On September 9-10, waterfowl hunters age 17 and younger, when accompanied by a non-hunting adult (age 18 and older) may take ducks, geese, mergansers, coots and moorhens from ½ hour before sunrise to sunset.
Early Teal
Zone
Dates
Statewide
Sept. 2-6
Harvest of Blue-winged, Green-winged and Cinnamon teal allowed.
Early-season teal hunters may not hunt within one-half mile of posted wild rice beds open to harvest within the boundaries of the Leech Lake Reservation during the early teal season.
Ducks, coots, mergansers
Zone
Dates
North
Sept. 23 - Nov. 21
Central
Sept. 23-Oct. 1; Oct. 7-Nov. 26
South
Sept. 23-Oct. 1; Oct. 7-Nov. 26
Geese
Zone
Dates
Early goose (statewide)
Sept. 2-17
North
Sept. 23-Dec. 23
Central
Sept. 23-Oct. 1; Oct. 7-Dec. 28
South
Sept. 23-Oct. 1; Oct. 7-Dec. 28
Daily limits
Early Teal
Species
Limit
Blue-winged, Green-winged, Cinnamon
6 combined
Ducks
Species
Limit
Mallard
4 (2 hens)
Wood duck
3
Redhead
2
Canvasback
2
Black duck
2
Pintail
1
All others
6
Scaup
Dates
Limit
Zone opening day - Oct. 13
1
Oct. 13 - Zone closing day
2
Coots & moorhen (gallinule)
Species
Limit
Coots & moorhen (gallinule)
15
Mergansers
Species
Limit
Mergansers
5 (no more than 2 of which may be hooded mergansers)
