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Waterfowl Seasons

2022-2023 WATERFOWL HUNTING

Dove

Season: Sept. 1–Nov. 29, 2022

Limits:

  • Mourning doves, white-winged doves, and Eurasian collared-doves count toward daily and possession limits.
  • The daily bag limit is 15 doves, combined total of all three species.
  • The possession limit is 45 doves, combined total of all three species.

Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset


Rail, Snipe, and Woodcock

Season:

  • Sora and Virginia Rails: Sept. 1–Nov. 9, 2022
  • Wilson’s (Common) Snipe: Sept. 1–Dec. 16, 2022
  • American Woodcock: Oct. 15–Nov. 28, 2022

Limits:

  • Sora and Virginia Rails: 25 daily (combined total of both species)
  • Wilson’s (Common) Snipe: Eight daily
  • American Woodcock: Three daily
  • Possession limits are three times the daily bag limits for rails, snipe, and woodcock.

Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset


Teal

Season: Sept. 10–25, 2022

Limits:

  • Blue-winged teal, green-winged teal, and cinnamon teal count toward daily and possession limits.
  • The daily bag limit is six teal, combined total of all three species.
  • The possession limit is 18 teal, combined total of all three species.

Hours: Sunrise to sunset

Youth Waterfowl Hunting Days

Season:

To participate, you must be age 15 or younger. An adult 18 years or older must accompany you. Adults may not hunt ducks during Youth Waterfowl Hunting Days, but they may participate in other open seasons.

  • North Zone: Oct. 22–23, 2022
  • Middle Zone: Oct. 22–23, 2022
  • South Zone: Nov. 19–20, 2022

Limits:

Six ducks daily with species restrictions of:

  • Four mallards (no more than two hens)
  • Three wood ducks
  • Two black ducks
  • Two canvasbacks
  • Two hooded mergansers
  • Two redheads
  • Two scaup (greater and lesser combined)
  • One mottled duck
  • One pintail

15 coots daily

20 light geese daily (snow, blue, and Ross’s geese)

Three Canada geese and brant daily (combined total of both species)

Two white-fronted geese daily

Possession limits are three times the daily bag limits for ducks, coots, Canada geese, brant, and white-fronted geese. Light geese have no possession limit.

    Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset


    Duck and Coot

    Season:

    • North Zone: Oct. 29–Dec. 27, 2022
    • Middle Zone: Nov. 5–13, 2022, and Nov. 19, 2022–Jan. 8, 2023
    • South Zone: Nov. 24–27, 2022, and Dec. 7, 2022– Jan. 31, 2023

    Bag Limit:

    Six ducks daily with species restrictions of:

    • Four mallards (no more than two hens)
    • Three wood ducks
    • Two black ducks
    • Two canvasbacks
    • Two hooded mergansers
    • Two redheads
    • Two scaup (greater and lesser combined) for first 45 days; one scaup for last 15 days (see below)
    • One mottled duck
    • One pintail

    15 coots daily

    Possession limits are three times the daily bag limits for ducks and coots.

    Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset


    Goose

    Season:

    • Early Season (Canada geese and brant only): Oct. 1–9, 2022
    • Regular Season (all legal species): Nov. 11, 2022– Feb. 6, 2023

    Limits:

    • 20 light geese (snow, blue, and Ross’s geese)
    • Three Canada geese and brant (combined total of both species)
    • Two white-fronted geese
    • Possession limits are three times the daily bag limits for Canada geese, brant, and white-fronted geese. Light geese have no possession limit.

    Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset

    White-Fronted Geese

    Season: November 11, 2022 to February 6, 2023

    Limits: 2 daily and 6 in possession

    Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to sunset

    Light Goose Conservation Order

    Season: Feb. 7–April 30, 2023

      Limits: During the Conservation Order there is no daily bag or possession limit for light geese (snow, blue, and Ross’s geese).

      Hours: One-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset


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