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