RP Zone: An 80-day season may be
held between November 15 and March
10, with a 5-bird daily bag limit. The
season may be split into 3 segments.
West Virginia
An 80-day season may be held
between October 1 and March 10, with
a 5-bird daily bag limit. The season may
be split into 3 segments in each zone.
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Season Lengths, Outside Dates, and
Limits: States may select a 107-day
season between October 1 and March
10, with a 25-bird daily bag limit and no
possession limit. States may split their
seasons into three segments.
Brant
Season Lengths, Outside Dates, and
Limits: States may select a 60-day
season between the Saturday nearest
September 24 (September 22) and
January 31, with a 2-bird daily bag limit.
States may split their seasons into two
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Outside Dates: Between the Saturday
nearest September 24 (September 22)
and the last Sunday in January (January
27).
Hunting Seasons and Duck Limits:
The season may not exceed 60 days,
with a daily bag limit of 6 ducks,
including no more than 4 mallards (no
more than 2 of which may be females),
1 mottled duck, 2 black ducks, 2
pintails, 3 wood ducks, 2 canvasbacks,
3 scaup, and 2 redheads.
Merganser Limits: The daily bag limit
is 5, only 2 of which may be hooded
mergansers. In States that include
mergansers in the duck bag limit, the
daily limit is the same as the duck bag
limit, only 2 of which may be hooded
mergansers.
Coot Limits: The daily bag limit is 15
coots.
Zoning and Split Seasons: Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio,
Tennessee, and Wisconsin may select
hunting seasons by zones.
In Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and
Wisconsin, the season may be split into
two segments in each zone.
In Alabama, Arkansas, and
Mississippi, the season may be split into
three segments.
Geese
Season Lengths, Outside Dates, and
Limits
Canada Geese: States may select
seasons for Canada geese not to exceed
107 days with a 5-bird daily bag limit
during September 1–30, and a 3-bird
daily bag limit for the remainder of the
season. Seasons may be held between
September 1 and February 15, and may
be split into 4 segments.
White-fronted Geese and Brant:
Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Kentucky,
Missouri, Mississippi, and Tennessee
may select a season for white-fronted
geese not to exceed 74 days with 3 geese
daily, or 88 days with 2 geese daily, or
107 days with 1 goose daily between
September 1 and February 15; Alabama,
Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota,
Ohio, and Wisconsin may select a
season for white-fronted geese not to
exceed 107 days with 5 geese daily, in
aggregate with dark geese between
September 1 and February 15. States
may select a season for brant not to
exceed 70 days with 2 brant daily, or
107 days with 1 brant daily with outside
dates the same as for Canada geese;
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an aggregate goose bag limit with either
Canada geese, white-fronted geese, or
dark geese.
Light Geese: States may select seasons
for light geese not to exceed 107 days,
with 20 geese daily between September
1 and February 15. There is no
possession limit for light geese.
Shooting Hours: One-half hour before
sunrise to sunset, except that during
September 1–15 shooting hours may
extend to one-half hour after sunset for
Canada geese if all other waterfowl and
crane seasons are closed in the specific
applicable area.
Split Seasons: Seasons for geese may
be split into four segments unless
otherwise indicated.
Central Flyway
Ducks, Mergansers, and Coots
Outside Dates: Between the Saturday
nearest September 24 (September 22)
and the last Sunday in January (January
27).
Hunting Seasons
High Plains Mallard Management
Unit (roughly defined as that portion of
the Central Flyway that lies west of the
100th meridian): 97 days. The last 23
days must run consecutively and may
start no earlier than the Saturday nearest
December 10 (December 8).
Remainder of the Central Flyway: 74
days.
Duck Limits: The daily bag limit is 6
ducks, with species and sex restrictions
as follows: 5 Mallards (no more than 2
of which may be females), 3 scaup, 2
redheads, 3 wood ducks, 2 pintails, and
2 canvasbacks. In Texas, the daily bag
limit on mottled ducks is 1, except that
no mottled ducks may be taken during
the first 5 days of the season. In addition
to the daily limits listed above, the
States of Montana, North Dakota, South
Dakota, and Wyoming, in lieu of
selecting an experimental September
teal season, may include an additional
daily bag and possession limit of 2 and
6 blue-winged teal, respectively, during
the first 16 days of the regular duck
season in each respective duck hunting
zone. These extra limits are in addition
to the regular duck bag and possession
limits.
Merganser Limits: The daily bag limit
is 5 mergansers, only 2 of which may be
hooded mergansers. In States that
include mergansers in the duck daily
bag limit, the daily limit may be the
same as the duck bag limit, only two of
which may be hooded mergansers.
Coot Limits: The daily bag limit is 15
coots.
Zoning and Split Seasons: Colorado,
Kansas (Low Plains portion), Montana,

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Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma (Low
Plains portion), South Dakota (Low
Plains portion), Texas (Low Plains
portion), and Wyoming may select
hunting seasons by zones.
In Colorado, Kansas, Montana, New
Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South
Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, the
regular season may be split into two
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Geese
Special Early Canada Goose Seasons:
In Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South
Dakota, and Texas, Canada goose
seasons of up to 30 days during
September 1–30 may be selected. In
Colorado, New Mexico, Montana, and
Wyoming, Canada goose seasons of up
to 15 days during September 1–15 may
be selected. In North Dakota, Canada
goose seasons of up to 22 days during
September 1–22 may be selected. The
daily bag limit may not exceed 5 Canada
geese, except in Kansas, Nebraska, and
Oklahoma, where the daily bag limit
may not exceed 8 Canada geese, and in
North Dakota and South Dakota, where
the daily bag limit may not exceed 15
Canada geese. Areas open to the hunting
of Canada geese must be described,
delineated, and designated as such in
each State’s hunting regulations.
Shooting Hours: One-half hour before
sunrise to sunset, except that during
September 1–15 shooting hours may
extend to one-half hour after sunset if
all other waterfowl and crane seasons
are closed in the specific applicable
area.
Regular Goose Seasons
Split Seasons: Seasons for geese may
be split into three segments. Three-way
split seasons for Canada geese require
Central Flyway Council and U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service approval, and a 3year evaluation by each participating
State.
Outside Dates: For dark geese, seasons
may be selected between the outside
dates of the Saturday nearest September
24 (September 22) and the Sunday
nearest February 15 (February 17). For
light geese, outside dates for seasons
may be selected between the Saturday
nearest September 24 (September 22)
and March 10. In the Rainwater Basin
Light Goose Area (East and West) of
Nebraska, temporal and spatial
restrictions that are consistent with the
late-winter snow goose hunting strategy
cooperatively developed by the Central
Flyway Council and the Service are
required.
Season Lengths and Limits
Light Geese: States may select a light
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The daily bag limit for light geese is 50
with no possession limit.
Dark Geese: In Kansas, Nebraska,
North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota,
and the Eastern Goose Zone of Texas,
States may select a season for Canada
geese (or any other dark goose species
except white-fronted geese) not to
exceed 107 days with a daily bag limit
of 8. For white-fronted geese, these
States may select either a season of 74
days with a bag limit of 3, or an 88-day
season with a bag limit of 2, or a season
of 107 days with a bag limit of 1.
In Colorado, Montana, New Mexico,
and Wyoming, States may select seasons
not to exceed 107 days. The daily bag
limit for dark geese is 5 in the aggregate.
In the Western Goose Zone of Texas,
the season may not exceed 95 days. The
daily bag limit for Canada geese (or any
other dark goose species except whitefronted geese) is 5. The daily bag limit
for white-fronted geese is 2.
Pacific Flyway
Ducks, Mergansers, and Coots
Outside Dates: Between the Saturday
nearest September 24 (September 22)
and the last Sunday in January (January
27).
Hunting Seasons and Duck and
Merganser Limits: 107 days. The daily
bag limit is 7 ducks and mergansers,
including no more than 2 female
mallards, 2 pintails, 2 canvasbacks, 3
scaup, and 2 redheads. For scaup, the
season length is 86 days, which may be
split according to applicable zones and
split duck hunting configurations
approved for each State.
Coot, Common Moorhen, and Purple
Gallinule Limits: The daily bag limit of
coots, common moorhens, and purple
gallinules is 25, singly or in the
aggregate.
Zoning and Split Seasons: Arizona,
California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada,
Oregon, Utah, Washington, and
Wyoming may select hunting seasons by
zones and may split their seasons into
two segments.
Montana and New Mexico may split
their seasons into three segments.
Colorado River Zone, California:
Seasons and limits should be the same
as seasons and limits selected in the
adjacent portion of Arizona (South
Zone).
Geese
Special Early Canada Goose Seasons
A Canada goose season of up to 15
days during September 1–20 may be
selected. The daily bag limit may not
exceed 5 Canada geese, except in Pacific
County, Washington, where the daily
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geese. Areas open to hunting of Canada
geese in each State must be described,
delineated, and designated as such in
each State’s hunting regulations.
Regular Goose Seasons
Season Lengths, Outside Dates, and
Limits
Canada Geese and Brant: Except as
subsequently noted, 107-day seasons
may be selected with outside dates
between the Saturday nearest September
24 (September 22) and the last Sunday
in January (January 27). In Arizona,
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, the daily
bag limit is 4 Canada geese and brant in
the aggregate. In California, Oregon, and
Washington, the daily bag limit is 4
Canada geese. For brant, Oregon and
Washington may select a 16-day season
and California a 37-day season. Days
must be consecutive. Washington and
California may select hunting seasons
for up to two zones. The daily bag limit
is 2 brant and is in addition to other
goose limits. In Oregon and California,
the brant season must end no later than
December 15.
White-fronted Geese: Except as
subsequently noted, 107-day seasons
may be selected with outside dates
between the Saturday nearest September
24 (September 22) and March 10. The
daily bag limit is 10.
Light Geese: Except as subsequently
noted, 107-day seasons may be selected
with outside dates between the Saturday
nearest September 24 (September 22)
and March 10. The daily bag limit is 20.
Split Seasons: Unless otherwise
specified, seasons for geese may be split
into up to 3 segments. Three-way split
seasons for Canada geese and whitefronted geese require Pacific Flyway
Council and U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service approval and a 3-year
evaluation by each participating State.
California
The daily bag limit for Canada geese
is 10.
Balance of State Zone: A Canada
goose season may be selected with
outside dates between the Saturday
nearest September 24 (September 22)
and March 10. In the Sacramento Valley
Special Management Area, the season
on white-fronted geese must end on or
before December 28, and the daily bag
limit is 3 white-fronted geese. In the
North Coast Special Management Area,
hunting days that occur after the last
Sunday in January (January 27) should
be concurrent with Oregon’s South
Coast Zone.
Northeastern Zone: The white-fronted
goose season may be split into 3
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Oregon
The daily bag limit for light geese is
6 on or before the last Sunday in
January (January 27).
Harney and Lake County Zone: For
Lake County only, the daily whitefronted goose bag limit is 1.
Northwest Permit Zone: A Canada
goose season may be selected with
outside dates between the Saturday
nearest September 24 (September 22)
and March 10. Goose seasons may be
split into 3 segments. The daily bag
limits of Canada geese and light geese
are 6 each. In the Tillamook County
Management Area, the hunting season is
closed on geese.
South Coast Zone: A Canada goose
season may be selected with outside
dates between the Saturday nearest
September 24 (September 22) and
March 10. The daily bag limit of Canada
geese is 6. Hunting days that occur after
the last Sunday in January (January 27)
should be concurrent with California’s
North Coast Special Management Area.
Goose seasons may be split into 3
segments.
Utah
A Canada goose and brant season may
be selected in the Wasatch Front Zone
with outside dates between the Saturday
nearest September 24 (September 22)
and the first Sunday in February
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Washington
The daily bag limit for light geese is
6.
Areas 2 Inland and 2 Coastal
(Southwest Permit Zone): A Canada
goose season may be selected with
outside dates between the Saturday
nearest September 24 (September 22)
and March 10. Goose seasons may be
split into 3 segments.
Area 4: Goose seasons may be split
into 3 segments.
Permit Zones
In Oregon and Washington permit
zones, the hunting season is closed on
dusky Canada geese. A dusky Canada
goose is any dark-breasted Canada goose
(Munsell 10 YR color value five or less)
with a bill length between 40 and 50
millimeters. Hunting of geese will only
be by hunters possessing a State-issued
permit authorizing them to do so.
Shooting hours for geese may begin no
earlier than sunrise. Regular Canada
goose seasons in the permit zones of
Oregon and Washington remain subject
to the Memorandum of Understanding
entered into with the Service regarding
monitoring the impacts of take during
the regular Canada goose season on the
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Swans
In portions of the Pacific Flyway
(Montana, Nevada, and Utah), an open
season for taking a limited number of
swans may be selected. Permits will be
issued by the State and will authorize
each permittee to take no more than 1
swan per season with each permit.
Nevada may issue up to 2 permits per
hunter. Montana and Utah may issue
only 1 permit per hunter. Each State’s
season may open no earlier than the
Saturday nearest October 1 (September
29). These seasons are also subject to the
following conditions:
Montana: No more than 500 permits
may be issued. The season must end no
later than December 1. The State must
implement a harvest-monitoring
program to measure the species
composition of the swan harvest and
should use appropriate measures to
maximize hunter compliance in
reporting bill measurement and color
information.
Utah: No more than 2,000 permits
may be issued. During the swan season,
no more than 10 trumpeter swans may
be taken. The season must end no later
than the second Sunday in December
(December 9) or upon attainment of 10
trumpeter swans in the harvest,
whichever occurs earliest. The Utah
season remains subject to the terms of
the Memorandum of Agreement entered
into with the Service in August 2003
regarding harvest monitoring, season
closure procedures, and education
requirements to minimize the take of
trumpeter swans during the swan
season.
Nevada: No more than 650 permits
may be issued. During the swan season,
no more than 5 trumpeter swans may be
taken. The season must end no later
than the Sunday following January 1
(January 6) or upon attainment of 5
trumpeter swans in the harvest,
whichever occurs earliest.
In addition, the States of Utah and
Nevada must implement a harvestmonitoring program to measure the
species composition of the swan
harvest. The harvest-monitoring
program must require that all harvested
swans or their species-determinant parts
be examined by either State or Federal
biologists for the purpose of species
classification. The States should use
appropriate measures to maximize
hunter compliance in providing bagged
swans for examination. Further, the
States of Montana, Nevada, and Utah
must achieve at least an 80-percent
hunter compliance rate, or subsequent
permits will be reduced by 10 percent.
All three States must provide to the
Service by June 30, 2019, a report

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detailing harvest, hunter participation,
reporting compliance, and monitoring of
swan populations in the designated
hunt areas.
Tundra Swans
In portions of the Atlantic Flyway
(North Carolina and Virginia) and the
Central Flyway (North Dakota, South
Dakota [east of the Missouri River], and
that portion of Montana in the Central
Flyway), an open season for taking a
limited number of tundra swans may be
selected. Permits will be issued by the
States that authorize the take of no more
than 1 tundra swan per permit. A
second permit may be issued to hunters
from unused permits remaining after the
first drawing. The States must obtain
harvest and hunter participation data.
These seasons are also subject to the
following conditions:
In the Atlantic Flyway
—The season may be 90 days, between
October 1 and January 31.
—In North Carolina, no more than 6,250
permits may be issued.
—In Virginia, no more than 750 permits
may be issued.
In the Central Flyway
—The season may be 107 days, between
the Saturday nearest October 1
(September 29) and January 31.
—In the Central Flyway portion of
Montana, no more than 625 permits
may be issued.
—In North Dakota, no more than 2,500
permits may be issued.
—In South Dakota, no more than 1,875
permits may be issued.
Sandhill Cranes
Regular Seasons in the Mississippi
Flyway
Outside Dates: Between September 1
and February 28 in Minnesota, and
between September 1 and January 31 in
Kentucky and Tennessee.
Hunting Seasons: A season not to
exceed 37 consecutive days may be
selected in the designated portion of
northwestern Minnesota (Northwest
Goose Zone), and a season not to exceed
60 consecutive days in Kentucky and
Tennessee.
Daily Bag Limit: 1 sandhill crane in
Minnesota, 2 sandhill cranes in
Kentucky, and 3 sandhill cranes in
Tennessee. In Kentucky and Tennessee,
the seasonal bag limit is 3 sandhill
cranes.
Permits: Each person participating in
the regular sandhill crane seasons must
have a valid Federal or State sandhill
crane hunting permit.
Other Provisions: The number of
permits (where applicable), open areas,

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season dates, protection plans for other
species, and other provisions of seasons
must be consistent with the
management plans and approved by the
Mississippi Flyway Council.
Regular Seasons in the Central Flyway
Outside Dates: Between September 1
and February 28.
Hunting Seasons: Seasons not to
exceed 37 consecutive days may be
selected in designated portions of Texas
(Area 2). Seasons not to exceed 58
consecutive days may be selected in
designated portions of the following
States: Colorado, Kansas, Montana,
North Dakota, South Dakota, and
Wyoming. Seasons not to exceed 93
consecutive days may be selected in
designated portions of the following
States: New Mexico, Oklahoma, and
Texas.
Daily Bag Limits: 3 sandhill cranes,
except 2 sandhill cranes in designated
portions of North Dakota (Area 2) and
Texas (Area 2).
Permits: Each person participating in
the regular sandhill crane season must
have a valid Federal or State sandhill
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Special Seasons in the Central and
Pacific Flyways
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming may
select seasons for hunting sandhill
cranes within the range of the Rocky
Mountains Population (RMP) subject to
the following conditions:
Outside Dates: Between September 1
and January 31.
Hunting Seasons: The season in any
State or zone may not exceed 60 days,
and may be split into no more than 3
segments.
Bag limits: Not to exceed 3 daily and
9 per season.
Permits: Participants must have a
valid permit, issued by the appropriate
State, in their possession while hunting.
Other Provisions: Numbers of permits,
open areas, season dates, protection
plans for other species, and other
provisions of seasons must be consistent
with the management plan and
approved by the Central and Pacific
Flyway Councils, with the following
exceptions:
A. In Utah, 100 percent of the harvest
will be assigned to the RMP quota;
B. In Arizona, monitoring the racial
composition of the harvest must be
conducted at 3-year intervals unless
100% of the harvest will be assigned to
the RMP quota;
C. In Idaho, 100 percent of the harvest
will be assigned to the RMP quota; and
D. In New Mexico, the season in the
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requirement to monitor the level and
racial composition of the harvest;
greater sandhill cranes in the harvest
will be assigned to the RMP quota.

days and may be split into two
segments. The daily bag limit is 8 snipe.
Zoning: Seasons may be selected by
zones established for duck hunting.

Common Moorhens and Purple
Gallinules

American Woodcock
Outside Dates: States in the Eastern
Management Region may select hunting
seasons between October 1 and January
31. States in the Central Management
Region may select hunting seasons
between the Saturday nearest September
22 (September 22) and January 31.
Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag
Limits: Seasons may not exceed 45 days
in the Eastern and Central Regions. The
daily bag limit is 3. Seasons may be split
into two segments.
Zoning: New Jersey may select
seasons in each of two zones. The
season in each zone may not exceed 36
days.

Outside Dates: Between September 1
and the last Sunday in January (January
27) in the Atlantic, Mississippi, and
Central Flyways. States in the Pacific
Flyway have been allowed to select
their hunting seasons between the
outside dates for the season on ducks,
mergansers, and coots; therefore,
frameworks for common moorhens and
purple gallinules are included with the
duck, merganser, and coot frameworks.
Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag
Limits: Seasons may not exceed 70 days
in the Atlantic, Mississippi, and Central
Flyways. Seasons may be split into 2
segments. The daily bag limit is 15
common moorhens and purple
gallinules, singly or in the aggregate of
the two species.
Zoning: Seasons may be selected by
zones established for duck hunting.
Rails
Outside Dates: States included herein
may select seasons between September
1 and the last Sunday in January
(January 27) on clapper, king, sora, and
Virginia rails.
Hunting Seasons: Seasons may not
exceed 70 days, and may be split into
2 segments.
Daily Bag Limits
Clapper and King Rails: In
Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New
Jersey, and Rhode Island, 10, singly or
in the aggregate of the two species. In
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, 15, singly
or in the aggregate of the two species.
Sora and Virginia Rails: In the
Atlantic, Mississippi, and Central
Flyways and the Pacific Flyway
portions of Colorado, Montana, New
Mexico, and Wyoming, 25 rails, singly
or in the aggregate of the two species.
The season is closed in the remainder of
the Pacific Flyway.
Snipe
Outside Dates: Between September 1
and February 28, except in Connecticut,
Delaware, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Rhode Island,
Vermont, and Virginia, where the
season must end no later than January
31.
Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag
Limits: Seasons may not exceed 107

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Band-Tailed Pigeons
Pacific Coast States (California, Oregon,
Washington, and Nevada)
Outside Dates: Between September 15
and January 1.
Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag
Limits: Not more than 9 consecutive
days, with a daily bag limit of 2.
Zoning: California may select hunting
seasons not to exceed 9 consecutive
days in each of two zones. The season
in the North Zone must close by
October 3.
Four-Corners States (Arizona, Colorado,
New Mexico, and Utah)
Outside Dates: Between September 1
and November 30.
Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag
Limits: Not more than 14 consecutive
days, with a daily bag limit of 2.
Zoning: New Mexico may select
hunting seasons not to exceed 14
consecutive days in each of two zones.
The season in the South Zone may not
open until October 1.
Doves
Outside Dates: Between September 1
and January 31 in the Eastern
Management Unit, and between
September 1 and January 15 in the
Central and Western Management Units,
except as otherwise provided, States
may select hunting seasons and daily
bag limits as follows:
Eastern Management Unit
Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag
Limits: Not more than 90 days, with a
daily bag limit of 15 mourning and
white-winged doves in the aggregate.
Zoning and Split Seasons: States may
select hunting seasons in each of two
zones. The season within each zone may
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periods. Regulations for bag and
possession limits, season length, and
shooting hours must be uniform within
specific hunting zones.
Central Management Unit
For all States except Texas
Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag
Limits: Not more than 90 days, with a
daily bag limit of 15 mourning and
white-winged doves in the aggregate.
Zoning and Split Seasons: States may
select hunting seasons in each of two
zones. The season within each zone may
be split into not more than three
periods.
Texas
Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag
Limits: Not more than 90 days, with a
daily bag limit of 15 mourning, whitewinged, and white-tipped doves in the
aggregate, of which no more than 2 may
be white-tipped doves.
Zoning and Split Seasons: Texas may
select hunting seasons for each of three
zones subject to the following
conditions:
A. The hunting season may be split
into not more than two periods, except
in that portion of Texas in which the
special white-winged dove season is
allowed, where a limited take of
mourning and white-tipped doves may
also occur during that special season
(see Special White-winged Dove Area in
Texas).
B. A season may be selected for the
North and Central Zones between
September 1 and January 25; and for the
South Zone between September 14 and
January 25.
C. Except as noted above, regulations
for bag and possession limits, season
length, and shooting hours must be
uniform within each hunting zone.
Special White-Winged Dove Area in
Texas
In addition, Texas may select a
hunting season of not more than 4 days
for the Special White-winged Dove Area
of the South Zone between September 1
and September 19. The daily bag limit
may not exceed 15 white-winged,
mourning, and white-tipped doves in
the aggregate, of which no more than 2
may be mourning doves and no more
than 2 may be white-tipped doves.
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Western Management Unit
Hunting Seasons and Daily Bag Limits
Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and
Washington: Not more than 60 days,
which may be split between two
periods. The daily bag limit is 15
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Arizona and California: Not more
than 60 days, which may be split
between two periods, September 1–15
and November 1–January 15. In
Arizona, during the first segment of the
season, the daily bag limit is 15
mourning and white-winged doves in
the aggregate, of which no more than 10
could be white-winged doves. During
the remainder of the season, the daily
bag limit is 15 mourning doves. In
California, the daily bag limit is 15
mourning and white-winged doves in
the aggregate, of which no more than 10
could be white-winged doves.
Alaska
Outside Dates: Between September 1
and January 26.
Hunting Seasons: Alaska may select
107 consecutive days for waterfowl,
sandhill cranes, and common snipe in
each of 5 zones. The season may be split
without penalty in the Kodiak Zone.
The seasons in each zone must be
concurrent.
Closures: The hunting season is
closed on spectacled eiders and Steller’s
eiders.
Daily Bag and Possession Limits
Ducks: Except as noted, a basic daily
bag limit of 7 ducks. Daily bag limits in
the North Zone are 10, and in the Gulf
Coast Zone, they are 8. The basic limits
may include no more than 2
canvasbacks daily and may not include
sea ducks.
In addition to the basic duck limits,
Alaska may select sea duck limits of 10
daily, singly or in the aggregate,
including no more than 6 each of either
harlequin or long-tailed ducks. Sea
ducks include scoters, common and
king eiders, harlequin ducks, long-tailed
ducks, and common and red-breasted
mergansers.
Light Geese: The daily bag limit is 6.
Canada Geese: The daily bag limit is
4 with the following exceptions:
A. In Units 5 and 6, the taking of
Canada geese is permitted from
September 28 through December 16.
B. On Middleton Island in Unit 6, a
special, permit-only Canada goose
season may be offered. A mandatory
goose identification class is required.
Hunters must check in and check out.
The bag limit is 1 daily and 1 in
possession. The season will close if
incidental harvest includes 5 dusky
Canada geese. A dusky Canada goose is
any dark-breasted Canada goose
(Munsell 10 YR color value five or less)
with a bill length between 40 and 50
millimeters.
C. In Units 9, 10, 17, and 18, the daily
bag limit is 6 Canada geese.

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White-fronted Geese: The daily bag
limit is 4 with the following exceptions:
A. In Units 9, 10, and 17, the daily bag
limit is 6 white-fronted geese.
B. In Unit 18, the daily bag limit is 10
white-fronted geese.
Emperor Geese: Open seasons for
emperor geese may be selected subject
to the following conditions:
A. All seasons are by permit only.
B. No more than 1 emperor goose may
be authorized per permit.
C. Total harvest may not exceed 1,000
emperor geese.
D. In State Game Management Unit
18, the Kodiak Island Road Area is
closed to hunting. The Kodiak Island
Road Area consists of all lands and
water (including exposed tidelands) east
of a line extending from Crag Point in
the north to the west end of Saltery
Cove in the south and all lands and
water south of a line extending from
Termination Point along the north side
of Cascade Lake extending to Anton
Larsen Bay. Marine waters adjacent to
the closed area are closed to harvest
within 500 feet from the water’s edge.
The offshore islands are open to harvest,
for example: Woody, Long, Gull, and
Puffin islands.
Brant: The daily bag limit is 3.
Snipe: The daily bag limit is 8.
Sandhill Cranes: The daily bag limit
is 2 in the Southeast, Gulf Coast,
Kodiak, and Aleutian Zones, and Unit
17 in the North Zone. In the remainder
of the North Zone (outside Unit 17), the
daily bag limit is 3.
Tundra Swans: Open seasons for
tundra swans may be selected subject to
the following conditions:
A. All seasons are by permit only.
B. All season framework dates are
September 1–October 31.
C. In Unit 17, no more than 200
permits may be issued during this
operational season. No more than 3
tundra swans may be authorized per
permit, with no more than 1 permit
issued per hunter per season.
D. In Unit 18, no more than 500
permits may be issued during the
operational season. No more than 3
tundra swans may be authorized per
permit. No more than 1 permit may be
issued per hunter per season.
E. In Unit 22, no more than 300
permits may be issued during the
operational season. No more than 3
tundra swans may be authorized per
permit. No more than 1 permit may be
issued per hunter per season.
F. In Unit 23, no more than 300
permits may be issued during the
operational season. No more than 3
tundra swans may be authorized per
permit. No more than 1 permit may be
issued per hunter per season.

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Hawaii

Virgin Islands

Area, Unit, and Zone Descriptions

Outside Dates: Between October 1 and
January 31.
Hunting Seasons: Not more than 65
days (75 under the alternative) for
mourning doves.
Bag Limits: Not to exceed 15 (12
under the alternative) mourning doves.

Doves and Pigeons
Outside Dates: Between September 1
and January 15.
Hunting Seasons: Not more than 60
days for Zenaida doves.
Daily Bag and Possession Limits: Not
to exceed 10 Zenaida doves.
Closed Seasons: No open season is
prescribed for ground or quail doves or
pigeons.
Closed Areas: There is no open season
for migratory game birds on Ruth Cay
(just south of St. Croix).
Local Names for Certain Birds:
Zenaida dove, also known as mountain
dove; bridled quail-dove, also known as
Barbary dove or partridge; common
ground-dove, also known as stone dove,
tobacco dove, rola, or tortolita; scalynaped pigeon, also known as red-necked
or scaled pigeon.

Ducks (Including Mergansers) and
Coots

Note: Mourning doves may be taken in
Hawaii in accordance with shooting hours
and other regulations set by the State of
Hawaii, and subject to the applicable
provisions of 50 CFR part 20.

Puerto Rico
Doves and Pigeons
Outside Dates: Between September 1
and January 15.
Hunting Seasons: Not more than 60
days.
Daily Bag and Possession Limits: Not
to exceed 20 Zenaida, mourning, and
white-winged doves in the aggregate, of
which not more than 10 may be Zenaida
doves and 3 may be mourning doves.
Not to exceed 5 scaly-naped pigeons.
Closed Seasons: The season is closed
on the white-crowned pigeon and the
plain pigeon, which are protected by the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Closed Areas: There is no open season
on doves or pigeons in the following
areas: Municipality of Culebra,
Desecheo Island, Mona Island, El Verde
Closure Area, and Cidra Municipality
and adjacent areas.
Ducks, Coots, Moorhens, Gallinules, and
Snipe
Outside Dates: Between October 1 and
January 31.
Hunting Seasons: Not more than 55
days may be selected for hunting ducks,
common moorhens, and common snipe.
The season may be split into two
segments.

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Daily Bag Limits
Ducks: Not to exceed 6.
Common Moorhens: Not to exceed 6.
Common Snipe: Not to exceed 8.
Closed Seasons: The season is closed
on the ruddy duck, white-cheeked
pintail, West Indian whistling duck,
fulvous whistling duck, and masked
duck, which are protected by the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The
season also is closed on the purple
gallinule, American coot, and Caribbean
coot.
Closed Areas: There is no open season
on ducks, common moorhens, and
common snipe in the Municipality of
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Ducks
Outside Dates: Between December 1
and January 31.
Hunting Seasons: Not more than 55
consecutive days.
Daily Bag Limits: Not to exceed 6.
Closed Seasons: The season is closed
on the ruddy duck, white-cheeked
pintail, West Indian whistling duck,
fulvous whistling duck, and masked
duck.
Special Falconry Regulations
In accordance with 50 CFR 21.29,
falconry is a permitted means of taking
migratory game birds in any State
except for Hawaii. States may select an
extended season for taking migratory
game birds in accordance with the
following:
Extended Seasons: For all hunting
methods combined, the combined
length of the extended season, regular
season, and any special or experimental
seasons must not exceed 107 days for
any species or group of species in a
geographical area. Each extended season
may be divided into a maximum of 3
segments.
Framework Dates: Seasons must fall
between September 1 and March 10.
Daily Bag Limits: Falconry daily bag
limits for all permitted migratory game
birds must not exceed 3 birds, singly or
in the aggregate, during extended
falconry seasons, any special or
experimental seasons, and regular
hunting seasons in all States, including
those that do not select an extended
falconry season.
Regular Seasons: General hunting
regulations, including seasons and
hunting hours, apply to falconry.
Regular season bag limits do not apply
to falconry. The falconry bag limit is not
in addition to gun limits.

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Atlantic Flyway
Connecticut
North Zone: That portion of the State
north of I–95.
South Zone: Remainder of the State.
Maine
North Zone: That portion north of the
line extending east along Maine State
Highway 110 from the New Hampshire–
Maine State line to the intersection of
Maine State Highway 11 in Newfield;
then north and east along Route 11 to
the intersection of U.S. Route 202 in
Auburn; then north and east on Route
202 to the intersection of I–95 in
Augusta; then north and east along I–95
to Route 15 in Bangor; then east along
Route 15 to Route 9; then east along
Route 9 to Stony Brook in Baileyville;
then east along Stony Brook to the U.S.
border.
Coastal Zone: That portion south of a
line extending east from the Maine–New
Brunswick border in Calais at the Route
1 Bridge; then south along Route 1 to
the Maine–New Hampshire border in
Kittery.
South Zone: Remainder of the State.
Maryland
Special Teal Season Area: Calvert,
Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Harford,
Kent, Queen Anne’s, St. Mary’s,
Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and
Worcester Counties; that part of Anne
Arundel County east of Interstate 895,
Interstate 97, and Route 3; that part of
Prince George’s County east of Route 3
and Route 301; and that part of Charles
County east of Route 301 to the Virginia
State Line.
Massachusetts
Western Zone: That portion of the
State west of a line extending south
from the Vermont State line on I–91 to
MA 9, west on MA 9 to MA 10, south
on MA 10 to U.S. 202, south on U.S. 202
to the Connecticut State line.
Central Zone: That portion of the
State east of the Berkshire Zone and
west of a line extending south from the
New Hampshire State line on I–95 to
U.S. 1, south on U.S. 1 to I–93, south on
I–93 to MA 3, south on MA 3 to U.S.
6, west on U.S. 6 to MA 28, west on MA
28 to I–195, west to the Rhode Island
State line; except the waters, and the
lands 150 yards inland from the highwater mark, of the Assonet River
upstream to the MA 24 bridge, and the
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St.–Elm St. bridge shall be in the Coastal
Zone.
Coastal Zone: That portion of
Massachusetts east and south of the
Central Zone.

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New Hampshire
Northern Zone: That portion of the
State east and north of the Inland Zone
beginning at the Jct. of Rte. 10 and Rte.
25–A in Orford, east on Rte. 25–A to
Rte. 25 in Wentworth, southeast on Rte.
25 to Exit 26 of Rte. I–93 in Plymouth,
south on Rte. I–93 to Rte. 3 at Exit 24
of Rte. I–93 in Ashland, northeast on
Rte. 3 to Rte. 113 in Holderness, north
on Rte. 113 to Rte. 113–A in Sandwich,
north on Rte. 113–A to Rte. 113 in
Tamworth, east on Rte. 113 to Rte. 16
in Chocorua, north on Rte. 16 to Rte.
302 in Conway, east on Rte. 302 to the
Maine–New Hampshire border.
Inland Zone: That portion of the State
south and west of the Northern Zone,
west of the Coastal Zone, and includes
the area of Vermont and New
Hampshire as described for hunting
reciprocity. A person holding a New
Hampshire hunting license that allows
the taking of migratory waterfowl or a
person holding a Vermont resident
hunting license that allows the taking of
migratory waterfowl may take migratory
waterfowl and coots from the following
designated area of the Inland Zone: the
State of Vermont east of Rte. I–91 at the
Massachusetts border, north on Rte. I–
91 to Rte. 2, north on Rte. 2 to Rte. 102,
north on Rte. 102 to Rte. 253, and north
on Rte. 253 to the border with Canada
and the area of New Hampshire west of
Rte. 63 at the Massachusetts border,
north on Rte. 63 to Rte. 12, north on Rte.
12 to Rte. 12–A, north on Rte. 12–A to
Rte 10, north on Rte. 10 to Rte. 135,
north on Rte. 135 to Rte. 3, north on Rte.
3 to the intersection with the
Connecticut River.
Coastal Zone: That portion of the
State east of a line beginning at the
Maine–New Hampshire border in
Rollinsford, then extending to Rte. 4
west to the city of Dover, south to the
intersection of Rte. 108, south along Rte.
108 through Madbury, Durham, and
Newmarket to the junction of Rte. 85 in
Newfields, south to Rte. 101 in Exeter,
east to Interstate 95 (New Hampshire
Turnpike) in Hampton, and south to the
Massachusetts border.
New Jersey
Coastal Zone: That portion of the
State seaward of a line beginning at the
New York State line in Raritan Bay and
extending west along the New York
State line to NJ 440 at Perth Amboy;
west on NJ 440 to the Garden State
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Parkway to NJ 109; south on NJ 109 to
Cape May County Route 633 (Lafayette
Street); south on Lafayette Street to
Jackson Street; south on Jackson Street
to the shoreline at Cape May; west along
the shoreline of Cape May beach to
COLREGS Demarcation Line 80.503 at
Cape May Point; south along COLREGS
Demarcation Line 80.503 to the
Delaware State line in Delaware Bay.
North Zone: That portion of the State
west of the Coastal Zone and north of
a line extending west from the Garden
State Parkway on NJ 70 to the New
Jersey Turnpike, north on the turnpike
to U.S. 206, north on U.S. 206 to U.S.
1 at Trenton, west on U.S. 1 to the
Pennsylvania State line in the Delaware
River.
South Zone: That portion of the State
not within the North Zone or the Coastal
Zone.
New York
Lake Champlain Zone: That area east
and north of a continuous line
extending along U.S. 11 from the New
York–Canada International boundary
south to NY 9B, south along NY 9B to
U.S. 9, south along U.S. 9 to NY 22
south of Keesville; south along NY 22 to
the west shore of South Bay, along and
around the shoreline of South Bay to NY
22 on the east shore of South Bay;
southeast along NY 22 to U.S. 4,
northeast along U.S. 4 to the Vermont
State line.
Long Island Zone: That area
consisting of Nassau County, Suffolk
County, that area of Westchester County
southeast of I–95, and their tidal waters.
Western Zone: That area west of a line
extending from Lake Ontario east along
the north shore of the Salmon River to
I–81, and south along I–81 to the
Pennsylvania State line.
Northeastern Zone: That area north of
a continuous line extending from Lake
Ontario east along the north shore of the
Salmon River to I–81, south along I–81
to NY 31, east along NY 31 to NY 13,
north along NY 13 to NY 49, east along
NY 49 to NY 365, east along NY 365 to
NY 28, east along NY 28 to NY 29, east
along NY 29 to NY 22, north along NY
22 to Washington County Route 153,
east along CR 153 to the New York–
Vermont boundary, exclusive of the
Lake Champlain Zone.
Southeastern Zone: The remaining
portion of New York.
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie Zone: The Lake Erie waters
of Pennsylvania and a shoreline margin
along Lake Erie from New York on the
east to Ohio on the west extending 150
yards inland, but including all of
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Northwest Zone: The area bounded on
the north by the Lake Erie Zone and
including all of Erie and Crawford
Counties and those portions of Mercer
and Venango Counties north of I–80.
North Zone: That portion of the State
east of the Northwest Zone and north of
a line extending east on I–80 to U.S.
220, Route 220 to I–180, I–180 to I–80,
and I–80 to the Delaware River.
South Zone: The remaining portion of
Pennsylvania.
Vermont
Lake Champlain Zone: The U.S.
portion of Lake Champlain and that area
north and west of the line extending
from the New York border along U.S. 4
to VT 22A at Fair Haven; VT 22A to U.S.
7 at Vergennes; U.S. 7 to VT 78 at
Swanton; VT 78 to VT 36; VT 36 to
Maquam Bay on Lake Champlain; along
and around the shoreline of Maquam
Bay and Hog Island to VT 78 at the West
Swanton Bridge; VT 78 to VT 2 in
Alburg; VT 2 to the Richelieu River in
Alburg; along the east shore of the
Richelieu River to the Canadian border.
Interior Zone: That portion of
Vermont east of the Lake Champlain
Zone and west of a line extending from
the Massachusetts border at Interstate
91; north along Interstate 91 to U.S. 2;
east along U.S. 2 to VT 102; north along
VT 102 to VT 253; north along VT 253
to the Canadian border.
Connecticut River Zone: The
remaining portion of Vermont east of
the Interior Zone.
Mississippi Flyway
Illinois
North Zone: That portion of the State
north of a line extending west from the
Indiana border along Peotone–Beecher
Road to Illinois Route 50, south along
Illinois Route 50 to Wilmington–
Peotone Road, west along Wilmington–
Peotone Road to Illinois Route 53, north
along Illinois Route 53 to New River
Road, northwest along New River Road
to Interstate Highway 55, south along I–
55 to Pine Bluff–Lorenzo Road, west
along Pine Bluff–Lorenzo Road to
Illinois Route 47, north along Illinois
Route 47 to I–80, west along I–80 to I–
39, south along I–39 to Illinois Route 18,
west along Illinois Route 18 to Illinois
Route 29, south along Illinois Route 29
to Illinois Route 17, west along Illinois
Route 17 to the Mississippi River, and
due south across the Mississippi River
to the Iowa border.
Central Zone: That portion of the
State south of the North Duck Zone line
to a line extending west from the
Indiana border along I–70 to Illinois
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Illinois Route 161, west along Illinois
Route 161 to Illinois Route 158, south
and west along Illinois Route 158 to
Illinois Route 159, south along Illinois
Route 159 to Illinois Route 3, south
along Illinois Route 3 to St. Leo’s Road,
south along St. Leo’s Road to Modoc
Road, west along Modoc Road to Modoc
Ferry Road, southwest along Modoc
Ferry Road to Levee Road, southeast
along Levee Road to County Route 12
(Modoc Ferry entrance Road), south
along County Route 12 to the Modoc
Ferry route and southwest on the Modoc
Ferry route across the Mississippi River
to the Missouri border.
South Zone: That portion of the State
south and east of a line extending west
from the Indiana border along Interstate
70, south along U.S. Highway 45, to
Illinois Route 13, west along Illinois
Route 13 to Greenbriar Road, north on
Greenbriar Road to Sycamore Road,
west on Sycamore Road to N. Reed
Station Road, south on N. Reed Station
Road to Illinois Route 13, west along
Illinois Route 13 to Illinois Route 127,
south along Illinois Route 127 to State
Forest Road (1025 N), west along State
Forest Road to Illinois Route 3, north
along Illinois Route 3 to the south bank
of the Big Muddy River, west along the
south bank of the Big Muddy River to
the Mississippi River, west across the
Mississippi River to the Missouri
border.
South Central Zone: The remainder of
the State between the south border of
the Central Zone and the North border
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Indiana
North Zone: That part of Indiana
north of a line extending east from the
Illinois border along State Road 18 to
U.S. 31; north along U.S. 31 to U.S. 24;
east along U.S. 24 to Huntington;
southeast along U.S. 224; south along
State Road 5; and east along State Road
124 to the Ohio border.
Central Zone: That part of Indiana
south of the North Zone boundary and
north of the South Zone boundary.
South Zone: That part of Indiana
south of a line extending east from the
Illinois border along I–70; east along
National Ave.; east along U.S. 150;
south along U.S. 41; east along State
Road 58; south along State Road 37 to
Bedford; and east along U.S. 50 to the
Ohio border.
Iowa
North Zone: That portion of Iowa
north of a line beginning on the South
Dakota–Iowa border at Interstate 29,
southeast along Interstate 29 to State
Highway 175, east along State Highway
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along State Highway 37 to State
Highway 183, northeast along State
Highway 183 to State Highway 141, east
along State Highway 141 to U.S.
Highway 30, and along U.S. Highway 30
to the Illinois border.
Missouri River Zone: That portion of
Iowa west of a line beginning on the
South Dakota–Iowa border at Interstate
29, southeast along Interstate 29 to State
Highway 175, and west along State
Highway 175 to the Iowa–Nebraska
border.
South Zone: The remainder of Iowa.
Kentucky
West Zone: All counties west of and
including Butler, Daviess, Ohio,
Simpson, and Warren Counties.
East Zone: The remainder of
Kentucky.
Louisiana
East Zone: That area of the State
between the Mississippi State line and
a line going south on Highway (Hwy) 79
from the Arkansas border to Homer,
then south on Hwy 9 to Arcadia, then
south on Hwy 147 to Hodge, then south
on Hwy 167 to Turkey Creek, then south
on Hwy 13 to Eunice, then west on Hwy
190 to Kinder, then south on Hwy 165
to Iowa, then west on I–10 to its
junction with Hwy 14 at Lake Charles,
then south and east on Hwy 14 to its
junction with Hwy 90 in New Iberia,
then east on Hwy 90 to the Mississippi
State line.
West Zone: That area between the
Texas State line and a line going east on
I–10 from the Texas border to Hwy 165
at Iowa, then north on Hwy 165 to
Kinder, then east on Hwy 190 to Eunice,
then north on Hwy 13 to Turkey Creek,
then north on Hwy 167 to Hodge, then
north on Hwy 147 to Arcadia, then
north on Hwy 9 to Homer, then north
on Hwy 79 to the Arkansas border.
Coastal Zone: Remainder of the State.
Michigan
North Zone: The Upper Peninsula.
Middle Zone: That portion of the
Lower Peninsula north of a line
beginning at the Wisconsin State line in
Lake Michigan due west of the mouth of
Stony Creek in Oceana County; then due
east to, and easterly and southerly along
the south shore of Stony Creek to Scenic
Drive, easterly and southerly along
Scenic Drive to Stony Lake Road,
easterly along Stony Lake and Garfield
Roads to Michigan Highway 20, east
along Michigan 20 to U.S. Highway 10
Business Route (BR) in the city of
Midland, easterly along U.S. 10 BR to
U.S. 10, easterly along U.S. 10 to
Interstate Highway 75/U.S. Highway 23,
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23 exit at Standish, easterly along U.S.
23 to the centerline of the Au Gres
River, then southerly along the
centerline of the Au Gres River to
Saginaw Bay, then on a line directly east
10 miles into Saginaw Bay, and from
that point on a line directly northeast to
the Canadian border.
South Zone: The remainder of
Michigan.
Minnesota
North Duck Zone: That portion of the
State north of a line extending east from
the North Dakota State line along State
Highway 210 to State Highway 23 and
east to State Highway 39 and east to the
Wisconsin State line at the Oliver
Bridge.
South Duck Zone: The portion of the
State south of a line extending east from
the South Dakota State line along U.S.
Highway 212 to Interstate 494 and east
to Interstate 94 and east to the
Wisconsin State line.
Central Duck Zone: The remainder of
the State.
Missouri
North Zone: That portion of Missouri
north of a line running west from the
Illinois border at Lock and Dam 25; west
on Lincoln County Hwy N to MO Hwy
79; south on MO Hwy 79 to MO Hwy
47; west on MO Hwy 47 to I–70; west
on I–70 to the Kansas border.
Middle Zone: The remainder of
Missouri not included in other zones.
South Zone: That portion of Missouri
south of a line running west from the
Illinois border on MO Hwy 74 to MO
Hwy 25; south on MO Hwy 25 to U.S.
Hwy 62; west on U.S. Hwy. 62 to MO
Hwy 53; north on MO Hwy 53 to MO
Hwy 51; north on MO Hwy 51 to U.S.
Hwy 60; west on U.S. Hwy 60 to MO
Hwy 21; north on MO Hwy 21 to MO
Hwy 72; west on MO Hwy 72 to MO
Hwy 32; west on MO Hwy 32 to U.S.
Hwy 65; north on U.S. Hwy 65 to U.S.
Hwy 54; west on U.S. Hwy 54 to U.S.
Hwy 71; south on U.S. Hwy 71 to Jasper
County Hwy M (Base Line Blvd.); west
on Jasper County Hwy M (Base Line
Blvd.) to CRD 40 (Base Line Blvd.); west
on CRD 40 (Base Line Blvd.) to the
Kansas border.
Ohio
Lake Erie Marsh Zone: Includes all
land and water within the boundaries of
the area bordered by a line beginning at
the intersection of Interstate 75 at the
Ohio–Michigan State line and
continuing south to Interstate 280, then
south on I–280 to the Ohio Turnpike (I–
80/I–90), then east on the Ohio
Turnpike to the Erie–Lorain County
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following the Lake Erie shoreline at a
distance of 200 yards offshore, then
following the shoreline west toward and
around the northern tip of Cedar Point
Amusement Park, then continuing from
the westernmost point of Cedar Point
toward the southernmost tip of the sand
bar at the mouth of Sandusky Bay and
out into Lake Erie at a distance of 200
yards offshore continuing parallel to the
Lake Erie shoreline north and west
toward the northernmost tip of Cedar
Point National Wildlife Refuge, then
following a direct line toward the
southernmost tip of Wood Tick
Peninsula in Michigan to a point that
intersects the Ohio–Michigan State line,
then following the State line back to the
point of the beginning.
North Zone: That portion of the State,
excluding the Lake Erie Marsh Zone,
north of a line extending east from the
Indiana State line along U.S. Highway
(U.S.) 33 to State Route (SR) 127, then
south along SR 127 to SR 703, then
south along SR 703 and including all
lands within the Mercer Wildlife Area
to SR 219, then east along SR 219 to SR
364, then north along SR 364 and
including all lands within the St. Mary’s
Fish Hatchery to SR 703, then east along
SR 703 to SR 66, then north along SR
66 to U.S. 33, then east along U.S. 33 to
SR 385, then east along SR 385 to SR
117, then south along SR 117 to SR 273,
then east along SR 273 to SR 31, then
south along SR 31 to SR 739, then east
along SR 739 to SR 4, then north along
SR 4 to SR 95, then east along SR 95 to
SR 13, then southeast along SR 13 to SR
3, then northeast along SR 3 to SR 60,
then north along SR 60 to U.S. 30, then
east along U.S. 30 to SR 3, then south
along SR 3 to SR 226, then south along
SR 226 to SR 514, then southwest along
SR 514 to SR 754, then south along SR
754 to SR 39/60, then east along SR 39/
60 to SR 241, then north along SR 241
to U.S. 30, then east along U.S. 30 to SR
39, then east along SR 39 to the
Pennsylvania State line.
South Zone: The remainder of Ohio
not included in the Lake Erie Marsh
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Reelfoot Zone: All or portions of Lake
and Obion Counties.
Remainder of State: That portion of
Tennessee outside of the Reelfoot Zone.
Wisconsin
North Zone: That portion of the State
north of a line extending east from the
Minnesota State line along U.S.
Highway 10 into Portage County to
County Highway HH, east on County
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Highway 10, continuing east on U.S.
Highway 10 to U.S. Highway 41, then
north on U.S. Highway 41 to the
Michigan State line.
Mississippi River Zone: That area
encompassed by a line beginning at the
intersection of the Burlington Northern
& Santa Fe Railway and the Illinois
State line in Grant County and
extending northerly along the
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway
to the city limit of Prescott in Pierce
County, then west along the Prescott
city limit to the Minnesota State line.
South Zone: The remainder of
Wisconsin.
Central Flyway
Colorado (Central Flyway Portion)
Special Teal Season Area: Lake and
Chaffee Counties and that portion of the
State east of Interstate Highway 25.
Northeast Zone: All areas east of
Interstate 25 and north of Interstate 70.
Southeast Zone: All areas east of
Interstate 25 and south of Interstate 70,
and all of El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano,
and Las Animas Counties.
Mountain/Foothills Zone: All areas
west of Interstate 25 and east of the
Continental Divide, except El Paso,
Pueblo, Huerfano, and Las Animas
Counties.
Kansas
High Plains Zone: That portion of the
State west of U.S. 283.
Low Plains Early Zone: That part of
Kansas bounded by a line from the
Federal highway U.S.–283 and State
highway 96 junction, then east on State
highway 96 to its junction with Federal
highway U.S.–183, then north on
Federal highway U.S.–183 to its
junction with Federal highway U.S.–24,
then east on Federal highway U.S.–24 to
its junction with Federal highway U.S.–
281, then north on Federal highway
U.S.–281 to its junction with Federal
highway U.S.–36, then east on Federal
highway U.S.–36 to its junction with
State highway K–199, then south on
State highway K–199 to its junction
with Republic County 30th Road, then
south on Republic County 30th Road to
its junction with State highway K–148,
then east on State highway K–148 to its
junction with Republic County 50th
Road, then south on Republic County
50th Road to its junction with Cloud
County 40th Road, then south on Cloud
County 40th Road to its junction with
State highway K–9, then west on State
highway K–9 to its junction with
Federal highway U.S.–24, then west on
Federal highway U.S.–24 to its junction
with Federal highway U.S.–181, then
south on Federal highway U.S.–181 to

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its junction with State highway K–18,
then west on State highway K–18 to its
junction with Federal highway U.S.–
281, then south on Federal highway
U.S.–281 to its junction with State
highway K–4, then east on State
highway K–4 to its junction with
interstate highway I–135, then south on
interstate highway I–135 to its junction
with State highway K–61, then
southwest on State highway K–61 to its
junction with McPherson County 14th
Avenue, then south on McPherson
County 14th Avenue to its junction with
McPherson County Arapaho Rd, then
west on McPherson County Arapaho Rd
to its junction with State highway K–61,
then southwest on State highway K–61
to its junction with State highway K–96,
then northwest on State highway K–96
to its junction with Federal highway
U.S.–56, then southwest on Federal
highway U.S.–56 to its junction with
State highway K–19, then east on State
highway K–19 to its junction with
Federal highway U.S.–281, then south
on Federal highway U.S.–281 to its
junction with Federal highway U.S.–54,
then west on Federal highway U.S.–54
to its junction with Federal highway
U.S.–183, then north on Federal
highway U.S.–183 to its junction with
Federal highway U.S.–56, then
southwest on Federal highway U.S.–56
to its junction with North Main Street in
Spearville, then south on North Main
Street to Davis Street, then east on Davis
Street to Ford County Road 126 (South
Stafford Street), then south on Ford
County Road 126 to Garnett Road, then
east on Garnett Road to Ford County
Road 126, then south on Ford County
Road 126 to Ford Spearville Road, then
west on Ford Spearville Road to its
junction with Federal highway U.S.–
400, then northwest on Federal highway
U.S.–400 to its junction with Federal
highway U.S.–283, and then north on
Federal highway U.S.–283 to its
junction with Federal highway U.S.–96.
Low Plains Late Zone: That part of
Kansas bounded by a line from the
Federal highway U.S.–283 and State
highway 96 junction, then north on
Federal highway U.S.–283 to the
Kansas–Nebraska State line, then east
along the Kansas–Nebraska State line to
its junction with the Kansas–Missouri
State line, then southeast along the
Kansas–Missouri State line to its
junction with State highway K–68, then
west on State highway K–68 to its
junction with interstate highway I–35,
then southwest on interstate highway I–
35 to its junction with Butler County NE
150th Street, then west on Butler
County NE 150th Street to its junction
with Federal highway U.S.–77, then

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south on Federal highway U.S.–77 to its
junction with the Kansas–Oklahoma
State line, then west along the Kansas–
Oklahoma State line to its junction with
Federal highway U.S.–283, then north
on Federal highway U.S.–283 to its
junction with Federal highway U.S.–
400, then east on Federal highway U.S.–
400 to its junction with Ford Spearville
Road, then east on Ford Spearville Road
to Ford County Road 126 (South
Stafford Street), then north on Ford
County Road 126 to Garnett Road, then
west on Garnett Road to Ford County
Road 126, then north on Ford County
Road 126 to Davis Street, then west on
Davis Street to North Main Street, then
north on North Main Street to its
junction with Federal highway U.S.–56,
then east on Federal highway U.S.–56 to
its junction with Federal highway U.S.–
183, then south on Federal highway
U.S.–183 to its junction with Federal
highway U.S.–54, then east on Federal
highway U.S.–54 to its junction with
Federal highway U.S.–281, then north
on Federal highway U.S.–281 to its
junction with State highway K–19, then
west on State highway K–19 to its
junction with Federal highway U.S.–56,
then east on Federal highway U.S.–56 to
its junction with State highway K–96,
then southeast on State highway K–96
to its junction with State highway K–61,
then northeast on State highway K–61 to
its junction with McPherson County
Arapaho Road, then east on McPherson
County Arapaho Road to its junction
with McPherson County 14th Avenue,
then north on McPherson County 14th
Avenue to its junction with State
highway K–61, then east on State
highway K–61 to its junction with
interstate highway I–135, then north on
interstate highway I–135 to its junction
with State highway K–4, then west on
State highway K–4 to its junction with
Federal highway U.S.–281, then north
on Federal highway U.S.–281 to its
junction with State highway K–18, then
east on State highway K–18 to its
junction with Federal highway U.S.–
181, then north on Federal highway
U.S.–181 to its junction with Federal
highway U.S.–24, then east on Federal
highway U.S.–24 to its junction with
State highway K–9, then east on State
highway K–9 to its junction with Cloud
County 40th Road, then north on Cloud
County 40th Road to its junction with
Republic County 50th Road, then north
on Republic County 50th Road to its
junction with State highway K–148,
then west on State highway K–148 to its
junction with Republic County 30th
Road, then north on Republic County
30th Road to its junction with State
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highway K–199 to its junction with
Federal highway U.S.–36, then west on
Federal highway U.S.–36 to its junction
with Federal highway U.S.–281, then
south on Federal highway U.S.–281 to
its junction with Federal highway U.S.–
24, then west on Federal highway U.S.–
24 to its junction with Federal highway
U.S.–183, then south on Federal
highway U.S.–183 to its junction with
Federal highway U.S.–96, and then west
on Federal highway U.S.–96 to its
junction with Federal highway U.S.–
283.
Southeast Zone: That part of Kansas
bounded by a line from the Missouri–
Kansas State line west on K–68 to its
junction with I–35, then southwest on I–
35 to its junction with Butler County,
NE 150th Street, then west on NE 150th
Street to its junction with Federal
highway U.S.–77, then south on Federal
highway U.S.–77 to the Oklahoma–
Kansas State line, then east along the
Kansas–Oklahoma State line to its
junction with the Kansas–Missouri State
line, then north along the Kansas–
Missouri State line to its junction with
State highway K–68.
Montana (Central Flyway Portion)
Zone 1: The Counties of Blaine,
Carter, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus,
Garfield, Golden Valley, Judith Basin,
McCone, Musselshell, Petroleum,
Phillips, Powder River, Richland,
Roosevelt, Sheridan, Stillwater, Sweet
Grass, Valley, Wheatland, and Wibaux.
Zone 2: The Counties of Big Horn,
Carbon, Custer, Prairie, Rosebud,
Treasure, and Yellowstone.
Nebraska
High Plains: That portion of Nebraska
lying west of a line beginning at the
South Dakota–Nebraska border on U.S.
Hwy 183; south on U.S. Hwy 183 to U.S.
Hwy 20; west on U.S. Hwy 20 to NE
Hwy 7; south on NE Hwy 7 to NE Hwy
91; southwest on NE Hwy 91 to NE Hwy
2; southeast on NE Hwy 2 to NE Hwy
92; west on NE Hwy 92 to NE Hwy 40;
south on NE Hwy 40 to NE Hwy 47;
south on NE Hwy 47 to NE Hwy 23; east
on NE Hwy 23 to U.S. Hwy 283; and
south on U.S. Hwy 283 to the Kansas–
Nebraska border.
Zone 1: Area bounded by designated
Federal and State highways and
political boundaries beginning at the
South Dakota–Nebraska border west of
NE Hwy 26E Spur and north of NE Hwy
12; those portions of Dixon, Cedar, and
Knox Counties north of NE Hwy 12; that
portion of Keya Paha County east of U.S.
Hwy 183; and all of Boyd County. Both
banks of the Niobrara River in Keya
Paha and Boyd Counties east of U.S.
Hwy 183 shall be included in Zone 1.

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Zone 2: The area south of Zone 1 and
north of Zone 3.
Zone 3: Area bounded by designated
Federal and State highways, County
roads, and political boundaries
beginning at the Wyoming–Nebraska
border at the intersection of the
Interstate Canal; east along northern
borders of Scotts Bluff and Morrill
Counties to Broadwater Road; south to
Morrill County Rd 94; east to County Rd
135; south to County Rd 88; southeast
to County Rd 151; south to County Rd
80; east to County Rd 161; south to
County Rd 76; east to County Rd 165;
south to County Rd 167; south to U.S.
Hwy 26; east to County Rd 171; north
to County Rd 68; east to County Rd 183;
south to County Rd 64; east to County
Rd 189; north to County Rd 70; east to
County Rd 201; south to County Rd
60A; east to County Rd 203; south to
County Rd 52; east to Keith County
Line; east along the northern boundaries
of Keith and Lincoln Counties to NE
Hwy 97; south to U.S. Hwy 83; south to
E Hall School Rd; east to N Airport
Road; south to U.S. Hwy 30; east to NE
Hwy 47; north to Dawson County Rd
769; east to County Rd 423; south to
County Rd 766; east to County Rd 428;
south to County Rd 763; east to NE Hwy
21 (Adams Street); south to County Rd
761; east to the Dawson County Canal;
south and east along the Dawson County
Canal to County Rd 444; south to U.S.
Hwy 30; east to U.S. Hwy 183; north to
Buffalo County Rd 100; east to 46th
Avenue; north to NE Hwy 40; south and
east to NE Hwy 10; north to Buffalo
County Rd 220 and Hall County Husker
Hwy; east to Hall County Rd 70; north
to NE Hwy 2; east to U.S. Hwy 281;
north to Chapman Rd; east to 7th Rd;
south to U.S. Hwy 30; east to Merrick
County Rd 13; north to County Rd O;
east to NE Hwy 14; north to NE Hwy 52;
west and north to NE Hwy 91; west to
U.S. Hwy 281; south to NE Hwy 22;
west to NE Hwy 11; northwest to NE
Hwy 91; west to U.S. Hwy 183; south to
Round Valley Rd; west to Sargent River
Rd; west to Drive 443; north to Sargent
Rd; west to NE Hwy S21A; west to NE
Hwy 2; west and north to NE Hwy 91;
north and east to North Loup Spur Rd;
north to North Loup River Rd; east to
Pleasant Valley/Worth Rd; east to Loup
County line; north to Loup–Brown
County line; east along northern
boundaries of Loup and Garfield
Counties to Cedar River Rd; south to NE
Hwy 70; east to U.S. Hwy 281; north to
NE Hwy 70; east to NE Hwy 14; south
to NE Hwy 39; southeast to NE Hwy 22;
east to U.S. Hwy 81; southeast to U.S.
Hwy 30; east to U.S. Hwy 75; north to
the Washington County line; east to the

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Iowa–Nebraska border; south to the
Missouri–Nebraska border; south to
Kansas–Nebraska border; west along
Kansas–Nebraska border to Colorado–
Nebraska border; north and west to
Wyoming–Nebraska border; north to
intersection of Interstate Canal; and
excluding that area in Zone 4.
Zone 4: Area encompassed by
designated Federal and State highways
and County roads beginning at the
intersection of NE Hwy 8 and U.S. Hwy
75; north to U.S. Hwy 136; east to the
intersection of U.S. Hwy 136 and the
Steamboat Trace (Trace); north along the
Trace to the intersection with Federal
Levee R–562; north along Federal Levee
R–562 to the intersection with Nemaha
County Rd 643A; south to the Trace;
north along the Trace/Burlington
Northern Railroad right-of-way to NE
Hwy 2; west to U.S. Hwy 75; north to
NE Hwy 2; west to NE Hwy 50; north
to U.S. Hwy 34; west to NE Hwy 63;
north to NE Hwy 66; north and west to
U.S. Hwy 77; north to NE Hwy 92; west
to NE Hwy Spur 12F; south to Butler
County Rd 30; east to County Rd X;
south to County Rd 27; west to County
Rd W; south to County Rd 26; east to
County Rd X; south to County Rd 21
(Seward County Line); west to NE Hwy
15; north to County Rd 34; west to
County Rd H; south to NE Hwy 92; west
to U.S. Hwy 81; south to NE Hwy 66;
west to Polk County Rd C; north to NE
Hwy 92; west to U.S. Hwy 30; west to
Merrick County Rd 17; south to
Hordlake Road; southeast to Prairie
Island Road; southeast to Hamilton
County Rd T; south to NE Hwy 66; west
to NE Hwy 14; south to County Rd 22;
west to County Rd M; south to County
Rd 21; west to County Rd K; south to
U.S. Hwy 34; west to NE Hwy 2; south
to U.S. Hwy I–80; west to Gunbarrel Rd
(Hall/Hamilton County line); south to
Giltner Rd; west to U.S. Hwy 281; south
to Lochland Rd; west to Holstein
Avenue; south to U.S. Hwy 34; west to
NE Hwy 10; north to Kearney County Rd
R and Phelps County Rd 742; west to
U.S. Hwy 283; south to U.S. Hwy 34;
east to U.S. Hwy 136; east to U.S. Hwy
183; north to NE Hwy 4; east to NE Hwy
10; south to U.S. Hwy 136; east to NE
Hwy 14; south to NE Hwy 8; east to U.S.
Hwy 81; north to NE Hwy 4; east to NE
Hwy 15; south to U.S. Hwy 136; east to
Jefferson County Rd 578 Avenue; south
to PWF Rd; east to NE Hwy 103; south
to NE Hwy 8; east to U.S. Hwy 75.
New Mexico (Central Flyway Portion)
North Zone: That portion of the State
north of I–40 and U.S. 54.
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High Plains Unit: That portion of the
State south and west of a line beginning
at the junction of U.S. Hwy 83 and the
South Dakota State line, then north
along U.S. Hwy 83 and I–94 to ND Hwy
41, then north on ND Hwy 41 to ND
Hwy 53, then west on ND Hwy 53 to
U.S. Hwy 83, then north on U.S. Hwy
83 to U.S. Hwy 2, then west on U.S.
Hwy 2 to the Williams County line, then
north and west along the Williams and
Divide County lines to the Canadian
border.
Low Plains Unit: The remainder of
North Dakota.
Oklahoma
High Plains Zone: The Counties of
Beaver, Cimarron, and Texas.
Low Plains Zone 1: That portion of the
State east of the High Plains Zone and
north of a line extending east from the
Texas State line along OK 33 to OK 47,
east along OK 47 to U.S. 183, south
along U.S. 183 to I–40, east along I–40
to U.S. 177, north along U.S. 177 to OK
33, east along OK 33 to OK 18, north
along OK 18 to OK 51, west along OK
51 to I–35, north along I–35 to U.S. 412,
west along U.S. 412 to OK 132, then
north along OK 132 to the Kansas State
line.
Low Plains Zone 2: The remainder of
Oklahoma.
South Dakota
High Plains Zone: That portion of the
State west of a line beginning at the
North Dakota State line and extending
south along U.S. 83 to U.S. 14, east on
U.S. 14 to Blunt, south on the Blunt–
Canning Rd to SD 34, east and south on
SD 34 to SD 50 at Lee’s Corner, south
on SD 50 to I–90, east on I–90 to SD 50,
south on SD 50 to SD 44, west on SD
44 across the Platte–Winner bridge to
SD 47, south on SD 47 to U.S. 18, east
on U.S. 18 to SD 47, south on SD 47 to
the Nebraska State line.
North Zone: That portion of
northeastern South Dakota east of the
High Plains Unit and north of a line
extending east along U.S. 212 to the
Minnesota State line.
South Zone: That portion of Gregory
County east of SD 47 and south of SD
44; Charles Mix County south of SD 44
to the Douglas County line; south on SD
50 to Geddes; east on the Geddes
Highway to U.S. 281; south on U.S. 281
and U.S. 18 to SD 50; south and east on
SD 50 to the Bon Homme County line;
the Counties of Bon Homme, Yankton,
and Clay south of SD 50; and Union
County south and west of SD 50 and I–
29.
Middle Zone: The remainder of South
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Texas
High Plains Zone: That portion of the
State west of a line extending south
from the Oklahoma State line along U.S.
183 to Vernon, south along U.S. 283 to
Albany, south along TX 6 to TX 351 to
Abilene, south along U.S. 277 to Del
Rio, then south along the Del Rio
International Toll Bridge access road to
the Mexico border.
Low Plains North Zone: That portion
of northeastern Texas east of the High
Plains Zone and north of a line
beginning at the International Toll
Bridge south of Del Rio, then extending
east on U.S. 90 to San Antonio, then
continuing east on I–10 to the Louisiana
State line at Orange, Texas.
Low Plains South Zone: The
remainder of Texas.
Wyoming (Central Flyway portion)
Zone C1: Big Horn, Converse, Goshen,
Hot Springs, Natrona, Park, Platte, and
Washakie Counties; and Fremont
County excluding the portions west or
south of the Continental Divide.
Zone C2: Campbell, Crook, Johnson,
Niobrara, Sheridan, and Weston
Counties.
Zone C3: Albany and Laramie
Counties; and that portion of Carbon
County east of the Continental Divide.
Pacific Flyway
Arizona
North Zone: Game Management Units
1–5, those portions of Game
Management Units 6 and 8 within
Coconino County, and Game
Management Units 7, 9, and 12A.
South Zone: Those portions of Game
Management Units 6 and 8 in Yavapai
County, and Game Management Units
10 and 12B–45.
California
Northeastern Zone: That portion of
California lying east and north of a line
beginning at the intersection of
Interstate 5 with the California–Oregon
line; south along Interstate 5 to its
junction with Walters Lane south of the
town of Yreka; west along Walters Lane
to its junction with Easy Street; south
along Easy Street to the junction with
Old Highway 99; south along Old
Highway 99 to the point of intersection
with Interstate 5 north of the town of
Weed; south along Interstate 5 to its
junction with Highway 89; east and
south along Highway 89 to Main Street
Greenville; north and east to its junction
with North Valley Road; south to its
junction of Diamond Mountain Road;
north and east to its junction with North
Arm Road; south and west to the
junction of North Valley Road; south to

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the junction with Arlington Road (A22);
west to the junction of Highway 89;
south and west to the junction of
Highway 70; east on Highway 70 to
Highway 395; south and east on
Highway 395 to the point of intersection
with the California–Nevada State line;
north along the California–Nevada State
line to the junction of the California–
Nevada–Oregon State lines; west along
the California–Oregon State line to the
point of origin.
Colorado River Zone: Those portions
of San Bernardino, Riverside, and
Imperial Counties east of a line from the
intersection of Highway 95 with the
California–Nevada State line; south on
Highway 95 through the junction with
Highway 40; south on Highway 95 to
Vidal Junction; south through the town
of Rice to the San Bernardino–Riverside
County line on a road known as
‘‘Aqueduct Road’’ also known as
Highway 62 in San Bernardino County;
southwest on Highway 62 to Desert
Center Rice Road; south on Desert
Center Rice Road/Highway 177 to the
town of Desert Center; east 31 miles on
Interstate 10 to its intersection with
Wiley Well Road; south on Wiley Well
Road to Wiley Well; southeast on
Milpitas Wash Road to the Blythe,
Brawley, Davis Lake intersections; south
on Blythe Ogilby Road also known as
County Highway 34 to its intersection
with Ogilby Road; south on Ogilby Road
to its intersection with Interstate 8; east
7 miles on Interstate 8 to its intersection
with the Andrade-Algodones Road/
Highway 186; south on Highway 186 to
its intersection with the U.S. Mexico
border at Los Algodones, Mexico.
Southern Zone: That portion of
southern California (but excluding the
Colorado River zone) south and east of
a line beginning at the mouth of the
Santa Maria River at the Pacific Ocean;
east along the Santa Maria River to
where it crosses Highway 101–166 near
the City of Santa Maria; north on
Highway 101–166; east on Highway 166
to the junction with Highway 99; south
on Highway 99 to the junction of
Interstate 5; south on Interstate 5 to the
crest of the Tehachapi Mountains at
Tejon Pass; east and north along the
crest of the Tehachapi Mountains to
where it intersects Highway 178 at
Walker Pass; east on Highway 178 to the
junction of Highway 395 at the town of
Inyokern; south on Highway 395 to the
junction of Highway 58; east on
Highway 58 to the junction of Interstate
15; east on Interstate 15 to the junction
with Highway 127; north on Highway
127 to the point of intersection with the
California–Nevada State line.
Southern San Joaquin Valley Zone:
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Southern Zone.
Balance of State Zone: The remainder
of California not included in the
Northeastern, Colorado River, Southern,
and the Southern San Joaquin Valley
Zones.
Colorado (Pacific Flyway Portion)
Eastern Zone: Routt, Grand, Summit,
Eagle, and Pitkin Counties, those
portions of Saguache, San Juan,
Hinsdale, and Mineral Counties west of
the Continental Divide, those portions
of Gunnison County except the North
Fork of the Gunnison River Valley
(Game Management Units 521, 53, and
63), and that portion of Moffat County
east of the northern intersection of
Moffat County Road 29 with the Moffat–
Routt County line, south along Moffat
County Road 29 to the intersection of
Moffat County Road 29 with the Moffat–
Routt County line (Elkhead Reservoir
State Park).
Western Zone: All areas west of the
Continental Divide not included in the
Eastern Zone.
Idaho
Zone 1: All lands and waters within
the Fort Hall Indian Reservation,
including private in-holdings; Bannock
County; Bingham County except that
portion within the Blackfoot Reservoir
drainage; Caribou County within the
Fort Hall Indian Reservation; and Power
County east of State Highway 37 and
State Highway 39.
Zone 2: Bear Lake, Bonneville, Butte,
Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, and
Teton Counties; Bingham County within
the Blackfoot Reservoir drainage; and
Caribou County except within the Fort
Hall Indian Reservation.
Zone 3: Ada, Adams, Benewah,
Blaine, Boise, Bonner, Boundary,
Camas, Canyon, Cassia, Clearwater,
Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Gem, Gooding,
Idaho, Jerome, Kootenai, Latah, Lemhi,
Lewis, Lincoln, Minidoka, Nez Perce,
Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Shoshone,
Twin Falls, and Washington Counties;
and Power County west of State
Highway 37 and State Highway 39.
Zone 4: Valley County.
Nevada
Northeast Zone: Elko and White Pine
Counties.
Northwest Zone: Carson City,
Churchill, Douglas, Esmeralda, Eureka,
Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Nye,
Pershing, Storey, and Washoe Counties.
South Zone: Clark and Lincoln
Counties.
Moapa Valley Special Management
Area: That portion of Clark County
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confluence of the Muddy and Virgin
Rivers.
Oregon
Zone 1: Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop,
Columbia, Coos, Curry, Douglas,
Gilliam, Hood River, Jackson, Josephine,
Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Morrow,
Multnomah, Polk, Sherman, Tillamook,
Umatilla, Wasco, Washington, and
Yamhill, Counties.
Zone 2: The remainder of Oregon not
included in Zone 1.
Utah
Zone 1: Box Elder, Cache, Daggett,
Davis, Duchesne, Morgan, Rich, Salt
Lake, Summit, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch,
and Weber Counties, and that part of
Toole County north of I–80.
Zone 2: The remainder of Utah not
included in Zone 1.
Washington
East Zone: All areas east of the Pacific
Crest Trail and east of the Big White
Salmon River in Klickitat County.
West Zone: The remainder of
Washington not included in the East
Zone.
Wyoming (Pacific Flyway Portion)
Snake River Zone: Beginning at the
south boundary of Yellowstone National
Park and the Continental Divide; south
along the Continental Divide to Union
Pass and the Union Pass Road (U.S.F.S.
Road 600); west and south along the
Union Pass Road to U.S.F.S. Road 605;
south along U.S.F.S. Road 605 to the
Bridger–Teton National Forest
boundary; along the national forest
boundary to the Idaho State line; north
along the Idaho State line to the south
boundary of Yellowstone National Park;
east along the Yellowstone National
Park boundary to the Continental
Divide.
Balance of State Zone: The remainder
of the Pacific Flyway portion of
Wyoming not included in the Snake
River Zone.
Geese
Atlantic Flyway
Connecticut
Early Canada Goose Seasons
South Zone: Same as for ducks.
North Zone: Same as for ducks.
Regular Seasons
AP Unit: Litchfield County and the
portion of Hartford County west of a
line beginning at the Massachusetts
border in Suffield and extending south
along Route 159 to its intersection with
Route 91 in Hartford, and then
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intersection with the Hartford–
Middlesex County line.
Atlantic Flyway Resident Population
(AFRP) Unit: Starting at the intersection
of I–95 and the Quinnipiac River, north
on the Quinnipiac River to its
intersection with I–91, north on I–91 to
I–691, west on I–691 to the Hartford
County line, and encompassing the rest
of New Haven County and Fairfield
County in its entirety.
NAP H–Unit: All of the rest of the
State not included in the AP or AFRP
descriptions above.
South Zone: Same as for ducks.
Maine
Same zones as for ducks.
Maryland
Early Canada Goose Seasons
Eastern Unit: Calvert, Caroline, Cecil,
Dorchester, Harford, Kent, Queen
Anne’s, St. Mary’s, Somerset, Talbot,
Wicomico, and Worcester Counties; and
that part of Anne Arundel County east
of Interstate 895, Interstate 97, and
Route 3; that part of Prince George’s
County east of Route 3 and Route 301;
and that part of Charles County east of
Route 301 to the Virginia State line.
Western Unit: Allegany, Baltimore,
Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Howard,
Montgomery, and Washington Counties
and that part of Anne Arundel County
west of Interstate 895, Interstate 97, and
Route 3; that part of Prince George’s
County west of Route 3 and Route 301;
and that part of Charles County west of
Route 301 to the Virginia State line.
Regular Seasons
Resident Population (RP) Zone:
Allegany, Frederick, Garrett,
Montgomery, and Washington Counties;
that portion of Prince George’s County
west of Route 3 and Route 301; that
portion of Charles County west of Route
301 to the Virginia State line; and that
portion of Carroll County west of Route
31 to the intersection of Route 97, and
west of Route 97 to the Pennsylvania
State line.
AP Zone: Remainder of the State.

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Massachusetts
NAP Zone: Central and Coastal Zones
(see duck zones).
AP Zone: The Western Zone (see duck
zones).
Special Late Season Area: The Central
Zone and that portion of the Coastal
Zone (see duck zones) that lies north of
the Cape Cod Canal, north to the New
Hampshire State line.
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AP Zone: North and South Zones (see
duck zones).
RP Zone: The Coastal Zone (see duck
zones).
Special Late Season Area: In northern
New Jersey, that portion of the State
within a continuous line that runs east
along the New York State boundary line
to the Hudson River; then south along
the New York State boundary to its
intersection with Route 440 at Perth
Amboy; then west on Route 440 to its
intersection with Route 287; then west
along Route 287 to its intersection with
Route 206 in Bedminster (Exit 18); then
north along Route 206 to its intersection
with Route 94; then west along Route 94
to the toll bridge in Columbia; then
north along the Pennsylvania State
boundary in the Delaware River to the
beginning point. In southern New
Jersey, that portion of the State within
a continuous line that runs west from
the Atlantic Ocean at Ship Bottom along
Route 72 to Route 70; then west along
Route 70 to Route 206; then south along
Route 206 to Route 536; then west along
Route 536 to Route 322; then west along
Route 322 to Route 55; then south along
Route 55 to Route 553 (Buck Road); then
south along Route 553 to Route 40; then
east along Route 40 to route 55; then
south along Route 55 to Route 552
(Sherman Avenue); then west along
Route 552 to Carmel Road; then south
along Carmel Road to Route 49; then
east along Route 49 to Route 555; then
south along Route 555 to Route 553;
then east along Route 553 to Route 649;
then north along Route 649 to Route
670; then east along Route 670 to Route
47; then north along Route 47 to Route
548; then east along Route 548 to Route
49; then east along Route 49 to Route 50;
then south along Route 50 to Route 9;
then south along Route 9 to Route 625
(Sea Isle City Boulevard); then east
along Route 625 to the Atlantic Ocean;
then north to the beginning point.
New York
Lake Champlain Goose Area: The
same as the Lake Champlain Waterfowl
Hunting Zone, which is that area of New
York State lying east and north of a
continuous line extending along Route
11 from the New York–Canada
International boundary south to Route
9B, south along Route 9B to Route 9,
south along Route 9 to Route 22 south
of Keeseville, south along Route 22 to
the west shore of South Bay along and
around the shoreline of South Bay to
Route 22 on the east shore of South Bay,
southeast along Route 22 to Route 4,
northeast along Route 4 to the New
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Northeast Goose Area: The same as
the Northeastern Waterfowl Hunting
Zone, which is that area of New York
State lying north of a continuous line
extending from Lake Ontario east along
the north shore of the Salmon River to
Interstate 81, south along Interstate 81 to
Route 31, east along Route 31 to Route
13, north along Route 13 to Route 49,
east along Route 49 to Route 365, east
along Route 365 to Route 28, east along
Route 28 to Route 29, east along Route
29 to Route 22 at Greenwich Junction,
north along Route 22 to Washington
County Route 153, east along CR 153 to
the New York–Vermont boundary,
exclusive of the Lake Champlain Zone.
East Central Goose Area: That area of
New York State lying inside of a
continuous line extending from
Interstate Route 81 in Cicero, east along
Route 31 to Route 13, north along Route
13 to Route 49, east along Route 49 to
Route 365, east along Route 365 to
Route 28, east along Route 28 to Route
29, east along Route 29 to Route 147 at
Kimball Corners, south along Route 147
to Schenectady County Route 40 (West
Glenville Road), west along Route 40 to
Touareuna Road, south along Touareuna
Road to Schenectady County Route 59,
south along Route 59 to State Route 5,
east along Route 5 to the Lock 9 bridge,
southwest along the Lock 9 bridge to
Route 5S, southeast along Route 5S to
Schenectady County Route 58,
southwest along Route 58 to the NYS
Thruway, south along the Thruway to
Route 7, southwest along Route 7 to
Schenectady County Route 103, south
along Route 103 to Route 406, east along
Route 406 to Schenectady County Route
99 (Windy Hill Road), south along Route
99 to Dunnsville Road, south along
Dunnsville Road to Route 397,
southwest along Route 397 to Route 146
at Altamont, west along Route 146 to
Albany County Route 252, northwest
along Route 252 to Schenectady County
Route 131, north along Route 131 to
Route 7, west along Route 7 to Route 10
at Richmondville, south on Route 10 to
Route 23 at Stamford, west along Route
23 to Route 7 in Oneonta, southwest
along Route 7 to Route 79 to Interstate
Route 88 near Harpursville, west along
Route 88 to Interstate Route 81, north
along Route 81 to the point of
beginning.
West Central Goose Area: That area of
New York State lying within a
continuous line beginning at the point
where the northerly extension of Route
269 (County Line Road on the Niagara–
Orleans County boundary) meets the
International boundary with Canada,
south to the shore of Lake Ontario at the
eastern boundary of Golden Hill State
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269 and Route 269 to Route 104 at
Jeddo, west along Route 104 to Niagara
County Route 271, south along Route
271 to Route 31E at Middleport, south
along Route 31E to Route 31, west along
Route 31 to Griswold Street, south along
Griswold Street to Ditch Road, south
along Ditch Road to Foot Road, south
along Foot Road to the north bank of
Tonawanda Creek, west along the north
bank of Tonawanda Creek to Route 93,
south along Route 93 to Route 5, east
along Route 5 to Crittenden–Murrays
Corners Road, south on Crittenden–
Murrays Corners Road to the NYS
Thruway, east along the Thruway 90 to
Route 98 (at Thruway Exit 48) in
Batavia, south along Route 98 to Route
20, east along Route 20 to Route 19 in
Pavilion Center, south along Route 19 to
Route 63, southeast along Route 63 to
Route 246, south along Route 246 to
Route 39 in Perry, northeast along Route
39 to Route 20A, northeast along Route
20A to Route 20, east along Route 20 to
Route 364 (near Canandaigua), south
and east along Route 364 to Yates
County Route 18 (Italy Valley Road),
southwest along Route 18 to Yates
County Route 34, east along Route 34 to
Yates County Route 32, south along
Route 32 to Steuben County Route 122,
south along Route 122 to Route 53,
south along Route 53 to Steuben County
Route 74, east along Route 74 to Route
54A (near Pulteney), south along Route
54A to Steuben County Route 87, east
along Route 87 to Steuben County Route
96, east along Route 96 to Steuben
County Route 114, east along Route 114
to Schuyler County Route 23, east and
southeast along Route 23 to Schuyler
County Route 28, southeast along Route
28 to Route 409 at Watkins Glen, south
along Route 409 to Route 14, south
along Route 14 to Route 224 at Montour
Falls, east along Route 224 to Route 228
in Odessa, north along Route 228 to
Route 79 in Mecklenburg, east along
Route 79 to Route 366 in Ithaca,
northeast along Route 366 to Route 13,
northeast along Route 13 to Interstate
Route 81 in Cortland, north along Route
81 to the north shore of the Salmon
River to shore of Lake Ontario,
extending generally northwest in a
straight line to the nearest point of the
international boundary with Canada,
south and west along the international
boundary to the point of beginning.
Hudson Valley Goose Area: That area
of New York State lying within a
continuous line extending from Route 4
at the New York–Vermont boundary,
west and south along Route 4 to Route
149 at Fort Ann, west on Route 149 to
Route 9, south along Route 9 to
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Falls), south along Route 87 to Route 29,
west along Route 29 to Route 147 at
Kimball Corners, south along Route 147
to Schenectady County Route 40 (West
Glenville Road), west along Route 40 to
Touareuna Road, south along Touareuna
Road to Schenectady County Route 59,
south along Route 59 to State Route 5,
east along Route 5 to the Lock 9 bridge,
southwest along the Lock 9 bridge to
Route 5S, southeast along Route 5S to
Schenectady County Route 58,
southwest along Route 58 to the NYS
Thruway, south along the Thruway to
Route 7, southwest along Route 7 to
Schenectady County Route 103, south
along Route 103 to Route 406, east along
Route 406 to Schenectady County Route
99 (Windy Hill Road), south along Route
99 to Dunnsville Road, south along
Dunnsville Road to Route 397,
southwest along Route 397 to Route 146
at Altamont, southeast along Route 146
to Main Street in Altamont, west along
Main Street to Route 156, southeast
along Route 156 to Albany County
Route 307, southeast along Route 307 to
Route 85A, southwest along Route 85A
to Route 85, south along Route 85 to
Route 443, southeast along Route 443 to
Albany County Route 301 at Clarksville,
southeast along Route 301 to Route 32,
south along Route 32 to Route 23 at
Cairo, west along Route 23 to Joseph
Chadderdon Road, southeast along
Joseph Chadderdon Road to Hearts
Content Road (Greene County Route 31),
southeast along Route 31 to Route 32,
south along Route 32 to Greene County
Route 23A, east along Route 23A to
Interstate Route 87 (the NYS Thruway),
south along Route 87 to Route 28 (Exit
19) near Kingston, northwest on Route
28 to Route 209, southwest on Route
209 to the New York–Pennsylvania
boundary, southeast along the New
York–Pennsylvania boundary to the
New York–New Jersey boundary,
southeast along the New York–New
Jersey boundary to Route 210 near
Greenwood Lake, northeast along Route
210 to Orange County Route 5, northeast
along Orange County Route 5 to Route
105 in the Village of Monroe, east and
north along Route 105 to Route 32,
northeast along Route 32 to Orange
County Route 107 (Quaker Avenue), east
along Route 107 to Route 9W, north
along Route 9W to the south bank of
Moodna Creek, southeast along the
south bank of Moodna Creek to the New
Windsor–Cornwall town boundary,
northeast along the New Windsor–
Cornwall town boundary to the Orange–
Dutchess County boundary (middle of
the Hudson River), north along the
county boundary to Interstate Route 84,
east along Route 84 to the Dutchess–

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Putnam County boundary, east along the
county boundary to the New York–
Connecticut boundary, north along the
New York–Connecticut boundary to the
New York–Massachusetts boundary,
north along the New York–
Massachusetts boundary to the New
York–Vermont boundary, north to the
point of beginning.
Eastern Long Island Goose Area (NAP
High Harvest Area): That area of Suffolk
County lying east of a continuous line
extending due south from the New
York–Connecticut boundary to the
northernmost end of Roanoke Avenue in
the Town of Riverhead; then south on
Roanoke Avenue (which becomes
County Route 73) to State Route 25; then
west on Route 25 to Peconic Avenue;
then south on Peconic Avenue to
County Route (CR) 104 (Riverleigh
Avenue); then south on CR 104 to CR 31
(Old Riverhead Road); then south on CR
31 to Oak Street; then south on Oak
Street to Potunk Lane; then west on
Stevens Lane; then south on Jessup
Avenue (in Westhampton Beach) to
Dune Road (CR 89); then due south to
international waters.
Western Long Island Goose Area (RP
Area): That area of Westchester County
and its tidal waters southeast of
Interstate Route 95 and that area of
Nassau and Suffolk Counties lying west
of a continuous line extending due
south from the New York–Connecticut
boundary to the northernmost end of
Sound Road (just east of Wading River
Marsh); then south on Sound Road to
North Country Road; then west on North
Country Road to Randall Road; then
south on Randall Road to Route 25A,
then west on Route 25A to the Sunken
Meadow State Parkway; then south on
the Sunken Meadow Parkway to the
Sagtikos State Parkway; then south on
the Sagtikos Parkway to the Robert
Moses State Parkway; then south on the
Robert Moses Parkway to its
southernmost end; then due south to
international waters.
Central Long Island Goose Area (NAP
Low Harvest Area): That area of Suffolk
County lying between the Western and
Eastern Long Island Goose Areas, as
defined above.
South Goose Area: The remainder of
New York State, excluding New York
City.
North Carolina
Northeast Hunt Unit: Includes the
following counties or portions of
counties: Bertie (that portion north and
east of a line formed by NC 45 at the
Washington County line to U.S. 17 in
Midway, U.S. 17 in Midway to U.S. 13
in Windsor, U.S. 13 in Windsor to the
Hertford County line), Camden,

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Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Hyde,
Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and
Washington.
RP Hunt Zone: Remainder of the
State.
Pennsylvania
Resident Canada Goose Zone: All of
Pennsylvania except for SJBP Zone and
the area east of route SR 97 from the
Maryland State Line to the intersection
of SR 194, east of SR 194 to intersection
of U.S. Route 30, south of U.S. Route 30
to SR 441, east of SR 441 to SR 743, east
of SR 743 to intersection of I–81, east of
I–81 to intersection of I–80, and south
of I–80 to the New Jersey State line.
SJBP Zone: The area north of I–80 and
west of I–79 including in the city of Erie
west of Bay Front Parkway to and
including the Lake Erie Duck zone (Lake
Erie, Presque Isle, and the area within
150 yards of the Lake Erie Shoreline).
AP Zone: The area east of route SR 97
from Maryland State Line to the
intersection of SR 194, east of SR 194 to
intersection of U.S. Route 30, south of
U.S. Route 30 to SR 441, east of SR 441
to SR 743, east of SR 743 to intersection
of I–81, east of I–81 to intersection of I–
80, south of I–80 to New Jersey State
line.
Rhode Island
Special Area for Canada Geese: Kent
and Providence Counties and portions
of the towns of Exeter and North
Kingston within Washington County
(see State regulations for detailed
descriptions).
South Carolina
Canada Goose Area: Statewide except
for the following area:
East of U.S. 301: That portion of
Clarendon County bounded to the North
by S–14–25, to the East by Hwy 260,
and to the South by the markers
delineating the channel of the Santee
River.
West of U.S. 301: That portion of
Clarendon County bounded on the
North by S–14–26 extending southward
to that portion of Orangeburg County
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Vermont
Same zones as for ducks.
Virginia
AP Zone: The area east and south of
the following line—the Stafford County
line from the Potomac River west to
Interstate 95 at Fredericksburg, then
south along Interstate 95 to Petersburg,
then Route 460 (SE) to City of Suffolk,
then south along Route 32 to the North
Carolina line.
SJBP Zone: The area to the west of the
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following line: the ‘‘Blue Ridge’’
(mountain spine) at the West Virginia–
Virginia Border (Loudoun County–
Clarke County line) south to Interstate
64 (the Blue Ridge line follows county
borders along the western edge of
Loudoun–Fauquier–Rappahannock–
Madison–Greene–Albemarle and into
Nelson Counties), then east along
Interstate Rte. 64 to Route 15, then south
along Rte. 15 to the North Carolina line.
RP Zone: The remainder of the State
west of the SJBP Zone.
Mississippi Flyway
Arkansas
Northwest Zone: Baxter, Benton,
Boone, Carroll, Conway, Crawford,
Faulkner, Franklin, Johnson, Logan,
Madison, Marion, Newton, Perry, Pope,
Pulaski, Searcy, Sebastian, Scott, Van
Buren, Washington, and Yell Counties.
Illinois
Early Canada Goose Seasons
North September Canada Goose Zone:
That portion of the State north of a line
extending west from the Indiana border
along Interstate 80 to I–39, south along
I–39 to Illinois Route 18, west along
Illinois Route 18 to Illinois Route 29,
south along Illinois Route 29 to Illinois
Route 17, west along Illinois Route 17
to the Mississippi River, and due south
across the Mississippi River to the Iowa
border.
Central September Canada Goose
Zone: That portion of the State south of
the North September Canada Goose
Zone line to a line extending west from
the Indiana border along I–70 to Illinois
Route 4, south along Illinois Route 4 to
Illinois Route 161, west along Illinois
Route 161 to Illinois Route 158, south
and west along Illinois Route 158 to
Illinois Route 159, south along Illinois
Route 159 to Illinois Route 3, south
along Illinois Route 3 to St. Leo’s Road,
south along St. Leo’s road to Modoc
Road, west along Modoc Road to Modoc
Ferry Road, southwest along Modoc
Ferry Road to Levee Road, southeast
along Levee Road to County Route 12
(Modoc Ferry entrance Road), south
along County Route 12 to the Modoc
Ferry route and southwest on the Modoc
Ferry route across the Mississippi River
to the Missouri border.
South September Canada Goose Zone:
That portion of the State south and east
of a line extending west from the
Indiana border along Interstate 70, south
along U.S. Highway 45, to Illinois Route
13, west along Illinois Route 13 to
Greenbriar Road, north on Greenbriar
Road to Sycamore Road, west on
Sycamore Road to N. Reed Station Road,
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Illinois Route 13, west along Illinois
Route 13 to Illinois Route 127, south
along Illinois Route 127 to State Forest
Road (1025 N), west along State Forest
Road to Illinois Route 3, north along
Illinois Route 3 to the south bank of the
Big Muddy River, west along the south
bank of the Big Muddy River to the
Mississippi River, west across the
Mississippi River to the Missouri
border.
South Central September Canada
Goose Zone: The remainder of the State
between the south border of the Central
September Canada Goose Zone and the
north border of the South September
Canada Goose Zone.
Regular Seasons
North Zone: That portion of the State
north of a line extending west from the
Indiana border along Interstate 80 to I–
39, south along I–39 to Illinois Route 18,
west along Illinois Route 18 to Illinois
Route 29, south along Illinois Route 29
to Illinois Route 17, west along Illinois
Route 17 to the Mississippi River, and
due south across the Mississippi River
to the Iowa border.
Central Zone: That portion of the
State south of the North Goose Zone line
to a line extending west from the
Indiana border along I–70 to Illinois
Route 4, south along Illinois Route 4 to
Illinois Route 161, west along Illinois
Route 161 to Illinois Route 158, south
and west along Illinois Route 158 to
Illinois Route 159, south along Illinois
Route 159 to Illinois Route 3, south
along Illinois Route 3 to St. Leo’s Road,
south along St. Leo’s road to Modoc
Road, west along Modoc Road to Modoc
Ferry Road, southwest along Modoc
Ferry Road to Levee Road, southeast
along Levee Road to County Route 12
(Modoc Ferry entrance Road), south
along County Route 12 to the Modoc
Ferry route and southwest on the Modoc
Ferry route across the Mississippi River
to the Missouri border.
South Zone: Same zone as for ducks.
South Central Zone: Same zone as for
ducks.
Indiana
Same zones as for ducks.
Iowa
Early Canada Goose Seasons
Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Goose Zone:
Includes portions of Linn and Johnson
Counties bounded as follows: Beginning
at the intersection of the west border of
Linn County and Linn County Road
E2W; then south and east along County
Road E2W to Highway 920; then north
along Highway 920 to County Road E16;
then east along County Road E16 to
County Road W58; then south along

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County Road W58 to County Road E34;
then east along County Road E34 to
Highway 13; then south along Highway
13 to Highway 30; then east along
Highway 30 to Highway 1; then south
along Highway 1 to Morse Road in
Johnson County; then east along Morse
Road to Wapsi Avenue; then south
along Wapsi Avenue to Lower West
Branch Road; then west along Lower
West Branch Road to Taft Avenue; then
south along Taft Avenue to County Road
F62; then west along County Road F62
to Kansas Avenue; then north along
Kansas Avenue to Black Diamond Road;
then west on Black Diamond Road to
Jasper Avenue; then north along Jasper
Avenue to Rohert Road; then west along
Rohert Road to Ivy Avenue; then north
along Ivy Avenue to 340th Street; then
west along 340th Street to Half Moon
Avenue; then north along Half Moon
Avenue to Highway 6; then west along
Highway 6 to Echo Avenue; then north
along Echo Avenue to 250th Street; then
east on 250th Street to Green Castle
Avenue; then north along Green Castle
Avenue to County Road F12; then west
along County Road F12 to County Road
W30; then north along County Road
W30 to Highway 151; then north along
the Linn–Benton County line to the
point of beginning.
Des Moines Goose Zone: Includes
those portions of Polk, Warren,
Madison, and Dallas Counties bounded
as follows: Beginning at the intersection
of Northwest 158th Avenue and County
Road R38 in Polk County; then south
along R38 to Northwest 142nd Avenue;
then east along Northwest 142nd
Avenue to Northeast 126th Avenue;
then east along Northeast 126th Avenue
to Northeast 46th Street; then south
along Northeast 46th Street to Highway
931; then east along Highway 931 to
Northeast 80th Street; then south along
Northeast 80th Street to Southeast 6th
Avenue; then west along Southeast 6th
Avenue to Highway 65; then south and
west along Highway 65 to Highway 69
in Warren County; then south along
Highway 69 to County Road G24; then
west along County Road G24 to
Highway 28; then southwest along
Highway 28 to 43rd Avenue; then north
along 43rd Avenue to Ford Street; then
west along Ford Street to Filmore Street;
then west along Filmore Street to 10th
Avenue; then south along 10th Avenue
to 155th Street in Madison County; then
west along 155th Street to Cumming
Road; then north along Cumming Road
to Badger Creek Avenue; then north
along Badger Creek Avenue to County
Road F90 in Dallas County; then east
along County Road F90 to County Road
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to Highway 44; then east along Highway
44 to County Road R30; then north
along County Road R30 to County Road
F31; then east along County Road F31
to Highway 17; then north along
Highway 17 to Highway 415 in Polk
County; then east along Highway 415 to
Northwest 158th Avenue; then east
along Northwest 158th Avenue to the
point of beginning.
Cedar Falls/Waterloo Goose Zone:
Includes those portions of Black Hawk
County bounded as follows: Beginning
at the intersection of County Roads C66
and V49 in Black Hawk County, then
south along County Road V49 to County
Road D38, then west along County Road
D38 to State Highway 21, then south
along State Highway 21 to County Road
D35, then west along County Road D35
to Grundy Road, then north along
Grundy Road to County Road D19, then
west along County Road D19 to Butler
Road, then north along Butler Road to
County Road C57, then north and east
along County Road C57 to U.S. Highway
63, then south along U.S. Highway 63 to
County Road C66, then east along
County Road C66 to the point of
beginning.
Regular Seasons

Same zones as for ducks.

Kentucky

Missouri

Northeast Goose Zone: Bath, Menifee,
Morgan (except the portion that lies
within the Paintsville Lake Wildlife
Management Area), and Rowan
Counties except that no goose hunting is
permitted on public land (U.S. Forest
Service) and water within the block of
land lying inside the boundaries of Hwy
801, Hwy 1274, Hwy 36, Hwy 211, Hwy
60, and Hwy 826.
Western Goose Zone: The Western
Goose Zone includes Henderson County
and the portion of Kentucky west of
U.S. 60 from the Henderson–Union
County line to U.S. 641; U.S. 641 to
Interstate 24; Interstate 24 to the
Purchase Parkway; and the Purchase
Parkway.
Remainder of State: The remainder of
Kentucky outside the Northeast and
Western Goose Zones.
Louisiana
North Zone: That portion of the State
north of the line from the Texas border
at Hwy 190/12 east to Hwy 49, then
south on Hwy 49 to I–10, then east on
I–10 to I–12, then east on I–12 to I–10,
then east on I–10 to the Mississippi
State line.
South Zone: Remainder of the State.

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North Zone: Same as North duck
zone.
Middle Zone: Same as Middle duck
zone.
South Zone: Same as South duck
zone.
Allegan County Game Management
Unit (GMU): That area encompassed by
a line beginning at the junction of 136th
Avenue and Interstate Highway 196 in
Lake Town Township and extending
easterly along 136th Avenue to
Michigan Highway 40, southerly along
Michigan 40 through the city of Allegan
to 108th Avenue in Trowbridge
Township, westerly along 108th Avenue
to 46th Street, northerly along 46th
Street to 109th Avenue, westerly along
109th Avenue to I–196 in Casco
Township, then northerly along I–196 to
the point of beginning.
Muskegon Wastewater GMU: That
portion of Muskegon County within the
boundaries of the Muskegon County
wastewater system, east of the
Muskegon State Game Area, in sections
5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30, and 32,
T10N R14W, and sections 1, 2, 10, 11,
12, 13, 14, 24, and 25, T10N R15W, as
posted.
Minnesota

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Ohio
Same zones as for ducks.
Tennessee
Northwest Goose Zone: Lake, Obion,
Weakley, and Dyer Counties, excluding
that portion south of State Highway 104;
and Gibson County, excluding that
portion south of State Highway 104 and
west of U.S. Highways 45 and 45W.
Remainder of State: That portion of
Tennessee outside of the Northwest
Goose Zone.
Wisconsin
Early Canada Goose Seasons
Early-Season Subzone A: That portion
of the State encompassed by a line
beginning at the intersection of U.S.
Highway 141 and the Michigan border
near Niagara, then south along U.S. 141
to State Highway 22, west and
southwest along State 22 to U.S. 45,
south along U.S. 45 to State 22, west
and south along State 22 to State 110,
south along State 110 to U.S. 10, south
along U.S. 10 to State 49, south along
State 49 to State 23, west along State 23
to State 73, south along State 73 to State
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south along State 23 to State 11, east
along State 11 to State 78, then south
along State 78 to the Illinois border.
Early-Season Subzone B: The
remainder of the State.
Regular Seasons
Same zones as for ducks but in
addition:
Horicon Zone: That portion of the
State encompassed by a boundary
beginning at the intersection of State 23
and State 73 and moves south along
State 73 until the intersection of State
73 and State 60, then moves east along
State 60 until the intersection of State
60 and State 83, and then moves north
along State 83 until the intersection of
State 83 and State 33 at which point it
moves east until the intersection of State
33 and U.S .45, then moves north along
U.S. 45 until the intersection of U.S. 45
and State 23, at which point it moves
west along State 23 until the
intersection of State 23 and State 73.
Central Flyway
Colorado (Central Flyway Portion)
Northern Front Range Area: All areas
in Boulder, Larimer, and Weld Counties
from the Continental Divide east along
the Wyoming border to U.S. 85, south
on U.S. 85 to the Adams County line,
and all lands in Adams, Arapahoe,
Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver,
Douglas, Gilpin, and Jefferson Counties.
North Park Area: Jackson County.
South Park and San Luis Valley Area:
All of Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos,
Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Lake, Park,
Rio Grande, and Teller Counties, and
those portions of Saguache, Mineral,
and Hinsdale Counties east of the
Continental Divide.
Remainder: Remainder of the Central
Flyway portion of Colorado.
Eastern Colorado Late Light Goose
Area: That portion of the State east of
Interstate Highway 25.
Montana (Central Flyway Portion)
Zone 1: Same as Zone 1 for ducks and
coots.
Zone 2: Same as Zone 2 for ducks and
coots.
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Dark Geese
Niobrara Unit: That area contained
within and bounded by the intersection
of the South Dakota State line and the
eastern Cherry County line, south along
the Cherry County line to the Niobrara
River, east to the Norden Road, south on
the Norden Road to U.S. Hwy 20, east
along U.S. Hwy 20 to NE Hwy 14, north
along NE Hwy 14 to NE Hwy 59 and
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Road 872 to the Knox County Line,
north along the Knox County Line to the
South Dakota State line. Where the
Niobrara River forms the boundary, both
banks of the river are included in the
Niobrara Unit.
East Unit: That area north and east of
U.S. 81 at the Kansas–Nebraska State
line, north to NE Hwy 91, east to U.S.
275, south to U.S. 77, south to NE 91,
east to U.S. 30, east to the Nebraska–
Iowa State line.
Platte River Unit: That area north and
west of U.S. 81 at the Kansas–Nebraska
State line, north to NE Hwy 91, west
along NE 91 to NE 11, north to the Holt
County line, west along the northern
border of Garfield, Loup, Blaine, and
Thomas Counties to the Hooker County
line, south along the Thomas–Hooker
County lines to the McPherson County
line, east along the south border of
Thomas County to the western line of
Custer County, south along the Custer–
Logan County line to NE 92, west to
U.S. 83, north to NE 92, west to NE 61,
south along NE 61 to NE 92, west along
NE 92 to U.S. Hwy 26, south along U.S.
Hwy 26 to Keith County Line, south
along Keith County Line to the Colorado
State line.
Panhandle Unit: That area north and
west of Keith–Deuel County Line at the
Nebraska–Colorado State line, north
along the Keith County Line to U.S.
Hwy 26, west to NE Hwy 92, east to NE
Hwy 61, north along NE Hwy 61 to NE
Hwy 2, west along NE 2 to the corner
formed by Garden–Grant–Sheridan
Counties, west along the north border of
Garden, Morrill, and Scotts Bluff
Counties to the intersection of the
Interstate Canal, west to the Wyoming
State line.
North-Central Unit: The remainder of
the State.
Light Geese
Rainwater Basin Light Goose Area:
The area bounded by the junction of NE
Hwy 92 and NE Hwy 15, south along NE
Hwy 15 to NE Hwy 4, west along NE
Hwy 4 to U.S. Hwy 34, west along U.S.
Hwy 34 to U.S. Hwy 283, north along
U.S. Hwy 283 to U.S. Hwy 30, east along
U.S. Hwy 30 to NE Hwy 92, east along
NE Hwy 92 to the beginning.
Remainder of State: The remainder of
Nebraska.
New Mexico (Central Flyway Portion)
Dark Geese
Middle Rio Grande Valley Unit:
Sierra, Socorro, and Valencia Counties.
Remainder: The remainder of the
Central Flyway portion of New Mexico.

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North Dakota
Missouri River Canada Goose Zone:
The area within and bounded by a line
starting where ND Hwy 6 crosses the
South Dakota border; then north on ND
Hwy 6 to I–94; then west on I–94 to ND
Hwy 49; then north on ND Hwy 49 to
ND Hwy 200; then west on ND Hwy
200; then north on ND Hwy 8 to the
Mercer/McLean County line; then east
following the county line until it turns
south toward Garrison Dam; then east
along a line (including Mallard Island)
of Lake Sakakawea to U.S. Hwy 83; then
south on U.S. Hwy 83 to ND Hwy 200;
then east on ND Hwy 200 to ND Hwy
41; then south on ND Hwy 41 to U.S.
Hwy 83; then south on U.S. Hwy 83 to
I–94; then east on I–94 to U.S. Hwy 83;
then south on U.S. Hwy 83 to the South
Dakota border; then west along the
South Dakota border to ND Hwy 6.
Western North Dakota Canada Goose
Zone: Same as the High Plains Unit for
ducks, mergansers and coots, excluding
the Missouri River Canada Goose Zone.
Rest of State: Remainder of North
Dakota.
South Dakota
Early Canada Goose Seasons
Special Early Canada Goose Unit: The
Counties of Campbell, Clark, Codington,
Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Marshall,
Roberts, Walworth; that portion of
Perkins County west of State Highway
75 and south of State Highway 20; that
portion of Dewey County north of
Bureau of Indian Affairs Road 8, Bureau
of Indian Affairs Road 9, and the section
of U.S. Highway 212 east of the Bureau
of Indian Affairs Road 8 junction; that
portion of Potter County east of U.S.
Highway 83; that portion of Sully
County east of U.S. Highway 83;
portions of Hyde, Buffalo, Brule, and
Charles Mix Counties north and east of
a line beginning at the Hughes–Hyde
County line on State Highway 34, east
to Lees Boulevard, southeast to State
Highway 34, east 7 miles to 350th
Avenue, south to Interstate 90 on 350th
Avenue, south and east on State
Highway 50 to Geddes, east on 285th
Street to U.S. Highway 281, and north
on U.S. Highway 281 to the Charles
Mix–Douglas County boundary; that
portion of Bon Homme County north of
State Highway 50; those portions of
Yankton and Clay Counties north of a
line beginning at the junction of State
Highway 50 and 306th Street/County
Highway 585 in Bon Homme County,
east to U.S. Highway 81, then north on
U.S. Highway 81 to 303rd Street, then
east on 303rd Street to 444th Avenue,
then south on 444th Avenue to 305th
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Road to State Highway 19, then south to
State Highway 50 and east to the Clay/
Union County Line; Aurora, Beadle,
Brookings, Brown, Butte, Corson,
Davison, Douglas, Edmunds, Faulk,
Haakon, Hand, Hanson, Harding,
Hutchinson, Jackson, Jerauld, Jones,
Kingsbury, Lake, McCook, McPherson,
Meade, Mellette, Miner, Moody, Oglala
Lakota (formerly Shannon), Sanborn,
Spink, Todd, Turner, and Ziebach
Counties; and those portions of
Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties
outside of an area bounded by a line
beginning at the junction of the South
Dakota–Minnesota State line and
Minnehaha County Highway 122 (254th
Street) west to its junction with
Minnehaha County Highway 149 (464th
Avenue), south on Minnehaha County
Highway 149 (464th Avenue) to
Hartford, then south on Minnehaha
County Highway 151 (463rd Avenue) to
State Highway 42, east on State
Highway 42 to State Highway 17, south
on State Highway 17 to its junction with
Lincoln County Highway 116 (Klondike
Road), and east on Lincoln County
Highway 116 (Klondike Road) to the
South Dakota–Iowa State line, then
north along the South Dakota–Iowa and
South Dakota–Minnesota border to the
junction of the South Dakota–Minnesota
State line and Minnehaha County
Highway 122 (254th Street).
Regular Seasons
Unit 1: Same as that for the September
Canada goose season.
Unit 2: Remainder of South Dakota.
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Texas
Northeast Goose Zone: That portion of
Texas lying east and north of a line
beginning at the Texas–Oklahoma
border at U.S. 81, then continuing south
to Bowie and then southeasterly along
U.S. 81 and U.S. 287 to I–35W and I–
35 to the juncture with I–10 in San
Antonio, then east on I–10 to the Texas–
Louisiana border.
Southeast Goose Zone: That portion
of Texas lying east and south of a line
beginning at the International Toll
Bridge at Laredo, then continuing north
following I–35 to the juncture with I–10
in San Antonio, then easterly along I–
10 to the Texas–Louisiana border.
West Goose Zone: The remainder of
the State.
Wyoming (Central Flyway Portion)
Dark Geese
Zone G1: Big Horn, Converse, Hot
Springs, Natrona, Park, and Washakie
Counties.
Zone G1A: Goshen and Platte
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Zone G2: Campbell, Crook, Johnson,
Niobrara, Sheridan, and Weston
Counties.
Zone G3: Albany and Laramie
Counties; and that portion of Carbon
County east of the Continental Divide.
Zone G4: Fremont County excluding
those portions south or west of the
Continental Divide.
Pacific Flyway
Arizona
Same zones as for ducks.
California
Northeastern Zone: That portion of
California lying east and north of a line
beginning at the intersection of
Interstate 5 with the California–Oregon
line; south along Interstate 5 to its
junction with Walters Lane south of the
town of Yreka; west along Walters Lane
to its junction with Easy Street; south
along Easy Street to the junction with
Old Highway 99; south along Old
Highway 99 to the point of intersection
with Interstate 5 north of the town of
Weed; south along Interstate 5 to its
junction with Highway 89; east and
south along Highway 89 to main street
Greenville; north and east to its junction
with North Valley Road; south to its
junction of Diamond Mountain Road;
north and east to its junction with North
Arm Road; south and west to the
junction of North Valley Road; south to
the junction with Arlington Road (A22);
west to the junction of Highway 89;
south and west to the junction of
Highway 70; east on Highway 70 to
Highway 395; south and east on
Highway 395 to the point of intersection
with the California–Nevada State line;
north along the California–Nevada State
line to the junction of the California–
Nevada–Oregon State lines west along
the California–Oregon State line to the
point of origin.
Colorado River Zone: Those portions
of San Bernardino, Riverside, and
Imperial Counties east of a line from the
intersection of Highway 95 with the
California–Nevada State line; south on
Highway 95 through the junction with
Highway 40; south on Highway 95 to
Vidal Junction; south through the town
of Rice to the San Bernardino–Riverside
County line on a road known as
‘‘Aqueduct Road’’ also known as
Highway 62 in San Bernardino County;
southwest on Highway 62 to Desert
Center Rice Road; south on Desert
Center Rice Road/Highway 177 to the
town of Desert Center; east 31 miles on
Interstate 10 to its intersection with
Wiley Well Road; south on Wiley Well
Road to Wiley Well; southeast on
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Brawley, Davis Lake intersections; south
on Blythe Ogilby Road also known as
County Highway 34 to its intersection
with Ogilby Road; south on Ogilby Road
to its intersection with Interstate 8; east
7 miles on Interstate 8 to its intersection
with the Andrade-Algodones Road/
Highway 186; south on Highway 186 to
its intersection with the U.S.–Mexico
border at Los Algodones, Mexico.
Southern Zone: That portion of
southern California (but excluding the
Colorado River zone) south and east of
a line beginning at the mouth of the
Santa Maria River at the Pacific Ocean;
east along the Santa Maria River to
where it crosses Highway 101–166 near
the City of Santa Maria; north on
Highway 101–166; east on Highway 166
to the junction with Highway 99; south
on Highway 99 to the junction of
Interstate 5; south on Interstate 5 to the
crest of the Tehachapi Mountains at
Tejon Pass; east and north along the
crest of the Tehachapi Mountains to
where it intersects Highway 178 at
Walker Pass; east on Highway 178 to the
junction of Highway 395 at the town of
Inyokern; south on Highway 395 to the
junction of Highway 58; east on
Highway 58 to the junction of Interstate
15; east on Interstate 15 to the junction
with Highway 127; north on Highway
127 to the point of intersection with the
California–Nevada State line.
Imperial County Special Management
Area: The area bounded by a line
beginning at Highway 86 and the Navy
Test Base Road; south on Highway 86 to
the town of Westmoreland; continue
through the town of Westmoreland to
Route S26; east on Route S26 to
Highway 115; north on Highway 115 to
Weist Road; north on Weist Road to
Flowing Wells Road; northeast on
Flowing Wells Road to the Coachella
Canal; northwest on the Coachella Canal
to Drop 18; a straight line from Drop 18
to Frink Road; south on Frink Road to
Highway 111; north on Highway 111 to
Niland Marina Road; southwest on
Niland Marina Road to the old Imperial
County boat ramp and the water line of
the Salton Sea; from the water line of
the Salton Sea, a straight line across the
Salton Sea to the Salinity Control
Research Facility and the Navy Test
Base Road; southwest on the Navy Test
Base Road to the point of beginning.
Balance of State Zone: The remainder
of California not included in the
Northeastern, Colorado River, and
Southern Zones.
North Coast Special Management
Area: Del Norte and Humboldt
Counties.
Sacramento Valley Special
Management Area: That area bounded
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I–5 to Hahn Road; easterly on Hahn
Road and the Grimes–Arbuckle Road to
Grimes; northerly on CA 45 to the
junction with CA 162; northerly on CA
45/162 to Glenn; and westerly on CA
162 to the point of beginning in
Willows.
Colorado (Pacific Flyway Portion)
Same zones as for ducks.
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Canada Geese and Brant
Zone 1: All lands and waters within
the Fort Hall Indian Reservation,
including private in-holdings; Bannock
County; Bingham County, except that
portion within the Blackfoot Reservoir
drainage; Caribou County within the
Fort Hall Indian Reservation; and Power
County east of State Highway 37 and
State Highway 39.
Zone 2: Bonneville, Butte, Clark,
Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, and Teton
Counties.
Zone 3: Ada, Adams, Benewah,
Blaine, Boise, Bonner, Boundary,
Camas, Canyon, Cassia, Clearwater,
Custer, Elmore, Franklin, Gem, Gooding,
Idaho, Jerome, Kootenai, Latah, Lemhi,
Lewis, Lincoln, Minidoka, Nez Perce,
Oneida, Owyhee, Payette, Shoshone,
Twin Falls, and Washington Counties;
and Power County west of State
Highway 37 and State Highway 39.
Zone 4: Bear Lake County; Bingham
County within the Blackfoot Reservoir
drainage; and Caribou County, except
that portion within the Fort Hall Indian
Reservation.
Zone 5: Valley County.
White-Fronted Geese
Zone 1: All lands and waters within
the Fort Hall Indian Reservation,
including private in-holdings; Bannock
County; Bingham County except that
portion within the Blackfoot Reservoir
drainage; Caribou County within the
Fort Hall Indian Reservation; and Power
County east of State Highway 37 and
State Highway 39.
Zone 2: Bear Lake, Bonneville, Butte,
Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, and
Teton Counties; Bingham County within
the Blackfoot Reservoir drainage; and
Caribou County except within the Fort
Hall Indian Reservation.
Zone 3: Adams, Benewah, Blaine,
Bonner, Boundary, Camas, Clearwater,
Custer, Franklin, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah,
Lemhi, Lewis, Nez Perce, Oneida, and
Shoshone Counties; and Power County
west of State Highway 37 and State
Highway 39.
Zone 4: Ada, Boise, Canyon, Cassia,
Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln,
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Zone 5: Valley County.
Light Geese
Zone 1: All lands and waters within
the Fort Hall Indian Reservation,
including private in-holdings; Bannock
County; Bingham County east of the
west bank of the Snake River, west of
the McTucker boat ramp access road,
and east of the American Falls Reservoir
bluff, except that portion within the
Blackfoot Reservoir drainage; Caribou
County within the Fort Hall Indian
Reservation; and Power County below
the American Falls Reservoir bluff, and
within the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.
Zone 2: Franklin and Oneida
Counties; Bingham County west of the
west bank of the Snake River, east of the
McTucker boat ramp access road, and
west of the American Falls Reservoir
bluff; Power County, except below the
American Falls Reservoir bluff and
those lands and waters within the Fort
Hall Indian Reservation.
Zone 3: Ada, Boise, Canyon, Cassia,
Elmore, Gem, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln,
Minidoka, Owyhee, Payette, Twin Falls,
and Washington Counties.
Zone 4: Adams, Benewah, Blaine,
Bonner, Boundary, Camas, Clearwater,
Custer, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lemhi,
Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone
Counties.
Zone 5: Bear Lake, Bonneville, Butte,
Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison, and
Teton Counties; Bingham County within
the Blackfoot Reservoir drainage; and
Caribou County except within the Fort
Hall Indian Reservation.
Zone 6: Valley County.
Nevada
Same zones as for ducks.
New Mexico (Pacific Flyway Portion)
North Zone: The Pacific Flyway
portion of New Mexico located north of
I–40.
South Zone: The Pacific Flyway
portion of New Mexico located south of
I–40.
Oregon
Northwest Permit Zone: Benton,
Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Lane,
Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah,
Polk, Tillamook, Washington, and
Yamhill Counties.
Lower Columbia/N. Willamette Valley
Management Area: Those portions of
Clatsop, Columbia, Multnomah, and
Washington Counties within the
Northwest Special Permit Zone.
Tillamook County Management Area:
That portion of Tillamook County
beginning at the point where Old Woods
Road crosses the south shores of Horn
Creek, north on Old Woods Road to

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Sand Lake Road at Woods, north on
Sand Lake Road to the intersection with
McPhillips Drive, due west (∼200 yards)
from the intersection to the Pacific
coastline, south along the Pacific
coastline to a point due west of the
western end of Pacific Avenue in Pacific
City, east from this point (∼250 yards) to
Pacific Avenue, east on Pacific Avenue
to Brooten Road, south and then east on
Brooten Road to Highway 101, north on
Highway 101 to Resort Drive, north on
Resort Drive to a point due west of the
south shores of Horn Creek at its
confluence with the Nestucca River, due
east (∼80 yards) across the Nestucca
River to the south shores of Horn Creek,
east along the south shores of Horn
Creek to the point of beginning.
Southwest Zone: Those portions of
Douglas, Coos, and Curry Counties east
of Highway 101, and Josephine and
Jackson Counties.
South Coast Zone: Those portions of
Douglas, Coos, and Curry Counties west
of Highway 101.
Eastern Zone: Baker, Crook,
Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Hood River,
Jefferson, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla,
Union, Wallowa, Wasco, and Wheeler
Counties.
Klamath County Zone: Klamath
County.
Harney and Lake County Zone:
Harney and Lake Counties.
Malheur County Zone: Malheur
County.
Utah
East Box Elder County Zone:
Boundary begins at the intersection of
the eastern boundary of Public Shooting
Grounds Waterfowl Management Area
and SR–83 (Promontory Road); east
along SR–83 to I–15; south on I–15 to
the Perry access road; southwest along
this road to the Bear River Bird Refuge
boundary; west, north, and then east
along the refuge boundary until it
intersects the Public Shooting Grounds
Waterfowl Management Area boundary;
east and north along the Public Shooting
Grounds Waterfowl Management Area
boundary to SR–83.
Wasatch Front Zone: Boundary begins
at the Weber–Box Elder County line at
I–15; east along Weber County line to
U.S.–89; south on U.S.–89 to I–84; east
and south on I–84 to I–80; south on I–
80 to U.S.–189; south and west on U.S.–
189 to the Utah County line; southeast
and then west along this line to the
Tooele County line; north along the
Tooele County line to I–80; east on I–
80 to Exit 99; north from Exit 99 along
a direct line to the southern tip of
Promontory Point and Promontory
Road; east and north along this road to
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from Ogden Bay; east on this causeway
to the southwest corner of Great Salt
Lake Mineral Corporations (GSLMC)
west impoundment; north and east
along GSLMC’s west impoundment to
the northwest corner of the
impoundment; north from this point
along a direct line to the southern
boundary of Bear River Migratory Bird
Refuge; east along this southern
boundary to the Perry access road;
northeast along this road to I–15; south
along I–15 to the Weber–Box Elder
County line.
Southern Zone: boundary includes
Beaver, Carbon, Emery, Garfield, Grand,
Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, San
Juan, Sanpete, Sevier, Washington, and
Wayne Counties, and that part of Tooele
County south of I–80.
Northern Zone: The remainder of
Utah not included in the East Box Elder
County, Wasatch Front, and Southern
Zones.
Washington
Area 1: Skagit, Island, and Snohomish
Counties.
Area 2 Inland (Southwest Permit
Zone): Clark, Cowlitz, and Wahkiakum
Counties, and that portion of Grays
Harbor County east of Highway 101.
Area 2 Coastal (Southwest Permit
Zone): Pacific County and that portion
of Grays Harbor County west of
Highway 101.
Area 3: All areas west of the Pacific
Crest Trail and west of the Big White
Salmon River that are not included in
Areas 1, 2A, and 2B.
Area 4: Adams, Benton, Chelan,
Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Kittitas,
Lincoln, Okanogan, Spokane, and Walla
Walla Counties.
Area 5: All areas east of the Pacific
Crest Trail and east of the Big White
Salmon River that are not included in
Area 4.
Brant
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California
Northern Zone: Del Norte, Humboldt,
and Mendocino Counties.
Balance of State Zone: The remainder
of the State not included in the
Northern Zone.
Washington
Puget Sound Zone: Clallam, Skagit,
and Whatcom Counties.
Coastal Zone: Pacific County.
Swans
Central Flyway
South Dakota: Aurora, Beadle,
Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo,
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Hamlin, Hand, Hanson, Hughes, Hyde,
Jerauld, Kingsbury, Lake, Marshall,
McCook, McPherson, Miner,
Minnehaha, Moody, Potter, Roberts,
Sanborn, Spink, Sully, and Walworth
Counties.
Pacific Flyway
Montana (Pacific Flyway Portion)
Open Area: Cascade, Chouteau, Hill,
Liberty, and Toole Counties and those
portions of Pondera and Teton Counties
lying east of U.S. 287–89.

South Zone: The remainder of the
State.
Mississippi
North Zone: That portion of the State
north and west of a line extending west
from the Alabama State line along U.S.
Highway 84 to its junction with State
Highway 35, then south along State
Highway 35 to the Louisiana State line.
South Zone: The remainder of
Mississippi.

Utah
Open Area: Those portions of Box
Elder, Weber, Davis, Salt Lake, and
Toole Counties lying west of I–15, north
of I–80, and south of a line beginning
from the Forest Street exit to the Bear
River National Wildlife Refuge
boundary; then north and west along the
Bear River National Wildlife Refuge
boundary to the farthest west boundary
of the Refuge; then west along a line to
Promontory Road; then north on
Promontory Road to the intersection of
SR 83; then north on SR 83 to I–84; then
north and west on I–84 to State Hwy 30;
then west on State Hwy 30 to the
Nevada–Utah State line; then south on
the Nevada–Utah State line to I–80.

Texas
North Zone: That portion of the State
north of a line beginning at the
International Bridge south of Fort
Hancock; north along FM 1088 to TX 20;
west along TX 20 to TX 148; north along
TX 148 to I–10 at Fort Hancock; east
along I–10 to I–20; northeast along I–20
to I–30 at Fort Worth; northeast along I–
30 to the Texas–Arkansas State line.
Central Zone: That portion of the
State lying between the North and South
Zones.
South Zone: That portion of the State
south and west of a line beginning at the
International Bridge south of Del Rio,
proceeding east on U.S. 90 to State Loop
1604 west of San Antonio; then south,
east, and north along Loop 1604 to I–10
east of San Antonio; then east on I–10
to Orange, Texas.
Special White-winged Dove Area in
the South Zone: Same as the South
Zone.

Doves

Band-Tailed Pigeons

Alabama
South Zone: Baldwin, Barbour,
Coffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia,
Geneva, Henry, Houston, and Mobile
Counties.
North Zone: Remainder of the State.

California
North Zone: Alpine, Butte, Del Norte,
Glenn, Humboldt, Lassen, Mendocino,
Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra,
Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties.
South Zone: The remainder of the
State not included in the North Zone.

Nevada
Open Area: Churchill, Lyon, and
Pershing Counties.

Florida
Northwest Zone: The Counties of Bay,
Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden,
Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty,
Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton,
Washington, Leon (except that portion
north of U.S. 27 and east of State Road
155), Jefferson (south of U.S. 27, west of
State Road 59 and north of U.S. 98), and
Wakulla (except that portion south of
U.S. 98 and east of the St. Marks River).
South Zone: The remainder of the
State.
Louisiana
North Zone: That portion of the State
north of a line extending east from the
Texas border along State Highway 12 to
U.S. Highway 190, east along U.S. 190
to Interstate Highway 12, east along
Interstate Highway 12 to Interstate
Highway 10, then east along Interstate
Highway 10 to the Mississippi border.

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North Zone: North of a line following
U.S. 60 from the Arizona State line east
to I–25 at Socorro and then south along
I–25 from Socorro to the Texas State
line.
South Zone: The remainder of the
State not included in the North Zone.
Washington
Western Washington: The State of
Washington excluding those portions
lying east of the Pacific Crest Trail and
east of the Big White Salmon River in
Klickitat County.
Woodcock
New Jersey
North Zone: That portion of the State
north of NJ 70.
South Zone: The remainder of the
State.

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Sandhill Cranes
Mississippi Flyway
Minnesota
Northwest Zone: That portion of the
State encompassed by a line extending
east from the North Dakota border along
U.S. Highway 2 to State Trunk Highway
(STH) 32, north along STH 32 to STH
92, east along STH 92 to County State
Aid Highway (CSAH) 2 in Polk County,
north along CSAH 2 to CSAH 27 in
Pennington County, north along CSAH
27 to STH 1, east along STH 1 to CSAH
28 in Pennington County, north along
CSAH 28 to CSAH 54 in Marshall
County, north along CSAH 54 to CSAH
9 in Roseau County, north along CSAH
9 to STH 11, west along STH 11 to STH
310, and north along STH 310 to the
Manitoba border.
Tennessee
Southeast Crane Zone: That portion of
the State south of Interstate 40 and east
of State Highway 56.
Remainder of State: That portion of
Tennessee outside of the Southeast
Crane Zone.
Central Flyway
Colorado
Open Area: The Central Flyway
portion of the State except the San Luis
Valley (Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla,
Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, and
Saguache Counties east of the
Continental Divide) and North Park
(Jackson County).
Kansas
Open Area: That portion of the State
west of a line beginning at the
Oklahoma border, north on I–35 to
Wichita, north on I–135 to Salina, and
north on U.S. 81 to the Nebraska border.
Montana
Regular Season Open Area: The
Central Flyway portion of the State
except for that area south and west of
Interstate 90, which is closed to sandhill
crane hunting.
Special Season Open Area: Carbon
County.
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Regular-Season Open Area: Chaves,
Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Quay, and
Roosevelt Counties.
Special Season Open Areas
Middle Rio Grande Valley Area: The
Central Flyway portion of New Mexico
in Socorro and Valencia Counties.
Estancia Valley Area: Those portions
of Santa Fe, Torrance, and Bernallilo
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west by New Mexico Highway 55
beginning at Mountainair north to NM
337, north to NM 14, north to I–25; on
the north by I–25 east to U.S. 285; on
the east by U.S. 285 south to U.S. 60;
and on the south by U.S. 60 from U.S.
285 west to NM 55 in Mountainair.
Southwest Zone: Area bounded on the
south by the New Mexico–Mexico
border; on the west by the New Mexico–
Arizona border north to Interstate 10; on
the north by Interstate 10 east to U.S.
180, north to NM 26, east to NM 27,
north to NM 152, and east to Interstate
25; on the east by Interstate 25 south to
Interstate 10, west to the Luna County
line, and south to the New Mexico–
Mexico border.
North Dakota
Area 1: That portion of the State west
of U.S. 281.
Area 2: That portion of the State east
of U.S. 281.
Oklahoma
Open Area: That portion of the State
west of I–35.
South Dakota
Open Area: That portion of the State
west of U.S. 281.
Texas
Zone A: That portion of Texas lying
west of a line beginning at the
international toll bridge at Laredo, then
northeast along U.S. Highway 81 to its
junction with Interstate Highway 35 in
Laredo, then north along Interstate
Highway 35 to its junction with
Interstate Highway 10 in San Antonio,
then northwest along Interstate Highway
10 to its junction with U.S. Highway 83
at Junction, then north along U.S.
Highway 83 to its junction with U.S.
Highway 62, 16 miles north of
Childress, then east along U.S. Highway
62 to the Texas–Oklahoma State line.
Zone B: That portion of Texas lying
within boundaries beginning at the
junction of U.S. Highway 81 and the
Texas–Oklahoma State line, then
southeast along U.S. Highway 81 to its
junction with U.S. Highway 287 in
Montague County, then southeast along
U.S. Highway 287 to its junction with
Interstate Highway 35W in Fort Worth,
then southwest along Interstate
Highway 35 to its junction with
Interstate Highway 10 in San Antonio,
then northwest along Interstate Highway
10 to its junction with U.S. Highway 83
in the town of Junction, then north
along U.S. Highway 83 to its junction
with U.S. Highway 62, 16 miles north of
Childress, then east along U.S. Highway
62 to the Texas–Oklahoma State line,
then south along the Texas–Oklahoma

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State line to the south bank of the Red
River, then eastward along the
vegetation line on the south bank of the
Red River to U.S. Highway 81.
Zone C: The remainder of the State,
except for the closed areas.
Closed areas:
A. That portion of the State lying east
and north of a line beginning at the
junction of U.S. Highway 81 and the
Texas–Oklahoma State line, then
southeast along U.S. Highway 81 to its
junction with U.S. Highway 287 in
Montague County, then southeast along
U.S. Highway 287 to its junction with I–
35W in Fort Worth, then southwest
along I–35 to its junction with U.S.
Highway 290 East in Austin, then east
along U.S. Highway 290 to its junction
with Interstate Loop 610 in Harris
County, then south and east along
Interstate Loop 610 to its junction with
Interstate Highway 45 in Houston, then
south on Interstate Highway 45 to State
Highway 342, then to the shore of the
Gulf of Mexico, and then north and east
along the shore of the Gulf of Mexico to
the Texas–Louisiana State line.
B. That portion of the State lying
within the boundaries of a line
beginning at the Kleberg–Nueces County
line and the shore of the Gulf of Mexico,
then west along the County line to Park
Road 22 in Nueces County, then north
and west along Park Road 22 to its
junction with State Highway 358 in
Corpus Christi, then west and north
along State Highway 358 to its junction
with State Highway 286, then north
along State Highway 286 to its junction
with Interstate Highway 37, then east
along Interstate Highway 37 to its
junction with U.S. Highway 181, then
north and west along U.S. Highway 181
to its junction with U.S. Highway 77 in
Sinton, then north and east along U.S.
Highway 77 to its junction with U.S.
Highway 87 in Victoria, then south and
east along U.S. Highway 87 to its
junction with State Highway 35 at Port
Lavaca, then north and east along State
Highway 35 to the south end of the
Lavaca Bay Causeway, then south and
east along the shore of Lavaca Bay to its
junction with the Port Lavaca Ship
Channel, then south and east along the
Lavaca Bay Ship Channel to the Gulf of
Mexico, and then south and west along
the shore of the Gulf of Mexico to the
Kleberg–Nueces County line.
Wyoming
Regular Season Open Area: Campbell,
Converse, Crook, Goshen, Laramie,
Niobrara, Platte, and Weston Counties.
Special Season Open Areas
Riverton–Boysen Unit: Portions of
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Big Horn, Hot Springs, Park, and
Washakie County Unit: All of Big Horn,
Hot Springs, Park, and Washakie
Counties.
Johnson, Natrona, and Sheridan
County Unit: All of Johnson, Natrona,
and Sheridan Counties.
Pacific Flyway
Arizona
Zone 1: Beginning at the junction of
the New Mexico State line and U.S.
Hwy 80; south along the State line to the
U.S.–Mexico border; west along the
border to the San Pedro River; north
along the San Pedro River to the
junction with Arizona Hwy 77;
northerly along Arizona Hwy 77 to the
Gila River; northeast along the Gila
River to the San Carlos Indian
Reservation boundary; south then east
and north along the reservation
boundary to U.S. Hwy 70; southeast on
U.S. Hwy 70 to U.S. Hwy 191; south on
U.S. Hwy 191 to the 352 exit on I–10;
east on I–10 to Bowie-Apache Pass
Road; southerly on the Bowie-Apache
Pass Road to Arizona Hwy 186;
southeasterly on Arizona Hwy 186 to
Arizona Hwy 181; south on Arizona
Hwy 181 to the West Turkey CreekKuykendall cutoff road; southerly on the
Kuykendall cutoff road to Rucker
Canyon Road; easterly on Rucker
Canyon Road to the Tex Canyon Road;
southerly on Tex Canyon Road to U.S.
Hwy 80; northeast on U.S. Hwy 80 to
the New Mexico State line.
Zone 2: Beginning at I–10 and the
New Mexico State line; north along the
State line to Arizona Hwy 78; southwest
on Arizona Hwy 78 to U.S. Hwy 191;
northwest on U.S. Hwy 191 to Clifton;
westerly on the Lower Eagle Creek Road
(Pump Station Road) to Eagle Creek;
northerly along Eagle Creek to the San
Carlos Indian Reservation boundary;
southerly and west along the reservation
boundary to U.S. Hwy 70; southeast on
U.S. Hwy 70 to U.S. Hwy 191; south on
U.S. Hwy 191 to I–10; easterly on I–10
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Idaho
Area 1: All of Bear Lake County and
all of Caribou County except that
portion lying within the Grays Lake
Basin.
Area 2: All of Teton County except
that portion lying west of State Highway
33 and south of Packsaddle Road (West
400 North) and north of the North
Cedron Road (West 600 South) and east
of the west bank of the Teton River.
Area 3: All of Fremont County except
the Chester Wetlands Wildlife
Management Area.
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Area 5: All of Bannock County east of
Interstate 15 and south of U.S. Highway
30; and all of Franklin County.
Area 6: That portion of Oneida
County within the boundary beginning
at the intersection of the Idaho–Utah
border and Old Highway 191, then
north on Old Highway 191 to 1500 S,
then west on 1500 S to Highway 38,
then west on Highway 38 to 5400 W,
then south on 5400 W to Pocatello
Valley Road, then west and south on
Pocatello Valley Road to 10000 W, then
south on 10000 W to the Idaho–Utah
border, then east along the Idaho–Utah
border to the beginning point.
Montana
Zone 1 (Warm Springs Portion of Deer
Lodge County): Those portions of Deer
Lodge County lying within the
following described boundary:
Beginning at the intersection of I–90 and
Highway 273, then westerly along
Highway 273 to the junction of Highway
1, then southeast along said highway to
Highway 275 at Opportunity, then east
along said highway to East Side County
road, then north along said road to
Perkins Lane, then west on said lane to
I–90, then north on said interstate to the
junction of Highway 273, the point of
beginning. Except for sections 13 and
24, T5N, R10W; and Warm Springs
Pond number 3.
Zone 2 (Ovando–Helmville Area):
That portion of the Pacific Flyway,
located in Powell County lying within
the following described boundary:
Beginning at the junction of State
Routes 141 and 200, then west along
Route 200 to its intersection with the
Blackfoot River at Russell Gates Fishing
Access Site (Powell–Missoula County
line), then southeast along said river to
its intersection with the Ovando–
Helmville Road (County Road 104) at
Cedar Meadows Fishing Access Site,
then south and east along said road to
its junction with State Route 141, then
north along said route to its junction
with State Route 200, the point of
beginning.
Zone 3 (Dillon/Twin Bridges/Cardwell
Areas): Beaverhead, Gallatin, Jefferson,
and Madison Counties.
Zone 4 (Broadwater County):
Broadwater County.
Utah
Cache County: Cache County.
East Box Elder County: That portion
of Box Elder County beginning on the
Utah–Idaho State line at the Box Elder–
Cache County line; west on the State
line to the Pocatello Valley County
Road; south on the Pocatello Valley
County Road to I–15; southeast on I–15
to SR–83; south on SR–83 to Lamp

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Junction; west and south on the
Promontory Point County Road to the
tip of Promontory Point; south from
Promontory Point to the Box Elder–
Weber County line; east on the Box
Elder–Weber County line to the Box
Elder–Cache County line; north on the
Box Elder–Cache County line to the
Utah–Idaho State line.
Rich County: Rich County.
Uintah County: Uintah County.
Wyoming
Area 1 (Bear River): All of the Bear
River and Ham’s Fork River drainages in
Lincoln County.
Area 2 (Salt River Area): All of the
Salt River drainage in Lincoln County
south of the McCoy Creek Road.
Area 3 (Eden Valley Area): All lands
within the Bureau of Reclamation’s
Eden Project in Sweetwater County.
Area 5 (Uintah County Area): Uinta
County.
All Migratory Game Birds in Alaska
North Zone: State Game Management
Units 11–13 and 17–26.
Gulf Coast Zone: State Game
Management Units 5–7, 9, 14–16, and
10 (Unimak Island only).
Southeast Zone: State Game
Management Units 1–4.
Pribilof and Aleutian Islands Zone:
State Game Management Unit 10 (except
Unimak Island).
Kodiak Zone: State Game
Management Unit 8.
All Migratory Game Birds in the Virgin
Islands
Ruth Cay Closure Area: The island of
Ruth Cay, just south of St. Croix.
All Migratory Game Birds in Puerto
Rico
Municipality of Culebra Closure Area:
All of the municipality of Culebra.
Desecheo Island Closure Area: All of
Desecheo Island.
Mona Island Closure Area: All of
Mona Island.
El Verde Closure Area: Those areas of
the municipalities of Rio Grande and
Loiza delineated as follows: (1) All
lands between Routes 956 on the west
and 186 on the east, from Route 3 on the
north to the juncture of Routes 956 and
186 (Km 13.2) in the south; (2) all lands
between Routes 186 and 966 from the
juncture of 186 and 966 on the north, to
the Caribbean National Forest Boundary
on the south; (3) all lands lying west of
Route 186 for 1 kilometer from the
juncture of Routes 186 and 956 south to
Km 6 on Route 186; (4) all lands within
Km 14 and Km 6 on the west and the
Caribbean National Forest Boundary on
the east; and (5) all lands within the

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Caribbean National Forest Boundary
whether private or public.
Cidra Municipality and adjacent
areas: All of Cidra Municipality and
portions of Aguas Buenas, Caguas,
Cayey, and Comerio Municipalities as
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it leaves the municipality of Cidra on
the west edge, north to Highway 156,
east on Highway 156 to Highway 1,
south on Highway 1 to Highway 765,
south on Highway 765 to Highway 763,
south on Highway 763 to the Rio
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Highway 1, southwest on Highway 1 to
Highway 14, west on Highway 14 to
Highway 729, north on Highway 729 to
Cidra Municipality boundary to the
point of the beginning.
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