Waterfowl
Find information here about hunting ducks, geese, and coots.
| Season | Dates | Hours | Limits/Notes |
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| Light Goose Conservation Order |
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One-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset |
None Hunting is limited to snow geese, blue geese, and Ross's geese. |
| Teal: Hunting | - | Sunrise to sunset |
Daily bag limit: 6 Possession limit: 18 Limits are a combined total of all teal species. You may hunt blue-winged teal, green-winged teal, and cinnamon teal. Northern shoveler, northern pintail, and wood ducks have similarly colored plumage but are illegal to hunt during this season. |
| Early Canada Goose and Brant: Hunting | - | One-half hour before sunrise to sunset |
Daily limit: 3 Daily and possession limits are brant and Canada geese combined. |
| Ducks, Coots, and Geese Hunting: Youth: Middle Zone | - | One-half hour before sunrise to sunset |
Ducks: Daily limit of 6 with species restrictions below, possession limit of 18 Coots: Daily limit of 15, possession limit of 45. See the zone boundary map for areas in the middle zone. Requirements: Any person 15 years of age or younger may participate in youth waterfowl hunting days without permit provided they are in the immediate presence of an adult 18 years of age or older. If the youth hunter is not certified in hunter education, the adult must have the required permits and have in his or her possession proof of hunter education unless exempt. The adult may not hunt ducks but may participate in other seasons that are open on youth hunting days. |
| Ducks, Coots, and Geese Hunting: Youth: North Zone | - | One-half hour before sunrise to sunset |
Ducks: Daily limit of 6 with species restrictions below, possession limit of 18 Coots: Daily limit of 15, possession limit of 45. See the zone boundary map for areas in the north zone. Requirements: Any person 15 years of age or younger may participate in youth waterfowl hunting days without permit provided they are in the immediate presence of an adult 18 years of age or older. If the youth hunter is not certified in hunter education, the adult must have the required permits and have in his or her possession proof of hunter education unless exempt. The adult may not hunt ducks but may participate in other seasons that are open on youth hunting days. |
| Ducks and Coots Hunting: Middle Zone |
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One-half hour before sunrise to sunset |
Ducks: Daily limit of 6 with species restrictions below, possession limit of 18 Coots: Daily limit of 15, possession limit of 45. |
| Ducks and Coots Hunting: North Zone | - | One-half hour before sunrise to sunset |
Ducks: Daily limit of 6 with species restrictions below, possession limit of 18 Coots: Daily limit of 15, possession limit of 45. |
| Goose (Canada, Brant, White-Fronted, Snow, Ross's): Hunting | - | One-half hour before sunrise to sunset |
Canada geese and brant Daily limit: 3 Combined total of both species White-fronted geese Daily limit: 2 Light geese Daily limit: 20 Combined snow, blue, and Ross's geese. |
| Ducks, Coots, and Geese Hunting: Youth: South Zone | - | One-half hour before sunrise to sunset |
Ducks: Daily limit of 6 with species restrictions below, possession limit of 18 Coots: Daily limit of 15, possession limit of 45. See the zone boundary map for areas in the south zone. Requirements: Any person 15 years of age or younger may participate in youth waterfowl hunting days without permit provided they are in the immediate presence of an adult 18 years of age or older. If the youth hunter is not certified in hunter education, the adult must have the required permits and have in his or her possession proof of hunter education unless exempt. The adult may not hunt ducks but may participate in other seasons that are open on youth hunting days. |
| Ducks and Coots Hunting: South Zone |
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One-half hour before sunrise to sunset |
Ducks: Daily limit of 6 with species restrictions below, possession limit of 18 Coots: Daily limit of 15, possession limit of 45. |
| Ducks, Coots, and Mergansers: Falconry | - | Sunrise to sunset during the September teal season, one-half hour before sunrise to sunset during the remaining seasons. |
Daily limit: 3 birds, combined total of doves, ducks, and coots. Season is also open during the regular duck-hunting seasons, including teal and youth waterfowl seasons. |