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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Parts 32 and 71
[Docket No. FWS–HQ–NWRS–2021–0027;
FXRS12610900000–212–FF09R20000]
RIN 1018–BF09
2021–2022 Station-Specific Hunting
and Sport Fishing Regulations
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), propose to
open, for the first time, seven National
Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) that are
currently closed to hunting and sport
fishing. In addition, we propose to open
or expand hunting and sport fishing at
83 other NWRs, and add pertinent
station-specific regulations for other
NWRs that pertain to migratory game
bird hunting, upland game hunting, big
game hunting, and sport fishing for the
2021–2022 season. We also propose to
open hunting or sport fishing on one
unit of the National Fish Hatchery
System (NFH). We propose to add
pertinent station-specific regulations
that pertain to migratory game bird
hunting, upland game hunting, big game
hunting, and sport fishing at this NFH
for the 2021–2022 season. Finally, we
propose to make regulatory changes to
existing station-specific regulations in
order to reduce the regulatory burden on
the public, increase access for hunters
and anglers on Service lands and
waters, and comply with a Presidential
mandate for plain language standards.
DATES:
Written comments: We will accept
comments received or postmarked on or
before July 6, 2021.
Information collection requirements:
If you wish to comment on the
information collection requirements in
this proposed rule, please send your
comments and suggestions on this
information collection by July 6, 2021.
ADDRESSES:
Written comments: You may submit
comments by one of the following
methods:
• Electronically: Go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. In the Search box,
type in FWS–HQ–NWRS–2021–0027,
which is the docket number for this
rulemaking. Then, click on the Search
button. On the resulting screen, find the
correct document and submit a
comment by clicking on ‘‘Comment
Now!’’
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• By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail
or hand delivery: Public Comments
Processing, Attn: FWS–HQ–NWRS–
2021–0027; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service; 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: PRB
(JAO/3W); Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803.
We will not accept email or faxes. We
will post all comments on http://
www.regulations.gov. This generally
means that we will post any personal
information you provide us (see Request
for Comments, below, for more
information).
Information collection requirements:
Send your comments and suggestions
on the information collection
requirements to the Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg
Pike, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), Falls Church,
VA 22041–3803 (mail); or Info_Coll@
fws.gov (email). Please reference OMB
Control Number 1018–0140 in the
subject line of your comments.
Supporting documents: For
information on a specific refuge’s or
hatchery’s public use program and the
conditions that apply to it, contact the
respective regional office at the address
or phone number given in Available
Information for Specific Stations under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christian Myers, (571) 422–3595.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
668dd–668ee), as amended
(Administration Act), closes NWRs in
all States except Alaska to all uses until
opened. The Secretary of the Interior
(Secretary) may open refuge areas to any
use, including hunting and/or sport
fishing, upon a determination that the
use is compatible with the purposes of
the refuge and National Wildlife Refuge
System mission. The action also must be
in accordance with provisions of all
laws applicable to the areas, developed
in coordination with the appropriate
State fish and wildlife agency(ies),
consistent with the principles of sound
fish and wildlife management and
administration, and otherwise in the
public interest. These requirements
ensure that we maintain the biological
integrity, diversity, and environmental
health of the Refuge System for the
benefit of present and future generations
of Americans.
We annually review hunting and
sport fishing programs to determine
whether to include additional stations
or whether individual station
regulations governing existing programs
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need modifications. Changing
environmental conditions, State and
Federal regulations, and other factors
affecting fish and wildlife populations
and habitat may warrant modifications
to station-specific regulations to ensure
the continued compatibility of hunting
and sport fishing programs and to
ensure that these programs will not
materially interfere with or detract from
the fulfillment of station purposes or the
Service’s mission.
Provisions governing hunting and
sport fishing on refuges are in title 50 of
the Code of Federal Regulations at part
32 (50 CFR part 32), and on hatcheries
at part 71 (50 CFR part 71). We regulate
hunting and sport fishing to:
• Ensure compatibility with refuge
and hatchery purpose(s);
• Properly manage fish and wildlife
resource(s);
• Protect other values;
• Ensure visitor safety; and
• Provide opportunities for fish- and
wildlife-dependent recreation.
On many stations where we decide to
allow hunting and sport fishing, our
general policy of adopting regulations
identical to State hunting and sport
fishing regulations is adequate in
meeting these objectives. On other
stations, we must supplement State
regulations with more-restrictive
Federal regulations to ensure that we
meet our management responsibilities,
as outlined under Statutory Authority,
below. We issue station-specific hunting
and sport fishing regulations when we
open wildlife refuges and fish
hatcheries to migratory game bird
hunting, upland game hunting, big game
hunting, or sport fishing. These
regulations may list the wildlife species
that you may hunt or fish; seasons; bag
or creel (container for carrying fish)
limits; methods of hunting or sport
fishing; descriptions of areas open to
hunting or sport fishing; and other
provisions as appropriate.
Statutory Authority
The Administration Act, as amended
by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997 (Improvement
Act; Pub. L. 105–57), governs the
administration and public use of
refuges, and the Refuge Recreation Act
of 1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k–460k–4)
(Recreation Act) governs the
administration and public use of refuges
and hatcheries.
Amendments enacted by the
Improvement Act were built upon the
Administration Act in a manner that
provides an ‘‘organic act’’ for the Refuge
System, similar to organic acts that exist
for other public Federal lands. The
Improvement Act serves to ensure that
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we effectively manage the Refuge
System as a national network of lands,
waters, and interests for the protection
and conservation of our Nation’s
wildlife resources. The Administration
Act states first and foremost that we
focus our Refuge System mission on
conservation of fish, wildlife, and plant
resources and their habitats. The
Improvement Act requires the Secretary,
before allowing a new use of a refuge,
or before expanding, renewing, or
extending an existing use of a refuge, to
determine that the use is compatible
with the purpose for which the refuge
was established and the mission of the
Refuge System. The Improvement Act
established as the policy of the United
States that wildlife-dependent
recreation, when compatible, is a
legitimate and appropriate public use of
the Refuge System, through which the
American public can develop an
appreciation for fish and wildlife. The
Improvement Act established six
wildlife-dependent recreational uses as
the priority general public uses of the
Refuge System. These uses are hunting,
fishing, wildlife observation and
photography, and environmental
education and interpretation.
The Recreation Act authorizes the
Secretary to administer areas within the
Refuge System and Hatchery System for
public recreation as an appropriate
incidental or secondary use only to the
extent that doing so is practicable and
not inconsistent with the primary
purpose(s) for which Congress and the
Service established the areas. The
Recreation Act requires that any
recreational use of refuge or hatchery
lands be compatible with the primary
purpose(s) for which we established the
refuge and not inconsistent with other
previously authorized operations.
The Administration Act and
Recreation Act also authorize the
Secretary to issue regulations to carry
out the purposes of the Acts and
regulate uses.
We develop specific management
plans for each refuge prior to opening it
to hunting or sport fishing. In many
cases, we develop station-specific
regulations to ensure the compatibility
of the programs with the purpose(s) for
which we established the refuge or
hatchery and the Refuge and Hatchery
System mission. We ensure initial
compliance with the Administration Act
and the Recreation Act for hunting and
sport fishing on newly acquired land
through an interim determination of
compatibility made at or near the time
of acquisition. These regulations ensure
that we make the determinations
required by these acts prior to adding
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refuges to the lists of areas open to
hunting and sport fishing in 50 CFR
parts 32 and 71. We ensure continued
compliance by the development of
comprehensive conservation plans and
step-down management plans, and by
annual review of hunting and sport
fishing programs and regulations.
Proposed Amendments to Existing
Regulations
Updates to Hunting and Fishing
Opportunities on NWRs and NFHs
This document proposes to codify in
the Code of Federal Regulations all of
the Service’s hunting and/or sport
fishing regulations that we would
update since the last time we published
a rule amending these regulations (85
FR 54076; August 31, 2020) and that are
applicable at Refuge System and
Hatchery System units previously
opened to hunting and/or sport fishing.
We propose this to better inform the
general public of the regulations at each
station, to increase understanding and
compliance with these regulations, and
to make enforcement of these
regulations more efficient. In addition to
now finding these regulations in 50 CFR
parts 32 and 71, visitors to our refuges
and hatcheries may find them reiterated
in literature distributed by each station
or posted on signs.
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TABLE 1—PROPOSED CHANGES FOR 2021–2022 HUNTING/SPORT FISHING SEASON
Station
State
Migratory bird
hunting
Upland game
hunting
Big game
hunting
Audubon NWR ................................
Bald Knob NWR .............................
Bayou Sauvage NWR ....................
Bayou Teche NWR .........................
Big Branch Marsh NWR .................
Big Lake NWR ................................
Bill Williams River NWR .................
Bogue Chitto NWR .........................
Bond Swamp NWR ........................
Brazoria NWR .................................
Cache River NWR ..........................
Caddo Lake NWR ..........................
Camas NWR ...................................
Cape May NWR .............................
Cat Island NWR ..............................
Charles M. Russell NWR ...............
Cherry Valley NWR ........................
Choctaw NWR ................................
Crab Orchard NWR ........................
Cypress Creek NWR ......................
Dale Bumpers White River NWR ...
Delta NWR ......................................
Desert NWR ...................................
Don Edwards NWR ........................
Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR .....
Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck
NWR.
Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin NWR
Everglades Headwaters NWR ........
Featherstone NWR .........................
Felsenthal NWR .............................
Fisherman Island NWR ..................
North Dakota ..................................
Arkansas ........................................
Louisiana ........................................
Louisiana ........................................
Louisiana ........................................
Arkansas ........................................
Arizona ...........................................
Louisiana & Mississippi ..................
Georgia ..........................................
Texas .............................................
Arkansas ........................................
Texas .............................................
Idaho ..............................................
New Jersey ....................................
Louisiana ........................................
Montana .........................................
Pennsylvania ..................................
Alabama .........................................
Illinois .............................................
Illinois .............................................
Arkansas ........................................
Louisiana ........................................
Nevada ...........................................
California ........................................
Virginia ...........................................
Virginia ...........................................
Closed .............
O/E .................
O/E .................
O/E .................
O/E .................
Closed .............
E .....................
O/E .................
E .....................
O .....................
O/E .................
Closed ............
O .....................
O/E .................
O/E .................
Already Open ..
E .....................
O .....................
Already Open ..
E .....................
O .....................
O/E .................
O .....................
E .....................
O .....................
Closed ............
Already Open ..
O/E .................
O .....................
O/E .................
O/E .................
O .....................
O/E .................
O/E .................
E .....................
Closed .............
O .....................
O .....................
Already Open ..
O/E .................
O/E .................
Already Open ..
O/E .................
O/E .................
Already Open ..
E .....................
Already Open ..
O/E .................
O .....................
Closed ............
O .....................
Closed ............
E .....................
Already Open ..
O .....................
E .....................
O/E .................
O/E .................
O/E .................
E .....................
E .....................
Closed ............
E .....................
Already Open ..
O .....................
E .....................
E .....................
O .....................
E .....................
E .....................
Already Open ..
E .....................
Already Open ..
O/E .................
Already Open ..
Closed .............
O/E .................
E .....................
Already
Already
E.
Already
E.
Already
Already
Already
Already
E.
Already
Closed.
Closed.
E.
Already
Already
Already
Already
E.
E.
Already
Already
Closed.
Already
O.
O.
South Carolina ...............................
Florida ............................................
Virginia ...........................................
Arkansas ........................................
Virginia ...........................................
Already Open ..
E .....................
N .....................
O/E .................
N .....................
Closed ............
E .....................
Closed ............
E .....................
Closed ............
O .....................
E .....................
Closed ............
E .....................
Closed ............
Already Open.
Already Open.
N.
Already Open.
Closed.
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Sport fishing
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
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TABLE 1—PROPOSED CHANGES FOR 2021–2022 HUNTING/SPORT FISHING SEASON—Continued
Station
State
Migratory bird
hunting
Upland game
hunting
Big game
hunting
Florida Panther NWR .....................
Franklin Island NWR ......................
Grand Bay NWR .............................
Great Dismal Swamp NWR ............
Great River NWR ...........................
Great Swamp NWR ........................
Green Lake NFH ............................
Hackmatack NWR ..........................
Harbor Island NWR ........................
Harris Neck NWR ...........................
Havasu NWR ..................................
Holla Bend NWR ............................
J. Clark Salyer NWR ......................
James River NWR ..........................
Julia Butler Hansen Refuge ...........
Kern NWR ......................................
Kootenai NWR ................................
Lacreek NWR .................................
Lake Alice NWR .............................
Las Vegas NWR .............................
Loess Bluffs NWR ..........................
Mackay Island NWR .......................
Malheur NWR .................................
Mandalay NWR ..............................
Middle Mississippi River NWR .......
Minnesota Valley NWR ..................
Missisquoi NWR .............................
Moosehorn NWR ............................
Muleshoe NWR ..............................
National Elk Refuge ........................
Neal Smith NWR ............................
Necedah NWR ................................
Neches River NWR ........................
Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR .....
Occoquan Bay NWR ......................
Ohio River Islands NWR ................
Florida ............................................
Maine .............................................
Alabama & Mississippi ...................
Virginia ...........................................
Missouri ..........................................
New Jersey ....................................
Maine .............................................
Illinois .............................................
Michigan .........................................
Georgia ..........................................
Arizona ...........................................
Arkansas ........................................
North Dakota ..................................
Virginia ...........................................
Oregon & Washington ...................
California ........................................
Idaho ..............................................
South Dakota .................................
North Dakota ..................................
New Mexico ...................................
Missouri ..........................................
North Carolina & Virginia ...............
Oregon ...........................................
Louisiana ........................................
Missouri ..........................................
Minnesota .......................................
Vermont ..........................................
Maine .............................................
Texas .............................................
Wyoming ........................................
Iowa ................................................
Wisconsin .......................................
Texas .............................................
Minnesota & Iowa ..........................
Virginia ...........................................
Pennsylvania, Kentucky, & West
Virginia.
Ohio ................................................
Utah ................................................
Indiana ...........................................
Maine .............................................
Virginia ...........................................
Maine .............................................
Virginia ...........................................
Virginia ...........................................
Louisiana ........................................
Minnesota .......................................
Mississippi ......................................
Oklahoma .......................................
Minnesota .......................................
New Hampshire .............................
Maine .............................................
New Jersey ....................................
Louisiana ........................................
Montana .........................................
Louisiana ........................................
New York & New Jersey ................
Arkansas ........................................
South Dakota .................................
Oklahoma .......................................
Oregon ...........................................
Closed ............
N .....................
O .....................
Closed ............
C .....................
O .....................
Closed ............
E .....................
O .....................
Closed .............
O/E .................
Closed .............
Already Open ..
Closed ............
E .....................
O .....................
Already Open ..
Already Open ..
Already Open ..
O .....................
O .....................
O .....................
E .....................
O/E .................
Already Open ..
Already Open ..
Already Open ..
E .....................
N .....................
Closed ............
E .....................
E .....................
N .....................
E .....................
Closed ............
O .....................
Closed .............
Closed ............
O .....................
O .....................
C .....................
O .....................
Closed ............
E .....................
O .....................
Closed ............
O .....................
O/E .................
E .....................
O .....................
Closed ............
Already Open ..
Already Open ..
Already Open ..
E .....................
O .....................
O .....................
Closed ............
E .....................
O .....................
E .....................
Already Open ..
O .....................
E .....................
N .....................
Closed ............
E .....................
E .....................
N .....................
E .....................
O .....................
O .....................
N .....................
Closed .............
O .....................
O/E .................
C .....................
O/E .................
Closed .............
E .....................
E .....................
O/E .................
Already Open ..
O/E .................
E .....................
O/E .................
Already Open ..
Closed ............
Already Open ..
Already Open ..
E .....................
O .....................
O/E .................
O/E .................
E .....................
E .....................
E .....................
E .....................
Already Open ..
E .....................
N .....................
O .....................
E .....................
E .....................
N .....................
E .....................
O/E .................
O .....................
N.
Closed.
O.
Already
Already
Closed.
N.
E.
O.
Already
Already
E.
Already
O.
Already
Closed.
E.
E.
Already
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Already
Already
Already
Already
Already
Already
Already
Closed.
Already
Closed.
Already
Closed.
E.
O.
Already
E .....................
O .....................
E .....................
E .....................
E .....................
N .....................
Closed ............
Closed ............
O .....................
Already Open ..
O/E .................
Already Open ..
O .....................
E .....................
Already Open ..
O .....................
O .....................
Already Open ..
O/E .................
E .....................
C .....................
Closed ............
Already Open ..
O .....................
E .....................
Already Open ..
E .....................
E .....................
Closed .............
Closed ............
O .....................
O .....................
O .....................
Already Open ..
O/E .................
Already Open ..
E .....................
O/E .................
E .....................
O .....................
O .....................
Already Open ..
O .....................
E .....................
O .....................
Closed .............
Closed ............
Closed ............
E .....................
O .....................
E .....................
E .....................
Closed ............
Closed ............
O/E .................
O/E .................
Already Open ..
E .....................
E .....................
Already Open ..
E .....................
E .....................
Already Open ..
O/E .................
O .....................
O .....................
Already Open ..
E .....................
E .....................
Already Open ..
Already Open ..
E .....................
E.
Already
E.
Closed.
O.
Closed.
O.
Already
Already
Already
Already
E.
Already
E.
Already
E.
Already
Already
Already
Already
Already
E.
E.
Already
Ottawa NWR ...................................
Ouray NWR ....................................
Patoka River NWR .........................
Petit Manan NWR ...........................
Plum Tree Island NWR ..................
Pond Island NWR ...........................
Presquile NWR ...............................
Rappahannock River Valley NWR
Red River NWR ..............................
Rice Lake NWR ..............................
Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee NWR ...
Sequoyah NWR ..............................
Sherburne NWR .............................
Silvio O. Conte NWR ......................
Sunkhaze Meadows NWR .............
Supawna Meadows NWR ..............
Tensas River NWR .........................
UL Bend NWR ................................
Upper Ouachita NWR .....................
Wallkill River NWR .........................
Wapanocca NWR ...........................
Waubay NWR .................................
Wichita Mountains NWR ................
William L. Finley NWR ...................
Sport fishing
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Open.
Key:
N = New station opened (New Station).
O = New species and/or new activity on a station previously open to other activities (Opening).
E = Station already open to activity adds new lands/waters, modifies areas open to hunting or fishing, extends season dates, adds a targeted
hunt, modifies season dates, modifies hunting hours, etc. (Expansion).
C = Station closing the activity on some or all acres (Closing).
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The changes for the 2021–2022
hunting/fishing season noted in the
table above are each based on a
complete administrative record which,
among other detailed documentation,
also includes a hunt plan, a
compatibility determination (for
refuges), and the appropriate National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) analysis, all of
which were the subject of a public
review and comment process. These
documents are available upon request.
Through these openings and
expansions, we are proposing to open or
expand hunting or sport fishing on
2,084,538 acres within the National
Wildlife Refuge System and the
National Fish Hatchery System.
Fish Advisory
For health reasons, anglers should
review and follow State-issued
consumption advisories before enjoying
recreational sport fishing opportunities
on Service-managed waters. You can
find information about current fishconsumption advisories on the internet
at: http://www.epa.gov/fish-tech.
Request for Comments
You may submit comments and
materials on this proposed rule by any
one of the methods listed in ADDRESSES.
We will not accept comments sent by
email or fax or to an address not listed
in ADDRESSES. We will not consider
hand-delivered comments that we do
not receive, or mailed comments that
are not postmarked, by the date
specified in DATES.
We will post your entire comment on
http://www.regulations.gov. Before
including personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that we may make your
entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so. We will post all hardcopy
comments on http://
www.regulations.gov.
Required Determinations
Clarity of This Proposed Rule
Executive Orders 12866 and 12988
and the Presidential Memorandum of
June 1, 1998, require us to write all rules
in plain language. This means that each
rule we publish must:
(a) Be logically organized;
(b) Use the active voice to address
readers directly;
(c) Use clear language rather than
jargon;
(d) Be divided into short sections and
sentences; and
(e) Use lists and tables wherever
possible.
If you feel that we have not met these
requirements, send us comments by one
of the methods listed in ADDRESSES. To
better help us revise the rule, your
comments should be as specific as
possible. For example, you should tell
us the numbers of the sections or
paragraphs that are unclearly written,
which sections or sentences are too
long, the sections where you feel lists or
tables would be useful, etc.
Regulatory Planning and Review
(Executive Orders 12866 and 13563)
Executive Order 12866 provides that
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (OIRA) will review all significant
rules. OIRA has determined that this
rulemaking is not significant.
Executive Order (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
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these requirements.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act
(as amended by the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act
[SBREFA] of 1996) (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.),
whenever a Federal agency is required
to publish a notice of rulemaking for
any proposed or final rule, it must
prepare and make available for public
comment a regulatory flexibility
analysis that describes the effect of the
rule on small entities (i.e., small
businesses, small organizations, and
small government jurisdictions).
However, no regulatory flexibility
analysis is required if the head of an
agency certifies that the rule will not
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
Thus, for a regulatory flexibility analysis
to be required, impacts must exceed a
threshold for ‘‘significant impact’’ and a
threshold for a ‘‘substantial number of
small entities.’’ See 5 U.S.C. 605(b).
SBREFA amended the Regulatory
Flexibility Act to require Federal
agencies to provide a statement of the
factual basis for certifying that a rule
will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities.
This proposed rule would open or
expand hunting and sport fishing on 90
NWRs and 1 NFH. As a result, visitor
use for wildlife-dependent recreation on
these stations will change. If the stations
establishing new programs were a pure
addition to the current supply of those
activities, it would mean an estimated
maximum increase of 41,232 user days
(one person per day participating in a
recreational opportunity; see Table 2).
Because the participation trend is flat in
these activities since 1991, this increase
in supply will most likely be offset by
other sites losing participants.
Therefore, this is likely to be a
substitute site for the activity and not
necessarily an increase in participation
rates for the activity.
TABLE 2—ESTIMATED MAXIMUM CHANGE IN RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES IN 2021–2022
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[Dollars in thousands]
Additional
hunting days
Station
Audubon NWR .............................................................................................................................
Bald Knob NWR ..........................................................................................................................
Bayou Sauvage NWR ..................................................................................................................
Bayou Teche NWR ......................................................................................................................
Big Branch Marsh NWR ..............................................................................................................
Big Lake NWR .............................................................................................................................
Bill Williams River NWR ..............................................................................................................
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30
344
472
120
2
66
Additional
fishing days
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
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expenditures
$0.3
1.0
11.6
15.9
4.0
0.1
2.2
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[Dollars in thousands]
Station
Additional
hunting days
Additional
fishing days
Additional
expenditures
Bogue Chitto NWR ......................................................................................................................
Bond Swamp NWR ......................................................................................................................
Brazoria NWR ..............................................................................................................................
Cache River NWR .......................................................................................................................
Caddo Lake NWR ........................................................................................................................
Camas NWR ................................................................................................................................
Cape May NWR ...........................................................................................................................
Cat Island NWR ...........................................................................................................................
Charles M. Russell NWR .............................................................................................................
Cherry Valley NWR .....................................................................................................................
Choctaw NWR .............................................................................................................................
Crab Orchard NWR .....................................................................................................................
Cypress Creek NWR ...................................................................................................................
Dale Bumpers White River NWR ................................................................................................
Delta NWR ...................................................................................................................................
Desert NWR .................................................................................................................................
Don Edwards NWR .....................................................................................................................
Eastern Shore of Virginia NWR ...................................................................................................
Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck NWR .........................................................................................
Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin NWR ............................................................................................
Everglades Headwaters NWR .....................................................................................................
Featherstone NWR ......................................................................................................................
Felsenthal NWR ...........................................................................................................................
Fisherman Island NWR ...............................................................................................................
Florida Panther NWR ..................................................................................................................
Franklin Island NWR ....................................................................................................................
Grand Bay NWR ..........................................................................................................................
Great Dismal Swamp NWR .........................................................................................................
Great River NWR .........................................................................................................................
Great Swamp NWR .....................................................................................................................
Green Lake NFH .........................................................................................................................
Hackmatack NWR .......................................................................................................................
Harbor Island NWR .....................................................................................................................
Harris Neck NWR ........................................................................................................................
Havasu NWR ...............................................................................................................................
Holla Bend NWR .........................................................................................................................
J. Clark Salyer NWR ...................................................................................................................
James River NWR .......................................................................................................................
Julia Butler Hansen Refuge .........................................................................................................
Kern NWR ....................................................................................................................................
Kootenai NWR .............................................................................................................................
Lacreek NWR ..............................................................................................................................
Lake Alice NWR ..........................................................................................................................
Las Vegas NWR ..........................................................................................................................
Loess Bluffs NWR .......................................................................................................................
Mackay Island NWR ....................................................................................................................
Malheur NWR ..............................................................................................................................
Mandalay NWR ............................................................................................................................
Middle Mississippi River NWR ....................................................................................................
Minnesota Valley NWR ................................................................................................................
Missisquoi NWR ..........................................................................................................................
Moosehorn NWR .........................................................................................................................
Muleshoe NWR ............................................................................................................................
National Elk Refuge .....................................................................................................................
Neal Smith NWR .........................................................................................................................
Necedah NWR .............................................................................................................................
Neches River NWR .....................................................................................................................
Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR ..................................................................................................
Occoquan Bay NWR ...................................................................................................................
Ohio River Islands NWR .............................................................................................................
Ottawa NWR ................................................................................................................................
Ouray NWR .................................................................................................................................
Patoka River NWR ......................................................................................................................
Petit Manan NWR ........................................................................................................................
Plum Tree Island NWR ................................................................................................................
Pond Island NWR ........................................................................................................................
Presquile NWR ............................................................................................................................
Rappahannock NWR ...................................................................................................................
Red River NWR ...........................................................................................................................
Rice Lake NWR ...........................................................................................................................
45
220
86
60
87
250
100
45
10
........................
82
........................
15
132
85
103
118
414
........................
14
........................
670
1,000
150
6
137
920
465
........................
500
........................
40
62
68
89
100
10
160
50
30
........................
........................
10
28
363
200
232
519
10
........................
400
50
75
48
27
30
2,161
69.6
280
530
18
45
15
700
........................
138
10
497
........................
48
........................
160
365
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
3,000
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
1,200
........................
........................
1,200
........................
........................
365
........................
730
........................
........................
........................
365
30
100
........................
........................
........................
........................
1,200
........................
........................
50
15
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
10
........................
........................
........................
........................
5.48
1,200
........................
160
........................
2
........................
300
........................
1,200
........................
........................
........................
1.5
13.0
15.7
2.0
2.9
8.4
3.4
1.5
0.3
........................
2.8
105.2
0.5
4.4
2.9
3.5
4.0
13.9
42.1
0.5
........................
64.7
33.7
5.1
13.0
4.6
56.6
15.7
........................
16.8
12.8
2.4
5.6
2.3
3.0
3.4
0.3
47.5
1.7
1.0
1.8
0.5
0.3
0.9
12.2
6.7
7.8
17.5
0.3
........................
13.5
1.7
2.9
1.6
0.9
1.0
72.8
2.5
51.5
17.9
6.2
1.5
0.6
23.6
10.5
4.6
42.4
16.7
........................
1.6
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[Dollars in thousands]
Station
Additional
hunting days
Additional
fishing days
Additional
expenditures
Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee NWR ................................................................................................
Sequoyah NWR ...........................................................................................................................
Sherburne NWR ..........................................................................................................................
Silvio O. Conte NWR ...................................................................................................................
Sunkhaze Meadows NWR ...........................................................................................................
Supawna Meadows NWR ............................................................................................................
Tensas River NWR ......................................................................................................................
UL Bend NWR .............................................................................................................................
Upper Ouachita NWR ..................................................................................................................
Wallkill River NWR ......................................................................................................................
Wapanocca NWR ........................................................................................................................
Waubay NWR ..............................................................................................................................
Wichita Mountains NWR ..............................................................................................................
7
........................
444
50
10
500
16
10
45
........................
130
........................
........................
........................
2,000
........................
0
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
........................
90
15
12,123
0.2
70.1
15.0
1.7
0.3
16.8
0.5
0.3
1.5
........................
7.5
0.5
425.2
William L. Finley NWR .................................................................................................................
264
........................
8.9
Total ......................................................................................................................................
15,347
25,885
1,424.7
To the extent visitors spend time and
money in the area of the station that
they would not have spent there
anyway, they contribute new income to
the regional economy and benefit local
businesses. Due to the unavailability of
site-specific expenditure data, we use
the national estimates from the 2016
National Survey of Fishing, Hunting,
and Wildlife Associated Recreation to
identify expenditures for food and
lodging, transportation, and other
incidental expenses. Using the average
expenditures for these categories with
the maximum expected additional
participation of the Refuge System and
the Hatchery System yields
approximately $1.4 million in
recreation-related expenditures (see
Table 2, above). By having ripple effects
throughout the economy, these direct
expenditures are only part of the
economic impact of these recreational
activities. Using a national impact
multiplier for hunting activities (2.51)
derived from the report ‘‘Hunting in
America: An Economic Force for
Conservation’’ and for fishing activities
(2.51) derived from the report
‘‘Sportfishing in America’’ yields a total
maximum economic impact of
approximately $5.4 million (2020
dollars) (Southwick Associates, Inc.,
2018). Using a local impact multiplier
would yield more accurate and smaller
results. However, we employed the
national impact multiplier due to the
difficulty in developing local
multipliers for each specific region.
Since we know that most of the
fishing and hunting occurs within 100
miles of a participant’s residence, then
it is unlikely that most of this spending
will be ‘‘new’’ money coming into a
local economy; therefore, this spending
will be offset with a decrease in some
other sector of the local economy. The
net gain to the local economies will be
no more than $5.4 million, and likely
less. Since 80 percent of the participants
travel less than 100 miles to engage in
hunting and fishing activities, their
spending patterns will not add new
money into the local economy and,
therefore, the real impact will be on the
order of about $1.1 million annually.
Small businesses within the retail
trade industry (such as hotels, gas
stations, taxidermy shops, bait-andtackle shops, and similar businesses)
may be affected by some increased or
decreased station visitation. A large
percentage of these retail trade
establishments in the local communities
around NWRs and NFHs qualify as
small businesses (see Table 3, below).
We expect that the incremental
recreational changes will be scattered,
and so we do not expect that the rule
will have a significant economic effect
on a substantial number of small entities
in any region or nationally. As noted
previously, we expect at most 1.4
million to be spent in total in the
refuges’ local economies. The maximum
increase will be less than threehundredths of 1 percent for local retail
trade spending (see Table 3, below).
Table 3 does not include entries for
those NWRs and NFHs for which we
project no changes in recreation
opportunities in 2021–2022; see Table 2,
above.
TABLE 3—COMPARATIVE EXPENDITURES FOR RETAIL TRADE ASSOCIATED WITH ADDITIONAL STATION VISITATION FOR
2021–2022
[Thousands, 2020 dollars]
Retail trade in
2017 1
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with PROPOSALS2
Station/county(ies)
Audubon
McLean, ND ....................................
Bald Knob
White, AR ........................................
Bayou Sauvage
Orleans, LA .....................................
Bayou Teche
St. Mary, LA ....................................
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maximum addition
from new activities
Addition as % of
total
Establishments in
2017 1
Establishments
with fewer than
10 employees in
2017 1
$95,006
$0.3
<0.01
39
29
1,110,661
1.0
<0.01
311
234
3,694,534
11.6
<0.01
1,343
1,021
559,081
15.9
<0.01
186
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2021–2022—Continued
[Thousands, 2020 dollars]
Retail trade in
2017 1
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with PROPOSALS2
Station/county(ies)
Big Branch Marsh
St. Tammany, LA ............................
Big Lake
Mississippi, AR ...............................
Bill Williams River
La Paz, AZ ......................................
Mohave, AZ ....................................
Bogue Chitto
Washington, LA ..............................
St. Tammany, LA ............................
Pearl River, MS ..............................
Bond Swamp
Bibb, GA .........................................
Twiggs, GA .....................................
Brazoria
Brazoria, TX ....................................
Cache River
Woodruff, AR ..................................
Monroe, AR ....................................
Jackson, AR ....................................
Prairie, AR ......................................
Caddo Lake
Harrison, TX ....................................
Camas
Jefferson, ID ...................................
Cape May
Cape May, NJ .................................
Cat Island
East Feliciana, LA ...........................
Charles M. Russell
Blaine, MT .......................................
Phillips, MT .....................................
McCone, MT ...................................
Fergus, MT .....................................
Petroleum, MT ................................
Garfield, MT ....................................
Valley, MT .......................................
Choctaw
Choctaw, AL ...................................
Crab Orchard
Williamson, IL .................................
Cypress Creek
Alexander, IL ...................................
Dale Bumpers White River
Arkansas, AR ..................................
Monroe, AR ....................................
Phillips, AR .....................................
Desha, AR ......................................
Delta
Plaquemines, LA .............................
Desert
Clark, NV ........................................
Don Edwards
Alameda, CA ...................................
Eastern Shore of Virginia
Northampton, VA ............................
Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck
Fairfax, VA ......................................
Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin
Charleston, SC ...............................
Hampton, SC ..................................
Lancaster, SC .................................
Featherstone, VA
Prince William, VA ..........................
Felsenthal
Ashley, AR ......................................
Union, AR .......................................
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maximum addition
from new activities
Addition as % of
total
Establishments in
2017 1
Establishments
with fewer than
10 employees in
2017 1
4,242,548
4.0
<0.01
901
596
442,920
0.1
<0.01
144
115
475,421
3,234,501
1.1
1.1
<0.01
<0.01
82
615
59
397
352,900
4,242,548
693,664
0.5
0.5
0.5
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
146
901
186
110
596
132
2,835,352
22,447
6.5
6.5
<0.01
0.03
780
13
555
11
4,992,876
15.7
<0.01
831
546
47,310
66,530
242,527
54,178
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
31
35
68
32
26
27
48
23
638,384
2.9
<0.01
184
145
221,301
8.4
<0.01
56
37
2,043,622
3.4
<0.01
644
502
82,906
1.5
<0.01
41
30
43,638
46,381
17,671
166,443
D
14,204
145,264
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
22
24
9
62
3
4
49
16
17
6
51
3
2
39
95,301
2.8
<0.01
55
42
1,240,677
105.2
0.01
259
168
19,644
0.5
<0.01
18
14
319,247
66,530
156,413
130,625
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
94
35
79
64
64
27
62
49
119,957
2.9
<0.01
65
52
33,837,749
3.5
<0.01
6,178
3,828
28,390,575
4.0
<0.01
4,347
2,923
117,772
13.9
0.01
59
45
1,818,140
42.1
<0.01
252
136
9,065,573
178,354
825,599
0.5
0.5
0.5
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
2,003
76
237
1,334
59
174
6,705,340
64.7
<0.01
1,164
683
193,246
591,376
11.2
11.2
0.01
<0.01
68
186
53
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2021–2022—Continued
[Thousands, 2020 dollars]
Retail trade in
2017 1
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Station/county(ies)
Bradley, AR ....................................
Fisherman Island
Northampton, VA ............................
Florida Panther
Collier, FL .......................................
Franklin Island
Knox, ME ........................................
Grand Bay
Mobile, AL .......................................
Jackson, MS ...................................
Great Dismal Swamp
Sufolk City, VA ................................
Chesapeake City, VA .....................
Great Swamp
Morris, NJ .......................................
Green Lake
Hancock, ME ..................................
Hackamatack
McHenry, IL ....................................
Walworth, WI ..................................
Harbor Island
Chippewa, MI ..................................
Harris Neck
McIntosh, GA ..................................
Havasu
Mohave, AZ ....................................
Holla Bend
Pope, AR ........................................
Yell, AR ...........................................
J. Clark Salyer
Bottineau, ND .................................
McHenry, ND ..................................
James River
Prince George, VA ..........................
Julie Butler Hansen
Clatsop, OR ....................................
Columbia, OR .................................
Wahkiakum, WA .............................
Kern
Kern, CA .........................................
Kootenai
Boundary, ID ...................................
Lacreek
Meade, SD ......................................
Lake Alice
Bottineau, ND .................................
McHenry, ND ..................................
Las Vegas
San Miguel, NM ..............................
Loess Bluffs
Holt, MO .........................................
Andrew, MO ....................................
Gentry, MO .....................................
Daviess, MO ...................................
Mackay Island
Currituck, NC ..................................
Virginia Beach City, VA ..................
Malheur
Harney, OR .....................................
Mandalay
Terrebonne, LA ...............................
Middle Mississippi River
Perry, MO .......................................
Missisquoi
Franklin, VT ....................................
Moosehorn
Washington, ME .............................
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maximum addition
from new activities
Addition as % of
total
Establishments in
2017 1
Establishments
with fewer than
10 employees in
2017 1
75,395
11.2
0.01
33
25
117,772
5.1
<0.01
59
45
7,710,838
13.0
<0.01
1,455
1,019
760,425
4.6
<0.01
256
183
5,921,035
1,410,824
28.3
28.3
<0.01
<0.01
1,514
407
1,040
296
1,225,412
4,415,609
7.8
7.8
<0.01
<0.01
229
782
148
445
11,015,983
16.8
<0.01
1,809
1,221
1,001,578
12.8
<0.01
350
261
4,115,924
1,596,199
1.2
1.2
<0.01
<0.01
938
361
607
258
521,726
5.6
<0.01
148
98
96,007
2.3
<0.01
45
35
3,234,501
3.0
<0.01
615
397
945,241
132,972
1.7
1.7
<0.01
<0.01
272
50
185
38
109,978
33,913
0.2
0.2
<0.01
<0.01
29
19
21
14
303,359
47.5
0.02
65
42
808,973
417,825
8,582
0.6
0.6
0.6
<0.01
<0.01
0.01
269
119
6
215
77
5
9,906,906
1.0
<0.01
1,966
1,250
123,467
1.8
<0.01
47
37
325,901
0.5
<0.01
91
67
109,978
33,913
0.2
0.2
<0.01
<0.01
29
19
21
14
231,666
0.9
<0.01
79
49
60,133
154,801
57,342
68,607
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.1
0.01
<0.01
0.01
<0.01
22
41
36
34
18
28
25
25
327,336
6,499,109
3.4
3.4
<0.01
<0.01
135
1,468
109
893
169,776
7.8
<0.01
29
17
1,964,261
17.5
<0.01
475
317
294,900
0.3
<0.01
82
46
876,359
13.5
<0.01
176
112
438,713
1.7
<0.01
141
88
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2021–2022—Continued
[Thousands, 2020 dollars]
Retail trade in
2017 1
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Station/county(ies)
Muleshoe
Bailey, TX .......................................
National Elk Refuge
Teton, WY .......................................
Neal Smith
Jasper, IA ........................................
Necedah
Juneau, WI .....................................
Neches River
Cameron, TX ..................................
Anderson, TX ..................................
Northern Tallgrass Prairie
Murray, MN .....................................
Kandiyohi, MN ................................
Clay, MN .........................................
Clay, IA ...........................................
Occoquan Bay
Prince William, VA ..........................
Ohio River Islands
Beaver, PA .....................................
Boyd, KY .........................................
Wood, OH .......................................
Wood, WV .......................................
Ottawa
Ottawa, OH .....................................
Ouray
Uintah, UT .......................................
Patoka River
Pike, IN ...........................................
Gibson, IN .......................................
Petit Manan
Washington, ME .............................
Hancock, ME ..................................
Knox, ME ........................................
Lincoln, ME .....................................
Cumberland, ME .............................
Plum Tree Island
York, VA .........................................
Pond Island
Knox, ME ........................................
Presquile
Chesterfield, VA ..............................
Rappahannock
Essex, VA .......................................
King George, VA .............................
Westmoreland, VA ..........................
Richmond, VA .................................
Caroline, VA ....................................
Rice Lake
Aitkin, MN .......................................
Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee
Noxubee, MS ..................................
Winston, MS ...................................
Oktibbeha, MS ................................
Sequoyah
Sequoyah, OK ................................
Muskogee, OK ................................
Haskell, OK .....................................
Sherburne
Sherburne, MN ...............................
Silvio O. Conte
Coos, NH ........................................
Essex, VT .......................................
Windham, VT ..................................
Sunkhaze Meadows
Waldo, ME ......................................
Kennebec, ME ................................
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Estimated
maximum addition
from new activities
Addition as % of
total
Establishments in
2017 1
Establishments
with fewer than
10 employees in
2017 1
49,284
2.9
0.01
21
15
676,935
1.6
<0.01
255
211
408,507
0.9
<0.01
105
73
318,073
1.0
<0.01
86
57
4,868,360
631,510
36.4
36.4
<0.01
0.01
1,084
167
686
124
60,148
914,193
779,998
504,926
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
44
208
161
102
33
145
95
70
6,705,340
51.5
<0.01
1,164
683
1,717,000
903,141
1,976,330
1,631,635
4.5
4.5
4.5
4.5
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
495
236
369
361
325
137
218
210
467,388
6.2
<0.01
133
99
471,207
1.5
<0.01
134
88
67,144
529,720
0.3
0.3
<0.01
<0.01
32
116
23
76
438,713
1,001,578
760,425
511,948
7,424,447
4.7
4.7
4.7
4.7
4.7
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
141
350
256
204
1,454
88
261
183
157
936
1,014,306
10.5
<0.01
201
135
760,425
4.6
<0.01
256
183
7,122,893
42.4
<0.01
958
589
233,522
362,404
122,436
2,386,644
324,067
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.3
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
65
64
44
795
63
48
42
31
578
48
148,260
1.6
<0.01
69
48
65,033
211,903
558,982
0.1
0.1
0.1
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
40
86
173
35
67
130
362,456
958,492
154,591
23.4
23.4
23.4
0.01
<0.01
0.02
116
263
37
87
175
23
985,715
15.0
<0.01
203
126
575,506
14,718
606,157
0.6
0.6
0.6
<0.01
<0.01
<0.01
172
18
236
126
15
171
417,407
2,624,338
0.1
0.1
<0.01
<0.01
171
522
131
320
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2021–2022—Continued
[Thousands, 2020 dollars]
Retail trade in
2017 1
Station/county(ies)
Penobscot, ME ...............................
Supawna Meadows
Salem County, NJ ...........................
Tensas River
Madison, LA ....................................
Tensas, LA .....................................
UL Bend
Phillips, MT .....................................
Upper Ouachita
Union, LA ........................................
Morehouse, LA ...............................
Wapanocca
Crittenden, AR ................................
Waubay
Day, SD ..........................................
Wichita Mountains
Comanche, OK ...............................
William L. Finley
Linn, OR .........................................
1 U.S.
Addition as % of
total
Establishments in
2017 1
Establishments
with fewer than
10 employees in
2017 1
3,443,680
0.1
<0.01
705
445
607,072
16.8
<0.01
174
119
115,029
25,165
0.3
0.3
<0.01
<0.01
32
14
20
12
46,381
0.3
<0.01
24
17
184,987
207,578
0.8
0.8
<0.01
<0.01
56
74
45
53
702,406
7.5
<0.01
149
104
86,538
0.5
<0.01
30
18
1,412,420
425.2
0.03
407
274
1,504,418
8.9
<0.01
357
241
Census Bureau. ‘‘D’’ denotes sample size too small to report data.
With the small change in overall
spending anticipated from this proposed
rule, it is unlikely that a substantial
number of small entities will have more
than a small impact from the spending
change near the affected stations.
Therefore, we certify that this rule, as
proposed, will not have a significant
economic effect on a substantial number
of small entities as defined under the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601
et seq.). A regulatory flexibility analysis
is not required. Accordingly, a small
entity compliance guide is not required.
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Estimated
maximum addition
from new activities
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act
The proposed rule is not a major rule
under 5 U.S.C. 804(2), the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act. We anticipate no
significant employment or small
business effects. This proposed rule:
a. Would not have an annual effect on
the economy of $100 million or more.
The minimal impact would be scattered
across the country and would most
likely not be significant in any local
area.
b. Would not cause a major increase
in costs or prices for consumers;
individual industries; Federal, State, or
local government agencies; or
geographic regions. This proposed rule
would have only a slight effect on the
costs of hunting opportunities for
Americans. If the substitute sites are
farther from the participants’ residences,
then an increase in travel costs would
occur. The Service does not have
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information to quantify this change in
travel cost but assumes that, since most
people travel less than 100 miles to
hunt, the increased travel cost would be
small. We do not expect this proposed
rule to affect the supply or demand for
hunting opportunities in the United
States, and, therefore, it should not
affect prices for hunting equipment and
supplies, or the retailers that sell
equipment.
c. Would not have significant adverse
effects on competition, employment,
investment, productivity, innovation, or
the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to
compete with foreign-based enterprises.
This proposed rule represents only a
small proportion of recreational
spending at NWRs. Therefore, if
adopted, this rule would have no
measurable economic effect on the
wildlife-dependent industry, which has
annual sales of equipment and travel
expenditures of $72 billion nationwide.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
Since this proposed rule would apply
to public use of federally owned and
managed refuges, it would not impose
an unfunded mandate on State, local, or
Tribal governments or the private sector
of more than $100 million per year. The
proposed rule would not have a
significant or unique effect on State,
local, or Tribal governments or the
private sector. A statement containing
the information required by the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is not required.
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Takings (E.O. 12630)
In accordance with E.O. 12630, this
proposed rule would not have
significant takings implications. This
proposed rule would affect only visitors
at NWRs and NFHs, and would describe
what they can do while they are on a
Service station.
Federalism (E.O. 13132)
As discussed under Regulatory
Planning and Review and Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act, above, this
proposed rule would not have sufficient
federalism implications to warrant the
preparation of a federalism summary
impact statement under E.O. 13132. In
preparing this proposed rule, we
worked with State governments.
Civil Justice Reform (E.O. 12988)
In accordance with E.O. 12988, the
Department of the Interior has
determined that this proposed rule
would not unduly burden the judicial
system and that it meets the
requirements of sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2)
of the Order.
Energy Supply, Distribution or Use (E.O.
13211)
On May 18, 2001, the President issued
E.O. 13211 on regulations that
significantly affect energy supply,
distribution, and use. E.O. 13211
requires agencies to prepare Statements
of Energy Effects when undertaking
certain actions. Because this proposed
rule would add 7 NWRs to the list of
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refuges open to hunting and sport
fishing, open or expand hunting or sport
fishing at 83 other NWRs, and open 1
NFH to sport fishing, it is not a
significant regulatory action under E.O.
12866, and we do not expect it to
significantly affect energy supplies,
distribution, or use. Therefore, this
action is not a significant energy action,
and no Statement of Energy Effects is
required.
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Consultation and Coordination With
Indian Tribal Governments (E.O. 13175)
In accordance with E.O. 13175, we
have evaluated possible effects on
federally recognized Indian tribes and
have determined that there are no
effects. We coordinate recreational use
on NWRs and NFHs with Tribal
governments having adjoining or
overlapping jurisdiction before we
propose the regulations.
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
This proposed rule contains existing
and new information collections. All
information collections require approval
by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) 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. The OMB has reviewed and
approved the information collection
requirements associated with hunting
and sport fishing activities across the
National Wildlife Refuge System and
National Fish Hatchery System and
assigned the following OMB control
numbers:
• 1018–0140, ‘‘Hunting and Sport
Fishing Application Forms and Activity
Reports for National Wildlife Refuges,
50 CFR 25.41, 25.43, 25.51, 26.32, 26.33,
27.42, 30.11, 31.15, 32.1 to 32.72’’
(Expires 12/31/2023),
• 1018–0102, ‘‘National Wildlife
Refuge Special Use Permit Applications
and Reports, 50 CFR 25, 26, 27, 29, 30,
31, 32, & 36’’ (Expires 01/31/2024),
• 1018–0135, ‘‘Electronic Federal
Duck Stamp Program’’ (Expires 01/31/
2023),
• 1018–0093, ‘‘Federal Fish and
Wildlife Permit Applications and
Reports—Management Authority; 50
CFR 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23’’ (Expires
08/31/2023), and
• 1024–0252, ‘‘The Interagency
Access Pass and Senior Pass
Application Processes’’ (Expires 09/30/
2023).
In accordance with the PRA and 5
CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
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comment on our proposal to revise OMB
control number 1018–0140. This helps
us assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand our
information collection requirements and
provide the requested data in the
desired format.
The Service’s proposed rule (RIN
1018–BF09) would open, for the first
time, hunting and sport fishing on seven
NWRs, open or expand hunting and
sport fishing at 83 other NWRs, and
open hunting or sport fishing on one
unit of the NFH. The additional burden
associated with these new or expanded
hunting and sport fishing opportunities,
as well as the revised information
collections identified below, require
OMB approval.
Many refuges offer hunting and sport
fishing activities without collecting any
information. Those refuges that do
collect hunter and angler information do
so seasonally, usually once a year at the
beginning of the hunting or sport fishing
season. Some refuges may elect to
collect the identical information via a
non-form format (letter, email, or
through discussions in person or over
the phone). Some refuges provide the
form electronically over the internet. In
some cases, because of high demand
and limited resources, we often provide
hunt opportunities by lottery, based on
dates, locations, or type of hunt.
The proposed changes to the existing
information collections identified below
require OMB approval:
Hunting Applications/Permit (FWS
Form 3–2439, Hunt Application—
National Wildlife Refuge System)
Form 3–2439 collects the following
information from individuals seeking
hunting experiences on the NWRs:
• Lottery Application: Refuges who
administer hunting via a lottery system
will use Form 3–2439 as the lottery
application. If the applicant is
successful, the completed Form 3–2439
also serves as their permit application,
avoiding a duplication of burden on the
public filling out two separate forms.
• Date of application: We often have
application deadlines and this
information helps staff determine the
order in which we received the
applications. It also ensures that the
information is current.
• Methods: Some refuges hold
multiple types of hunts, i.e., archery,
shotgun, primitive weapons, etc. We ask
for this information to identify which
opportunity(ies) a hunter is applying
for.
• Species Permit Type: Some refuges
allow only certain species, such as
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moose, elk, or bighorn sheep to be
hunted. We ask hunters to identify
which species hunt they are applying
for.
• Applicant information: We collect
name, address, phone number(s), and
email so we can contact the applicant/
permittee either during the application
process, when the applicant is
successful in a lottery drawing, or after
receiving a permit.
• Party Members: Some refuges allow
the permit applicant to include
additional hunters in their group. We
collect the names of all additional
hunters, when allowed by the refuge.
• Parent/Guardian Contact
Information: We collect name,
relationship, address, phone number(s),
and email for a parent/guardian of youth
hunters. We ask for this information in
the event of an emergency.
• Date: We ask hunters for their
preferences for hunt dates.
• Hunt/Blind Location: We ask
hunters for their preferences for hunt
units, areas, or blinds.
• Special hunts: Some refuges hold
special hunts for youth, hunters who are
disabled, or other underserved
populations. We ask hunters to identify
if they are applying for these special
hunts. For youth hunts, we ask for the
age of the hunter at the time of the hunt.
• Signature and date: To confirm that
the applicant (and parent/guardian, if a
youth hunter) understands the terms
and conditions of the permit.
Proposed revisions to FWS Form
3–2439:
With this submission, we updated the
title of the form to include the NFHs.
We also updated the Privacy Act
Statement on the form to include
applicability to all hunting permits
(rather than migratory bird hunting) and
to also include references to authorized
hunting on the NFHs.
Harvest/Fishing Activity Reports
We have four harvest/fishing activity
reports, depending on the species. We
ask users to report on their success after
their experience so that we can evaluate
hunt quality and resource impacts. We
propose to use the following activity
reports, which we distribute during
appropriate seasons, as determined by
State or Federal regulations:
• FWS Form 3–2359 (Big Game
Harvest Report).
• FWS Form 3–2360 (Sport Fishing
Report).
• FWS Form 3–2361 (Migratory Bird
Hunt Report).
• FWS Form 3–2362 (Upland/Small
Game/Furbearer Report).
We collect the following information
on the harvest reports:
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• Name of refuge and location: We
ask this to track responses by location,
which is important when we manage
more than one refuge or activity area
from one office.
• Date: We ask when the hunter/
angler participated in the activity. This
helps us identify use trends so we have
resources available.
• Hours/Time in/out: We ask this to
determine how long the hunter/angler
participated in the activity. We also use
this to track use so we can allocate
resources appropriately.
• Name, City, State: We ask for a
name so we can identify the user. We
ask for residence information to help
establish use patterns (if users are local
or traveling).
• Number harvested/caught based on
species: We ask this to determine the
impacts on wildlife/fish populations,
relative success, and quality of
experience.
• Species harvested/caught: We ask
this to determine the impacts on
wildlife/fish populations, relative
success, and quality of experience.
Proposed revisions to harvest activity
reports:
With this submission, we propose a
new harvest form (FWS Form 3–2542,
‘‘Hunter Harvest Report’’) to replace
FWS Forms 3–2359, 3–2361, and 3–
2362 to simplify reporting requirements
and to reduce burden on the public. In
addition to the fields previously
approved by OMB on the original three
harvest report forms, we added the
following additional fields to aid the
refuge in management of the reports:
• State issued hunter identification/
license number (NOTE: Refuges/
hatcheries that rely on the State agency
to issue hunting permits are not
required to collect the permittee’s
personal identifying information (PII) on
the harvest form. Those refuges/
hatcheries may opt to collect only the
State ID number assigned to the hunter
in order to match harvest data with their
issued permit. Refuges/hatcheries will
collect either hunter PII or State-issued
ID#, but not both.)
• Species observed—Data will be
used by refuge/hatchery staff to
document the presence of rare or
unusual species.
• Permit number/type—Data will be
used to link the harvest report to the
issued permit.
• Hunt Tag Number—Data will be
used to link the harvest report to the
species-specific hunt tag.
• Number of youth (under 18) in
party—Data will be used to better
understand volume of youth hunting on
a refuge/hatchery. Specific hunter
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Data collected will also help managers
better allocate staff and resources to
serve the public as well as develop
annual performance measures.
• Success of harvest by hunters/
anglers (number and type of harvest/
caught). This information is critical to
wildlife management programs on
refuges. Each refuge will customize the
form by listing game species and
incidental species available on the
refuge, hunting methods allowed, and
Self-Clearing Check-in Permit (FWS
data needed for certain species (e.g., for
Form 3–2405)
deer, whether itis a buck or doe and the
FWS Form 3–2405 has three parts:
number of points; or for turkeys, the
• Self-Clearing Daily Check-in Permit. weight and beard and spur lengths).
Each user completes this portion of the
• Visitor observations of incidental
form (date of visit, name, and telephone
species. This information will help
numbers) and deposits it in the permit
managers develop annual performance
box prior to engaging in any activity on
measures and it provides information to
the refuge.
help develop resource management
• Self-Clearing Daily Visitor
planning.
Registration Permit. Each user must
• Photograph of animal harvested
complete the front side of the form
(specific
refuges only). This requirement
(date, name, city, State, zip code, and
documents the sex of animal prior to the
purpose of visit) and carry this portion
hunter being eligible to harvest the
while on the refuge. At the completion
of the visit, each user must complete the opposite sex (where allowed).
• Date of visit and/or area visited.
reverse side of the form (number of
• Comments. We encourage visitors
hours on refuge, harvest information
to comment on their experience.
(species and number), harvest method,
Proposed revisions to FWS Form 3–
angler information (species and
2405:
number), and wildlife sighted (e.g.,
With this submission, we added
black bear and hog)) and deposit it in
vehicle license plate number, state
the permit box.
issued, and make/model of vehicle
• Self-Clearing Daily Vehicle Permit.
fields as optional fields for refuges/
The driver and each user traveling in
hatcheries. This information is required
the vehicle must complete this portion
by law enforcement purposes for search
(date) and display in clear view in the
and rescue/emergency response
vehicle while on the refuge.
activities, as well as to verify ownership
We use FWS Form 3–2405 to collect:
of vehicles in the event of damage on
• Information on the visitor (name,
the refuge/hatchery, accidents, or other
address, and contact information). We
related law enforcement purposes.
use this information to identify the
We will not propose any changes to
visitor or driver/passenger of a vehicle
the remaining information collections
while on the refuge. This is extremely
identified below currently approved by
valuable information should visitors
OMB:
become lost or injured. Law
enforcement officers can easily check
Sport Fishing Application/Permit (FWS
vehicles for these cards in order to
Form 3–2358, ‘‘Sport Fishingdetermine a starting point for the search
Shrimping-Crabbing-Frogging Permit
or to contact family members in the
Application’’)
event of an abandoned vehicle. Having
Form 3–2358 allows the applicant to
this information readily available is
critical in a search and rescue situation. choose multiple permit activities, and
requests the applicant provide the state
• Purpose of visit (hunting, sport
fishing license number. The form
fishing, wildlife observation, wildlife
provides the refuge with more flexibility
photography, auto touring, birding,
hiking, boating/canoeing, visitor center, to insert refuge-specific requirements/
instructions, along with a permit
special event, environmental education
number and validity dates for season
class, volunteering, other recreation).
issued.
This information is critical in
We collect the following information
determining public use participation in
wildlife management programs. This not from individuals seeking sport fishing
experiences:
only allows the refuge to manage its
• Date of application: We often have
hunt and other visitor use programs, but
application deadlines and this
also to increase and/or improve
information helps staff determine the
facilities for non-consumptive uses that
order in which we received the
are becoming more popular on refuges.
names are not collected, just total
number of youths in hunting party.
• Harvested by—Data will be used to
determine ratio of adults to youth
hunters. Specific hunter names are not
collected
• Species observed—Data will be
used by a refuge/hatchery to determine
the presence of any unusual species
(e.g., threatened or endangered species,
or invasive species).
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applications. It also ensures that the
information is current.
• State fishing license number: We
ask for this information to verify the
applicant is legally licensed by the state
(where required).
• Permit Type: On sport fishing
permits, we ask what type of activity
(crabbing, shrimping, frogging, etc.) is
being applied for.
• Applicant information: We collect
name, address, phone number(s), and
email so we can contact the applicant/
permittee either during the application
process or after receiving a permit.
• Signature and date: To confirm that
the applicant (and parent/guardian, if a
youth hunter) understands the terms
and conditions of the permit.
Labeling/Marking Requirements
As a condition of the permit, some
refuges require permittees to label
hunting and/or sport fishing gear used
on the refuge. This equipment may
include items such as the following:
Tree stands, blinds, or game cameras;
hunting dogs (collars); flagging/trail
markers; boats; and/or sport fishing
equipment such as jugs, trotlines, and
crawfish or crab traps. Refuges require
the owner label their equipment with
their last name, the state issued
hunting/fishing license number, and/or
hunting/fishing permit number. Refuges
may also require equipment for youth
hunters include ‘‘YOUTH’’ on the label.
This minimal information is necessary
in the event the refuge needs to contact
the owner.
Required Notifications
On occasion, hunters may find their
game has landed outside of established
hunting boundaries. In this situation,
hunters must notify an authorized
refuge employee to obtain consent to
retrieve the game from an area closed to
hunting or entry only upon specific
consent. Certain refuges also require
hunters to notify the refuge manager
when hunting specific species (e.g.,
black bear, bobcat, or eastern coyote)
with trailing dogs. Refuges
encompassing privately owned lands,
referred to as ‘‘easement overlay
refuges’’ or ‘‘limited-interest easement
refuges,’’ may also require the hunter
obtain written or oral permission from
the landowner prior to accessing the
land.
Annual number
of responses
Completion time
per response
(minutes)
Fish/Crab/Shrimp Application/Permit (Form 3–2358) ............................................................
Harvest Reports (Forms 3–2360 and 3–2542 NEW) ............................................................
Hunt Application/Permit (Form 3–2439) ................................................................................
Labeling/Marking Requirements ............................................................................................
Required Notifications ............................................................................................................
Self-Clearing Check-In Permit (Form 3–2405) ......................................................................
2,659
590,986
360,998
2,326
489
672,945
5
15
10
10
30
5
222
147,747
60,166
388
245
56,079
Totals ..............................................................................................................................
1,630,403
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264,847
Activity
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Due to the wide range of hunting and
sport fishing opportunities offered on
the NWRs and NFHs, the refuges and
fish hatcheries may customize the forms
to remove any fields that are not
pertinent to the recreational
opportunities they offer. Refuges will
not add any new fields to the forms, but
the order of the fields may be
reorganized. Refuges may also
customize the forms with instructions
and permit conditions specific to a
particular unit for the hunting/sport
fishing activity.
Title of Collection: Hunting and
Fishing Application Forms and Activity
Reports for National Wildlife Refuges
and National Fish Hatcheries, 50 CFR 32
and 71.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0140.
Form Number: FWS Forms 3–2358,
3–2360, 3–2405, 3–2439, and 3–2542.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and households.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden
Cost: None.
The above burden estimates indicate
an expected total of 1,630,403 responses
and 264,847 burden hours across all of
our forms. These totals reflect expected
increases of 24,331 responses and 3,963
burden hours relative to our previous
information collection request. We
expect such burden increases as a direct
result of the increased number of
hunting and fishing opportunities on
Service stations under the proposed
rule.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, and in accordance with 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1), we invite the public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
any aspect of this proposed information
collection, including:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
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agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
response.
Send your comments and suggestions
on this information collection by the
date indicated under Information
Collection Requirements in DATES to the
Service Information Collection
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Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg Pike,
MS: PRB (JAO/3W), Falls Church, VA
22041–3803 (mail); or [email protected]
(email). Please reference OMB Control
Number 1018–0140 in the subject line of
your comments.
Endangered Species Act Section 7
Consultation
We comply with section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), when
developing comprehensive conservation
plans and step-down management
plans—which would include hunting
and/or fishing plans—for public use of
refuges and hatcheries, and prior to
implementing any new or revised public
recreation program on a station as
identified in 50 CFR 26.32. We have
completed section 7 consultation on
each of the affected stations.
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National Environmental Policy Act
We analyzed this proposed rule in
accordance with the criteria of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4332(C)), 43 CFR
part 46, and 516 Departmental Manual
(DM) 8.
A categorical exclusion from NEPA
documentation applies to publication of
proposed amendments to stationspecific hunting and fishing regulations
because they are technical and
procedural in nature, and the
environmental effects are too broad,
speculative, or conjectural to lend
themselves to meaningful analysis (43
CFR 46.210 and 516 DM 8). Concerning
the actions that are the subject of this
proposed rulemaking, we have
complied with NEPA at the project level
when developing each proposal. This is
consistent with the Department of the
Interior instructions for compliance
with NEPA where actions are covered
sufficiently by an earlier environmental
document (43 CFR 46.120).
Prior to the addition of a refuge or
hatchery to the list of areas open to
hunting and fishing in 50 CFR parts 32
and 71, we develop hunting and fishing
plans for the affected stations. We
incorporate these proposed station
hunting and fishing activities in the
station comprehensive conservation
plan and/or other step-down
management plans, pursuant to our
refuge planning guidance in 602 Fish
and Wildlife Service Manual (FW) 1, 3,
and 4. We prepare these comprehensive
conservation plans and step-down plans
in compliance with section 102(2)(C) of
NEPA, the Council on Environmental
Quality’s regulations for implementing
NEPA in 40 CFR parts 1500 through
1508, and the Department of Interior’s
NEPA regulations 43 CFR part 46. We
invite the affected public to participate
in the review, development, and
implementation of these plans. Copies
of all plans and NEPA compliance are
available from the stations at the
addresses provided below.
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Available Information for Specific
Stations
Individual refuge and hatchery
headquarters have information about
public use programs and conditions that
apply to their specific programs and
maps of their respective areas. To find
out how to contact a specific refuge or
hatchery, contact the appropriate
Service office for the States listed below:
Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and
Washington. Regional Chief, National
Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Eastside Federal
Complex, Suite 1692, 911 NE 11th
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Avenue, Portland, OR 97232–4181;
Telephone (503) 231–6203.
Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and
Texas. Regional Chief, National Wildlife
Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, P.O. Box 1306, 500 Gold
Avenue SW, Albuquerque, NM 87103;
Telephone (505) 248–6635.
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and
Wisconsin. Regional Chief, National
Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 5600 American Blvd.
West, Suite 990, Bloomington, MN
55437–1458; Telephone (612) 713–5476.
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Regional Chief, National Wildlife Refuge
System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA
30345; Telephone (404) 679–7356.
Connecticut, Delaware, District of
Columbia, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West
Virginia. Regional Chief, National
Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center
Drive, Hadley, MA 01035–9589;
Telephone (413) 253–8307.
Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska,
North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and
Wyoming. Regional Chief, National
Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 134 Union Blvd.,
Lakewood, CO 80228; Telephone (303)
236–4377.
Alaska. Regional Chief, National
Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 1011 E Tudor Rd.,
Anchorage, AK 99503; Telephone (907)
786–3545.
California and Nevada. Regional
Chief, National Wildlife Refuge System,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2800
Cottage Way, Room W–2606,
Sacramento, CA 95825; Telephone (916)
767–9241.
Primary Author
Christian Myers, Division of Natural
Resources and Conservation Planning,
National Wildlife Refuge System, is the
primary author of this rulemaking
document.
List of Subjects
50 CFR Part 32
Fishing, Hunting, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Wildlife,
Wildlife refuges.
50 CFR Part 71
Fish, Fishing, Wildlife.
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Proposed Regulation Promulgation
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, we propose to amend title 50,
chapter I, subchapters C and E of the
Code of Federal Regulations as follows:
SUBCHAPTER C—THE NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM
PART 32—HUNTING AND FISHING
1. The authority citation for part 32
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 460k,
664, 668dd–668ee, and 715i; Pub. L. 115–20,
131 Stat. 86.
2. Amend § 32.7 by:
a. Redesignating paragraphs (i)(6)
through (15) as paragraphs (i)(7) through
(16) and adding a new paragraph (i)(6);
■ b. Revising paragraph (s);
■ c. Redesignating paragraphs (qq)(12)
through (14) as paragraphs (qq)(14)
through (16) and adding new paragraphs
(qq)(12) and (13); and
■ d. Redesignating paragraphs (tt)(5)
through (12) as paragraphs (tt)(7)
through (14) and adding new paragraphs
(tt)(5) and (6).
The additions and revision read as
follows:
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§ 32.7 What refuge units are open to
hunting and/or sport fishing?
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(6) Florida Panther National Wildlife
Refuge.
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(s) Maine. (1) Franklin Island National
Wildlife Refuge.
(2) Moosehorn National Wildlife
Refuge.
(3) Petit Manan National Wildlife
Refuge.
(4) Pond Island National Wildlife
Refuge.
(5) Rachel Carson National Wildlife
Refuge.
(6) Sunkhaze Meadows National
Wildlife Refuge.
(7) Umbagog National Wildlife
Refuge.
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(12) Muleshoe National Wildlife
Refuge.
(13) Neches River National Wildlife
Refuge.
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(5) Featherstone National Wildlife
Refuge.
(6) Fisherman Island National
Wildlife Refuge.
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■ 3. Amend § 32.20 by:
■ a. Adding paragraph (c)(1);
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b. Revising paragraphs (c)(2) and (3);
c. Removing paragraph (c)(4)(ii); and
d. Redesignating paragraphs (c)(4)(iii)
through (v) as paragraphs (c)(4)(ii)
through (iv).
The addition and revisions read as
follows:
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§ 32.20
Alabama.
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(c) Choctaw National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of duck,
light and dark geese, coot, and
merganser on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We only allow migratory game bird
hunting during the Special Youth,
Veteran, and Active Military Personnel
Waterfowl Hunting Days determined by
the State. Regular waterfowl season
shooting hours, bag limits, and legal
arms and ammunition apply to the
special days.
(ii) You must remove all decoys, blind
materials, and harvested game from the
refuge (see § 27.93 of this chapter) by 1
p.m. each day.
(iii) Hunters may enter the refuge at
4 a.m. and must stop hunting at 12 p.m.
(noon) each day.
(iv) We allow the use of dogs for
retrieval of migratory birds.
(v) We allow the incidental take of
coyote, beaver, opossum, nutria,
raccoon, and feral hog during any refuge
hunt with the weapons legal for that
hunt, as governed by the State of
Alabama.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of squirrel and rabbit, and
incidental take of coyote, beaver,
raccoon, opossum, and nutria, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We prohibit leaving unattended
personal property, including, but not
limited to, boats or vehicles of any type,
geocaches, lumber, and cameras,
overnight on the refuge (see § 27.93 of
this chapter).
(ii) All persons age 15 or younger,
while hunting on the refuge, must be in
the presence and under direct
supervision of a licensed or exempt
hunter age 21 or older. A licensed
hunter supervising a youth must hold a
valid State license for the species being
hunted. One adult may supervise no
more than two youth hunters.
(iii) We allow the use of dogs when
hunting squirrel and rabbit.
(iv) Hunters may only hunt during
designated days and times.
(v) The condition set forth at
paragraph (c)(1)(v) of this section
applies.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and
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incidental take of feral hog subject to the
following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (c)(1)(v), and (c)(2)(i) and (ii)
of this section apply.
(ii) Deer hunters may place one
portable stand or blind on the refuge for
use while deer hunting, but only during
the open deer season. The stand must be
clearly labeled with the hunter’s State
hunting license number. You may leave
the stand or blind on the refuge
overnight during the deer season.
(iii) While climbing a tree, installing
a tree stand that uses climbing aids, or
hunting from a tree stand on the refuge,
hunters must use a fall-arrest system
(full body harness) that is manufactured
to the Tree Stand Manufacturers
Association’s standards.
(iv) Deer hunts are archery only
except during the State Special
Opportunity Areas (SOA) hunt.
(v) The State SOA hunt will occur 4
days per year on the refuge as specified
by State SOA regulations.
(vi) Hunters must be selected for and
possess a State limited quota permit in
order to participate in the State SOA
hunt on the refuge.
(vii) We allow the use of
muzzleloaders only during the State
SOA hunt.
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■ 4. Amend § 32.22 by:
■ a. Revising paragraphs (a)(1) through
(3), (b)(1)(iii), (c)(1)(i), (c)(2)
introductory text, (c)(3)(ii), and (e);
■ b. Adding paragraphs (h)(1)(iv) and
(v); and
■ c. Revising paragraphs (h)(2)(ii) and
(iii), and (h)(3)(ii).
The revisions and additions read as
follows:
§ 32.22
Arizona.
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(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We
allow hunting of mourning and whitewinged dove on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We allow only shotguns and
archery equipment for hunting.
(ii) We prohibit hunting within 50
yards (45 meters) of any road or trail
open to public use and within 1⁄4 mile
(402 meters) of any building.
(iii) You must remove boats,
equipment, temporary blinds, stands,
etc., at the end of each day’s activities
(see § 27.93 of this chapter).
(iv) Hunters may enter the refuge 1⁄2
hour before legal sunrise and must leave
the refuge no later than 1⁄2 hour after
legal sunset.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of Gambel’s quail, Eurasian
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collared-dove, cottontail rabbit, coyote,
gray fox, and kit fox on designated areas
of the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) through (iv) of this
section apply, except that we also allow
muzzleloading shotguns for cottontail
rabbit hunting.
(ii) We allow hunting of Gambel’s
quail in alignment with the State quail
season.
(iii) We allow hunting of cottontail
rabbit from September through February
aligning with the beginning of the State
dove season and the end of the State
quail season.
(iv) We allow hunting of Eurasian
collared-dove during the State mourning
and white-winged dove season.
(v) We prohibit night hunting from 1⁄2
hour after legal sunset until 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise the following day.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of desert bighorn sheep and
javelina on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (a)(1)(ii) through (iv) of this
section apply.
(ii) We allow the use of rifles,
muzzleloaders, and archery for desert
bighorn sheep hunting.
(iii) We allow shotguns shooting shot
and slugs, and archery equipment for
javelina hunting.
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(1) * * *
(iii) We allow the use of dogs when
hunting.
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(c) * * *
(1) * * *
(i) We require hunters to obtain a
visitor access permit (Department of
Defense form/requirement) from the
refuge.
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(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of Gambel’s quail, Eurasian
collared-dove, desert cottontail rabbit,
antelope jackrabbit and black-tailed
jackrabbit, coyote, bobcat, and kit and
gray fox in designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
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(ii) We require Special Use Permits for
all guides (FWS Form 3–1383–C), stock
animals (FWS Form 3–1383–G), and
bighorn sheep hunters (FWS Form 3–
1383–G).
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(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We
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allow hunting of mourning and whitewinged dove, duck, American coot,
common gallinule, goose, and snipe on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We prohibit falconry.
(ii) We allow only shotguns,
crossbows, and archery equipment for
hunting.
(iii) You must remove all decoys,
boats, trash items, cameras, temporary
blinds, stands, and other equipment at
the end of each day’s activities (see
§§ 27.93 and 27.94 of this chapter).
(iv) We allow the use of dogs when
hunting.
(v) The following conditions apply to
Pintail Slough (Quota Hunt Area):
(A) We require a fee for Quota
waterfowl hunting.
(B) We limit the number of persons at
each waterfowl hunt blind or field to
four. Observers cannot hold shells or
guns for hunting unless in possession of
a valid State hunting license and
stamps.
(C) Waterfowl hunters must hunt
within the designated boundaries of
their assigned blind or field.
(D) You may use only native
vegetation or materials for making or
fixing hunt blinds.
(E) We allow waterfowl hunting on
Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Waterfowl hunting ends at 2 p.m. MST
(Mountain Standard Time). Hunters
must be out of the Pintail Slough area
by 3 p.m. MST.
(F) We allow dove hunting at the
Pintail Slough Quota Hunt Area outside
the general State waterfowl season.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of Gambel’s quail, cottontail
rabbit, Eurasian collared-dove, African
collared-dove, black-tailed jackrabbit,
bobcat, coyote, gray fox, and kit fox on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (e)(1)(i) through (iv) of this
section apply, except that we also allow
pneumatic weapons, muzzleloaders,
and hand guns for upland game
hunting.
(ii) We prohibit night hunting from 1⁄2
hour after legal sunset until 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise the following day.
(iii) We allow hunting of Gambel’s
quail, cottontail rabbit, Eurasian
collared-dove, African collared-dove,
black-tailed jackrabbit, bobcat, coyote,
gray fox, and kit fox from September 1–
March 15.
(iv) We allow the incidental take of
Gambel’s quail, cottontail rabbit,
Eurasian collared-dove, African
collared-dove, black-tailed jackrabbit,
bobcat, coyote, gray fox, and kit fox in
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during the general State waterfowl
season by hunters possessing a valid
permit (FWS 3–2439) at their designated
waterfowl hunt blind or field.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of desert bighorn sheep and the
incidental take of feral hog on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (e)(1)(i) and (iii) of this
section apply.
(ii) We allow only rifles for desert
bighorn sheep hunting.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow fishing on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The condition set forth at
paragraph (e)(1)(iii) of this section
applies.
(ii) We prohibit overnight boat
mooring and shore anchoring unless
actively fishing, as governed by State
regulations.
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(1) * * *
(iv) You must remove all equipment,
cameras, temporary blinds, stands, etc.,
at the end of each day’s activities (see
§ 27.93 of this chapter).
(v) We allow Eurasian collared-dove
hunting only during mourning and
white-winged dove seasons.
(2) * * *
(ii) We prohibit night hunting from 1⁄2
hour after legal sunset until 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise the following day.
(iii) We allow quail hunting during
State seasons. For all other upland game
species, we only allow hunting when a
species season dates overlap with a
general or archery State deer or javelina
hunt season, except for youth-only
seasons.
(3) * * *
(ii) We allow hunting of black bear
only when the State season dates
overlap with a general or archery State
deer or javelina hunt season, except for
youth-only seasons.
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■ 5. Amend § 32.23 by revising
paragraphs (a) through (f), and (i) to read
as follows:
§ 32.23
Arkansas.
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(a) Bald Knob National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of duck,
goose, coot, merganser, snipe,
woodcock, rail, gallinule, crow, and
dove on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) We require a signed refuge hunting
permit (FWS Form 3–2439). Anyone on
the refuge in possession of hunting
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equipment must sign and possess the
permit (FWS Form 3–2439) at all times.
(ii) During the quota gun deer hunt,
we close the refuge to all other hunts
and public entry.
(iii) Hunters may enter the refuge
beginning at 4 a.m. Except when
hunting applicable goose species during
the State Conservation Order, waterfowl
hunters must exit the refuge by 1 p.m.
All other hunters, including those
hunting applicable goose species during
the State Conservation Order, must exit
the refuge no later than 1 hour after
legal sunset.
(iv) We allow waterfowl hunting until
12 p.m. (noon), except that during the
State Conservation Order, you may hunt
for applicable goose species until legal
sunset. Snipe, woodcock, rail, gallinule,
crow, and dove hunters may hunt until
legal sunset.
(v) When waterfowl hunting, you may
not possess more than 25 shotgun shells
while in the field, except that during the
State Conservation Order, there is no
limit on the number of shells you may
possess while hunting applicable goose
species.
(vi) We prohibit hunting closer than
100 yards (91 meters) to another hunter
or hunting party.
(vii) You must remove decoys, blinds,
boats, and all other equipment at the
end of each day’s hunt (see § 27.93 of
this chapter).
(viii) All hunters age 12 and younger
must possess valid hunter education
certification and must be supervised by
an adult who is age 18 or older and who
possesses valid hunter education
certification or was born before 1969.
(ix) We allow incidental take of
beaver, muskrat, nutria, river otter,
mink, bobcat, fox, striped skunk,
armadillo, and coyote during any refuge
hunt with the weapons legal for that
hunt, subject to applicable State seasons
and regulations.
(x) We allow the use of dogs when
migratory game bird hunting.
(xi) We close the Waterfowl Sanctuary
Hunt Unit to all entry and hunting from
November 15 to February 28, except that
quota gun deer hunters may hunt in that
Unit when the season overlaps with
these dates.
(xii) We allow waterfowl hunting
from mowed and/or graveled road
rights-of-way, but we prohibit all other
hunting from these rights-of-way.
(xiii) We allow hunters to use allterrain vehicles (ATVs) only from
September 1 through March 31, except
that during the State Conservation
Order, hunters may use ATVs for
hunting applicable goose species.
(xiv) Hunters may use conventional
motor vehicles, ATVs, bicycles, and e-
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bikes only on public use roads, levee
tops, designated ATV trails (open to
ATVs only), and established parking
lots not closed by a locked gate, other
barrier, or signage.
(xv) Hunters and anglers may use
conventional motor vehicles only in the
Bison, Waterfowl Sanctuary, and Core
Waterfowl Area Hunt Units and only
from March 1 through November 14.
(xvi) From November 15 through
February 28, we close the Core
Waterfowl Area Hunt Unit to all
hunting, fishing, and public entry at 1
p.m. daily, except that during the State
Conservation Order, you may hunt
applicable goose species in this Unit
until legal sunset.
(xvii) We prohibit the use of personal
watercraft (e.g., jet skis), airboats, and
hovercraft for hunting and fishing on
the refuge.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of squirrel, rabbit, quail,
raccoon, opossum, beaver, muskrat,
nutria, river otter, mink, bobcat, fox,
striped skunk, armadillo, and coyote on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (ii), (ix), and (xi)
through (xiii) of this section apply.
(ii) Hunters may use shotguns, rifles
and handguns chambered for rimfire
cartridges, air rifles, and archery tackle.
(iii) We allow squirrel, rabbit,
opossum, raccoon, and quail hunting
according to season dates and bag limits
provided in the annual refuge public
use brochure.
(iv) We allow the use of dogs when
hunting upland game.
(v) Hunters may enter the refuge
beginning at 4 a.m. and must exit the
refuge by 1 hour after legal sunset,
except that we allow hunting of raccoon
and opossum at night (from 30 minutes
after legal sunset to 30 minutes before
legal sunrise) on the refuge.
(vi) We prohibit hunting from a
vehicle.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of deer and turkey, and the
incidental take of feral hog, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) through (iii), (ix),
and (xi) through (xvi) of this section
apply.
(ii) We allow archery/crossbow,
modern gun, and muzzleloader deer
hunting according to season dates and
bag limits provided in the annual refuge
public use brochure.
(iii) Turkey hunting will be conducted
in the Waterfowl Sanctuary and Mingo
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dates and bag limits provided in the
annual refuge public use brochure.
(iv) Hunters may use only shotguns
with slugs, muzzleloaders, handguns
with barrel lengths greater than 4
inches, large-bore air rifles, and archery/
crossbow tackle for modern gun deer
hunting on the Bison, Core Waterfowl
Area, and Waterfowl Sanctuary Hunt
Units.
(v) You may erect portable stands and
blinds 7 days prior to the refuge deer
season and must remove them from the
waterfowl sanctuaries prior to
November 15, except for stands used by
quota gun deer hunters, which you must
remove by the last day of the quota gun
deer hunt (see § 27.93 of this chapter).
You must remove all stands on the
remainder of the refuge within 7 days of
the closure of archery season (see
§ 27.93 of this chapter).
(vi) We prohibit leaving any tree
stand, blind, or game camera on the
refuge without the owner’s Arkansas
Game and Fish Commission customer
identification number clearly written on
it in a conspicuous location.
(vii) We prohibit the possession or use
of lead shot and buckshot for deer
hunting. We allow lead shot for turkey
hunting.
(viii) During the quota gun deer hunt,
we allow only hunters possessing a
valid quota gun deer hunting permit
(FWS Form 3–2439) on the refuge and
only for the purposes of deer hunting
and the incidental take of allowable
species.
(ix) Hunters may only take feral hog
incidental to modern gun and
muzzleloader deer hunts and during
specified periods for archery deer
hunting according to season dates
provided in the annual refuge public
use brochure.
(x) We prohibit the use of dogs for
deer hunting.
(xi) During the quota turkey hunts,
only hunters possessing a valid quota
turkey hunting permit (FWS Form 3–
2439) will be allowed to enter the open
hunt units and only for the purposes of
turkey hunting.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing, frogging, and crawfishing on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraph (a)(1)(ii), (xi), (xv) through
(xvii), and (a)(3)(viii) and (xi) of this
section apply.
(ii) We prohibit the take or possession
of turtles and/or mollusks (see § 27.21 of
this chapter).
(iii) We allow fishing, frogging, and
crawfishing for personal use only. All
crawfish traps must have the owner’s
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
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permanently affixed.
(iv) You may enter the refuge to fish,
frog, or crawfish beginning at 4 a.m. and
must exit by 1 hour after legal sunset.
(v) We prohibit tournament fishing on
the refuge.
(b) Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
(1) [Reserved]
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of squirrel, rabbit, quail,
raccoon, nutria, coyote, beaver, muskrat,
river otter, mink, bobcat, fox, striped
skunk, armadillo, and opossum on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We require a signed refuge hunt
permit (FWS Form 3–2439). Anyone on
the refuge in possession of hunting
equipment must sign and possess the
permit (FWS Form 3–2439) at all times.
(ii) During the quota gun deer hunt,
we close the refuge to all other hunts
and public entry.
(iii) We allow incidental take of
nutria, beaver, muskrat, river otter,
mink, bobcat, fox, striped skunk,
armadillo, and coyote during any refuge
hunt with the weapons legal for that
hunt, subject to applicable State seasons
and regulations.
(iv) We allow squirrel, rabbit, raccoon,
opossum, and quail hunting according
to season dates and bag limits provided
in the annual refuge public use
brochure.
(v) We allow the use of dogs only for
squirrel, rabbit, and quail hunting in the
refuge area north of Timm’s Point.
(vi) Hunters may only use shotguns,
rifles and handguns chambered for
rimfire cartridges, air rifles, and archery
tackle.
(vii) We prohibit hunting from mowed
and/or gravel road rights-of-way.
(viii) Hunters may enter the refuge
beginning at 4 a.m. and must exit the
refuge by 1 hour after legal sunset,
except that we allow hunting of raccoon
and opossum at night (from 30 minutes
after legal sunset to 30 minutes before
legal sunrise) on the refuge.
(ix) All hunters age 12 and younger
must possess valid hunter education
certification and must be supervised by
an adult who is age 18 or older and who
possesses valid hunter education
certification or was born before 1969.
(x) From November 1 to February 28,
we close all waterfowl sanctuaries to all
hunting and public entry.
(xi) Hunters and anglers may not
leave motor vehicles, bicycles, e-bikes,
or boats overnight on the refuge.
(xii) We only allow use of all-terrain
vehicles (ATVs) by hunters with
mobility-impairments, and the refuge
manager must authorize this use in
writing.
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(xiii) Hunters and anglers may use
motor vehicles, bicycles, and e-bikes
only on public use roads not closed by
a locked gate, other barrier, or signage.
(xiv) From November 1 through
February 28, boat access is restricted to
launching at Seven Mile boat ramp and
using Ditch 28 only.
(xv) We prohibit the use of personal
watercraft (e.g., jet skis), airboats, and
hovercraft for hunting and fishing on
the refuge.
(xvi) We prohibit hunting from a
vehicle.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer, turkey, and
incidental take of feral hog on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (b)(2)(i) through (iii), and
(vii) through (xvi) of this section apply.
(ii) We allow archery/crossbow,
modern gun, and muzzleloader deer
hunting according to season dates and
bag limits provided in the annual refuge
public use brochure.
(iii) Modern gun deer hunters may
only use shotguns with slugs,
muzzleloaders, handguns with barrel
lengths greater than 4 inches, large-bore
air rifles, and archery/crossbow tackle.
(iv) You may erect portable stands or
blinds 7 days prior to the refuge deer
season and must remove them 7 days
after the closure of archery season (see
§ 27.93 of this chapter).
(v) We prohibit leaving any tree stand,
blind, or game camera on the refuge
without the owner’s Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission customer
identification number clearly written on
it in a conspicuous location.
(vi) Hunters may only take feral hog
incidental to modern gun and
muzzleloader deer hunts and during a
specified period during archery deer
hunting according to season dates
provided in the annual refuge public
use brochure.
(vii) We prohibit the possession or use
of lead shot or buckshot for deer
hunting. We allow lead shot for turkey
hunting.
(viii) Turkey hunting is conducted
according to season dates and bag limits
provided in the annual refuge public
use brochure.
(ix) During the quota gun deer hunts,
only hunters possessing a valid quota
gun deer permit (FWS Form 3–2439)
may use the refuge and only for the
purposes of deer hunting and the
incidental take of allowable species.
(x) During the quota gun turkey hunts,
we close the refuge north of Timm’s
Point to other hunting and public entry,
and only hunters possessing a valid
quota gun turkey permit (FWS Form 3–
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2439) may use that area of the refuge
and only for the purposes of turkey
hunting.
(xi) We prohibit the use of dogs for
deer hunting.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing, frogging, and crawfishing on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (b)(2)(ii), (x), (xi), (xiii)
through (xv), and (b)(3)(ix) and (x) of
this section apply.
(ii) Anglers may launch boats only in
designated areas.
(iii) We allow frogging and
crawfishing for personal use only. All
crawfish traps must have the owner’s
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
license customer identification number
permanently affixed.
(iv) We prohibit the take or possession
of turtles and/or mollusks (see § 27.21 of
this chapter).
(v) We allow fishing, frogging, and
crawfishing on all refuge waters from
March 1 through October 31.
(vi) We allow fishing in the Sand
Slough-Mud Slough area from
November 1 through February 28 only
with the use of nonmotorized boats and
electric trolling motors; anglers may
enter this area at 4 a.m. and must depart
by 1 hour after legal sunset.
(vii) We prohibit climbing onto or
fishing from any water control structure
and associated wingwalls and fences, or
the top of the Floodway Dam south of
Highway 18.
(viii) We prohibit tournament fishing
on the refuge.
(c) Cache River National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of duck,
goose, coot, merganser, snipe,
woodcock, rail, gallinule, crow, and
dove on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) We require a signed refuge hunting
permit (FWS Form 3–2439). Anyone on
the refuge in possession of hunting
equipment must sign and possess the
permit (FWS Form 3–2439) at all times.
(ii) Hunters may enter the refuge
beginning at 4 a.m. Except when
hunting applicable goose species during
the State Conservation Order, waterfowl
hunters must exit the refuge by 1 p.m.
All other hunters, including those
hunting applicable goose species during
the State Conservation Order, must exit
the refuge no later than 1 hour after
legal sunset.
(iii) We allow waterfowl hunting until
12 p.m. (noon), except that during the
State Conservation Order, you may hunt
for applicable goose species until legal
sunset.
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(iv) You must remove decoys, blinds,
boats, and all other equipment at the
end of each day’s hunt (see § 27.93 of
this chapter).
(v) From March 1 through October 31,
hunters and anglers may leave boats
displaying valid registration on the
refuge.
(vi) During the regular State waterfowl
hunting season, we prohibit the use of
boats on the refuge from 12 a.m.
(midnight) to 4 a.m.
(vii) We allow the use of dogs when
migratory game bird hunting.
(viii) We allow waterfowl hunting on
flooded refuge roads.
(ix) During the quota gun deer hunt,
we close the refuge to all other hunts
and public entry.
(x) All hunters age 12 and younger
must possess valid hunter education
certification and must be supervised by
an adult who is age 18 or older and who
possesses valid hunter education
certification or was born before 1969.
(xi) We allow incidental take of
beaver, muskrat, nutria, river otter,
mink, bobcat, fox, striped skunk,
armadillo, and coyote during any refuge
hunt with the weapons legal for that
hunt, subject to applicable State season
and regulations.
(xii) From November 15 to February
28, we close all waterfowl sanctuaries to
all hunting and public entry.
(xiii) We allow hunters and anglers to
use all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) only
from September 1 through March 31,
except that during the State
Conservation Order, hunters may use
ATVs for hunting applicable goose
species.
(xiv) Hunters and anglers may not
operate conventional motor vehicles,
ATVs, bicycles, or e-bikes on any road
or trail closed by a locked gate, other
barrier, or signage.
(xv) Hunter and anglers may not leave
motor vehicles, ATVs, bicycles, or ebikes unattended overnight on the
refuge.
(xvi) We prohibit the use of personal
watercraft (e.g., jet skis), airboats, and
hovercraft for hunting and fishing on
the refuge.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of squirrel, rabbit, quail,
raccoon, opossum, beaver, muskrat,
nutria, river otter, mink, bobcat, fox,
striped skunk, armadillo, and coyote on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (v), (vi), and (ix)
through (xvi) of this section apply.
(ii) We allow squirrel, rabbit, raccoon,
opossum, and quail hunting according
to season dates and bag limits provided
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in the annual refuge public use
brochure.
(iii) We allow the use of dogs when
hunting upland game.
(iv) We prohibit hunting from mowed
and/or graveled road rights-of-way.
(v) Hunters may use only shotguns,
rifles and handguns chambered for
rimfire cartridges, air rifles, and archery
tackle.
(vi) Hunters may enter the refuge
beginning at 4 a.m. and must exit the
refuge by 1 hour after legal sunset,
except that we allow hunting of raccoon
and opossum at night (from 30 minutes
after legal sunset to 30 minutes before
legal sunrise) on the refuge.
(vii) We prohibit hunting from a
vehicle.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of deer and turkey, and
incidental take of feral hog, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (v), (vi), and (ix)
through (xvi), and (c)(2)(v) and (vi) of
this section apply.
(ii) We allow archery/crossbow,
modern gun, and muzzleloader deer
hunting according to season dates and
bag limits provided in the annual refuge
public use brochure.
(iii) Hunters may take only feral hog
incidental to modern gun and
muzzleloader deer hunts and during a
specified period during archery deer
hunting according to season dates
provided in the annual refuge public
use brochure.
(iv) Hunters may only use shotguns
with slugs, muzzleloaders, handguns
with barrel lengths greater than 4
inches, large-bore air rifles, and archery/
crossbow tackle for modern gun deer
hunting on the Dixie, Dixie Waterfowl
Sanctuary, and Plunkett Farm
Waterfowl Sanctuary Hunt Units.
(v) You may erect portable stands or
blinds 7 days prior to the refuge deer
season, and you must remove them from
the waterfowl sanctuaries prior to
November 15, and from the rest of the
refuge within 7 days of the closure of
archery season (see § 27.93 of this
chapter).
(vi) We prohibit leaving any tree
stand, blind, or game camera on the
refuge without the owner’s Arkansas
Game and Fish Commission customer
identification number clearly written on
it in a conspicuous location.
(vii) We prohibit the possession or use
of lead shot and buckshot for deer
hunting. We allow lead shot for turkey
hunting.
(viii) During the quota gun deer hunt,
we allow only hunters possessing a
valid quota gun deer hunting permit
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(FWS Form 3–2439) on the refuge and
only for the purposes of deer hunting
and the incidental take of allowable
species.
(ix) Turkey hunting will be conducted
in designated areas according to season
dates and bag limits provided in the
annual refuge public use brochure.
(x) We prohibit the use of dogs for
deer hunting.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing, frogging, and crawfishing on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (c)(1)(v), (vi), (ix), and (xii)
through (xvi), and (c)(3)(viii) of this
section apply.
(ii) We prohibit the take or possession
of turtles and/or mollusks (see § 27.21 of
this chapter).
(iii) We allow frogging and
crawfishing for personal use only. All
crawfish traps must have the owner’s
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
license customer identification number
permanently affixed.
(iv) We prohibit tournament fishing
on the refuge.
(d) Dale Bumpers White River
National Wildlife Refuge—(1) Migratory
game bird hunting. We allow hunting of
waterfowl (duck, goose, merganser, and
coot), dove, and woodcock on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We require an annual public use
permit (FWS Form 3–2439) to hunt,
fish, launch boats, and utilize
campgrounds.
(ii) We allow waterfowl hunting from
legal shooting hours until 12 p.m.
(noon).
(iii) We allow the use of dogs when
migratory game bird hunting.
(iv) We allow woodcock hunting
beginning December 1 until the end of
the State woodcock season on the North
Unit following State legal shooting
hours and bag limit.
(v) We prohibit goose hunting outside
the State duck season.
(vi) We allow dove hunting only
during the Statewide season in
September and October, as specified in
the refuge public use brochure.
(vii) You must remove blinds, blind
material, and decoys from the refuge by
1 p.m. each day (see § 27.93 of this
chapter).
(viii) Waterfowl hunters may enter the
North Unit, Jack’s Bay Hunt Area, and
Levee Hunt Area no earlier than 4 a.m.
on days hunting is allowed, as
identified in the refuge public use
brochure.
(ix) We prohibit boating from
November 1 to March 1 in the South
Unit Waterfowl Hunt Areas, except from
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hunt days.
(x) We allow waterfowl hunting on
outlying tracts; the conditions set forth
at paragraphs (d)(1)(ii) and (vii) of this
section apply.
(xi) We only allow all-terrain vehicles
(ATVs) for wildlife-dependent hunting
and fishing activities. We prohibit the
use of ATVs after December 15 each
year in designated South Unit areas as
shown in the refuge public use
brochure.
(xii) We allow incidental take of
beaver, coyote, and nutria during any
refuge hunt with the weapons legal for
that hunt, subject to applicable State
seasons and regulations.
(xiii) During refuge-wide quota
muzzleloader and quota gun deer hunts,
we close the refuge to all non-quota
hunting.
(xiv) All youth hunters age 15 and
younger must remain within sight and
normal voice contact of an adult age 21
or older who possesses a valid State
hunting license. One adult may
supervise no more than two youth
hunters.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of squirrel, rabbit, and all
furbearers (as governed by State law),
and the incidental take of beaver,
coyote, and nutria, on designated areas
of the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (d)(1)(i), and (xi) through
(xiv) of this section apply.
(ii) We allow hunting of rabbit and
squirrel on the North Unit from
September 1 through January 31.
(iii) On the North Unit only, we allow
the use of dogs when hunting rabbit and
squirrel from December 1 through
January 31.
(iv) We allow rabbit and squirrel
hunting on the South Unit from
September 1 through November 30.
(v) We allow furbearer hunting. The
annual public use brochure provides
season dates and methods.
(vi) We allow the use of dogs for
hunting furbearers from legal sunset to
legal sunrise. Hunters must tether or
pen all dogs used for furbearer hunting
from legal sunrise to legal sunset and at
any time they are not involved in actual
hunting.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow the
hunting of white-tailed deer and turkey,
and the incidental take of feral hog, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (d)(1)(i), (xi), (xii), and (xiv)
of this section apply.
(ii) Archery deer seasons on the North
Unit are from October 1 through January
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31, except during quota muzzleloader
and quota gun deer hunts, when the
archery season is closed.
(iii) Archery deer seasons on the
South Unit are from October 1 through
December 31, except during quota
muzzleloader and quota gun deer hunts,
when the archery season is closed.
(iv) Muzzleloader season for deer will
begin in October and will continue for
a period of up to 3 days of quota
hunting in the North and South Units,
and no more than 4 days of non-quota
hunting in the North Unit.
(v) The gun deer hunt will begin in
November and will continue for a
period of no more than 3 days of quota
hunting in the North and South Units,
and no more than 2 days of non-quota
hunting in the North Unit.
(vi) We restrict hunt participants for
quota hunts to those drawn for a quota
permit (FWS Form 3–2439). The permits
are nontransferable and nonrefundable.
(vii) Hunters may only take feral hog
incidental to deer season dates
identified in the refuge public use
brochure.
(viii) We prohibit organized deer
drives. We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
(ix) We prohibit firearm deer hunting
from or across roads, ATV trails, levees,
and maintained utility rights-of-way.
(x) You may only use portable deer
stands and ground blinds. You may
erect stands or blinds up to 7 days
before each hunt, but you must remove
them within 7 days after each hunt (see
§ 27.93 of this chapter). All unattended
deer stands and blinds on the refuge
must have the owner’s State hunting
license number clearly displayed.
(xi) We close the Kansas Lake Area to
all entry on December 1 and reopen it
on March 1.
(xii) We prohibit the possession of
buckshot on the refuge.
(xiii) An adult age 21 or older
possessing a valid hunting license must
accompany and be within sight and
normal voice contact of hunters age 15
and younger. One adult may supervise
no more than one youth hunter.
(xiv) The annual refuge public use
brochure provides season dates and
methods for turkey hunting.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing, frogging, and crawfishing on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (d)(1)(i) and (ix) of this
section apply.
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(ii) We allow sport fishing in refugeowned waters as follows:
(A) We allow fishing year-round in:
(1) LaGrue, Essex, Prairie, Scrubgrass,
and Brooks Bayous;
(2) Big Island Chute, Moon, and
Belknap Lakes next to Arkansas
Highway 1;
(3) Indian Bay;
(4) Arkansas Post Canal and adjacent
drainage ditches;
(5) Borrow ditches located adjacent to
the west bank of that portion of the
White River Levee north of the Graham
Burke pumping station; and
(6) All waters in the refuge-owned
North Unit and scattered tracts.
(B) We open all other South Unit
refuge waters to sport fishing from
March 1 through November 30, unless
posted otherwise.
(iii) We allow frogging on all refugeowned waters open for sport fishing as
follows:
(A) We allow frogging on the South
Unit from the beginning of the State
season through November 30.
(B) We allow frogging on the North
Unit for the entire State season.
(iv) We prohibit all commercial and
recreational harvest of turtle on all
property administered by Dale Bumpers
White River National Wildlife Refuge
(see § 27.21 of this chapter).
(v) We prohibit take or possession of
any freshwater mussel (see § 27.21 of
this chapter), and we prohibit the
shelling of mussels on the refuge.
(vi) Boats (16 feet or less) displaying
valid registration or Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission’s license customer
identification number may be left on the
refuge from March 1 through October
31.
(e) Felsenthal National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of American
woodcock, duck, light and dark goose,
merganser, and coot on designated areas
of the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Hunters and anglers must possess
and carry a signed refuge public use
brochure while hunting or fishing.
(ii) Waterfowl hunters may enter the
refuge beginning at 4 a.m. We allow
waterfowl hunting until 12 p.m. (noon).
(iii) Hunters must remove decoys,
blinds, boats, and all other equipment
by 1 p.m. each day (see § 27.93 of this
chapter).
(iv) We close areas of the refuge
posted with ‘‘Area Closed’’ signs and
identify them on the refuge public use
brochure map as a waterfowl sanctuary.
We close waterfowl sanctuaries to all
public entry and public use from
November 15 to February 15.
(v) We allow hunting of duck, light
and dark goose, merganser, and coot
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during the State waterfowl season
except during scheduled refuge quota
gun deer hunts.
(vi) We allow American woodcock
hunting during the State season except
during scheduled refuge quota hunts.
Woodcock hunters may enter the refuge
beginning at 4 a.m. and must exit by 1
hour after legal sunset.
(vii) All youth hunters age 15 and
younger must remain within sight and
normal voice contact of an adult age 21
or older who possesses a valid State
hunting license. One adult may
supervise no more than two youth
hunters.
(viii) We allow only all-terrain
vehicles/utility-type vehicles (ATVs/
UTVs) for hunting and fishing activities
according to regulations provided in the
refuge public use brochure.
(ix) You may use bikes, horses, and
mules on roads and ATV/UTV trails
(when open to motor vehicle and ATV/
UTV traffic, respectively) as a mode of
transportation for hunting and fishing
activities on the refuge except during
the quota deer hunts.
(x) We prohibit hunting within 150
feet (45 meters) of roads, pipelines, and
trails open to motor vehicle use
(including ATV/UTV trails).
(xi) We allow the incidental take of
beaver, nutria, and coyote during any
daytime refuge hunt with weapons and
ammunition allowed for that hunt.
There is no bag limit.
(xii) We allow the use of dogs when
hunting.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of quail, squirrel, rabbit,
raccoon, and opossum (as governed by
State law), and incidental take of beaver,
nutria, and coyote, on designated areas
of the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (e)(1)(i), (iv), and (vii)
through (xi) of this section apply.
(ii) We allow hunting for quail,
squirrel, rabbit, raccoon, and opossum
on the refuge during State seasons
through January 31. We close upland
game hunting during refuge quota gun
deer hunts.
(iii) We do not open for the spring
squirrel hunting season, or for the
summer/early fall raccoon hunting
season.
(iv) We allow the use of dogs for
squirrel and rabbit hunting from
December 1 through January 31, and for
quail and raccoon/opossum hunting
during the open season on the refuge for
these species.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and turkey,
and incidental take of feral hog, on
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designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (e)(1)(i), (iv), and (viii)
through (xi) of this section apply.
(ii) We allow archery deer hunting on
the refuge from the opening of the State
season through January 31, except
during refuge deer quota hunts.
(iii) We allow muzzleloader and
modern gun deer hunting during
designated times and seasons, within
specified State seasons as listed in the
refuge public use brochure.
(iv) Total deer harvested refuge-wide
is two deer (two does, or one buck and
one doe, as governed by State law)
regardless of method. A doe must be
harvested before a buck.
(v) We prohibit buckshot for modern
gun deer hunting.
(vi) You may only use portable deer
stands erected no earlier than the
opening day of archery season, and you
must remove them no later than January
31 each year (see § 27.93 of this
chapter).
(vii) We prohibit the use of deer
decoy(s).
(viii) Turkey hunting (Archery, Youth,
and Quota) will be conducted during
designated times and seasons, within
specified State seasons as listed in the
refuge public use brochure.
(ix) We restrict quota hunt
participants to those selected for a quota
permit (FWS Form 3–2439), except that
one nonhunting adult age 21 or older
possessing a valid hunting license must
accompany the youth hunter age 15 and
younger.
(x) An adult age 21 or older
possessing a valid hunting license must
accompany and be within sight and
normal voice contact of hunters age 15
and younger. One adult may supervise
no more than one youth hunter.
(xi) We allow the use of one tree stand
or ground blind, and one game camera,
on the refuge if the owner’s State
hunting license number is clearly
written on them in a conspicuous
location.
(xii) We restrict hunt participants for
quota hunts to those drawn for a quota
permit (FWS Form 3–2439). These
permits are nontransferable, and the
permit fees are nonrefundable.
(xiii) The incidental taking of feral
hogs will be governed by Arkansas
Game and Fish Commission regulations
concerning the taking of feral hogs on
State Wildlife Management Areas
(WMAs). Subject to State regulations,
we allow incidental take of feral hogs
during daytime refuge deer quota hunts
(without the use of dogs) and during a
specified period during archery deer
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and ammunition allowed for those
hunts according to the season dates
provided in the refuge public use
brochure. There is no bag limit.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing, frogging, and crawfishing on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (e)(1)(i), (iii), (iv), (viii), and
(ix) of this section apply.
(ii) We prohibit fishing in the
waterfowl sanctuary area when the
sanctuary is closed, with the exception
of the main channel of the Ouachita and
Saline Rivers and the borrow pits along
Highway 82. We post the waterfowl
sanctuary area with ‘‘Area Closed’’ signs
and identify those areas in refuge hunt
brochures.
(iii) During the refuge quota gun deer
hunts, we allow fishing only in areas
accessible from the Ouachita and Saline
Rivers and from Eagle, Jones, and
Pereogeethe Lakes.
(iv) You must move or remove
trotlines when receding water levels
expose them.
(v) We allow frogging and crawfishing
for personal use only during designated
times and seasons, within specified
State seasons as listed in the refuge
public use brochure.
(vi) We prohibit the take or possession
of turtles and/or mollusks (see § 27.21 of
this chapter).
(f) Holla Bend National Wildlife
Refuge. (1) [Reserved]
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of squirrel, rabbit, quail,
raccoon, opossum, beaver, muskrat,
nutria, river otter, mink, fox, striped
skunk, armadillo, coyote, and bobcat on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We require a signed refuge hunting
permit (FWS Form 3–2439). Anyone on
the refuge in possession of hunting
equipment must sign and possess the
permit (FWS Form 3–2439) at all times.
(ii) We allow squirrel, rabbit, raccoon,
opossum, and quail hunting according
to season dates and bag limits provided
in the annual refuge public use
brochure.
(iii) We only allow use of all-terrain
vehicles (ATVs) by hunters and anglers
with mobility impairments, and the
refuge manager must authorize this use
in writing.
(iv) Hunters and anglers may use
boats in designated areas and at times
provided in the annual refuge public
use brochure.
(v) All hunters age 13 and younger
must possess valid hunter education
certification and must be supervised by
an adult who is age 18 or older and who
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possesses valid hunter education
certification or was born before 1969.
(vi) During the quota youth gun deer
and turkey hunts, we close the refuge to
all other hunting and public entry.
(vii) We allow incidental take of
beaver, muskrat, nutria, river otter,
mink, bobcat, fox, striped skunk,
armadillo, and coyote during any refuge
hunt with the weapons legal for that
hunt, subject to applicable State seasons
and regulations.
(viii) Hunters and anglers may use
bicycles and e-bikes only on public use
roads and designated trails not closed
by a locked gate, other barrier, or
signage.
(ix) During the mentored youth
squirrel and rabbit hunts, the mentoring
adult may supervise up to two hunting
youths and the mentoring adult may
also hunt.
(x) Hunters must enter and exit the
refuge from designated roads and
parking lots only.
(xi) We limit raccoon and opossum
hunting to nighttime hunting only.
(xii) Hunter and anglers may not leave
motor vehicles, bicycles, e-bikes, or
boats unattended overnight on the
refuge.
(xiii) We prohibit hunting from a
vehicle.
(xiv) We prohibit the use of personal
watercraft (e.g., jet skis), airboats, and
hovercraft for hunting and fishing on
the refuge.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of deer, black bear, and turkey
on designated areas of the refuge subject
to the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (f)(2)(i), (iii) through (viii),
(x), and (xii) through (xiv) of this section
apply.
(ii) We allow archery/crossbow
hunting for white-tailed deer and turkey
according to season dates and bag limits
provided in the annual refuge public
use brochure.
(iii) Youth modern gun deer hunts
will be conducted according to season
dates and bag limits provided in the
refuge public use brochure.
(iv) We allow the take of black bear
incidental to refuge archery and modern
gun deer hunts subject to applicable
State seasons and regulations.
(v) The refuge will conduct youthonly quota spring gun turkey hunts
according to season dates and bag limits
provided in the refuge public use
brochure.
(vi) You may erect portable stands or
blinds 7 days before the start of the
season, and you must remove them from
the refuge within 7 days after the season
ends (see § 27.93 of this chapter).
(vii) We prohibit leaving any tree
stand, blind, or game camera on the
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refuge without the owner’s Arkansas
Game and Fish Commission customer
identification number clearly written on
it in a conspicuous location.
(viii) We prohibit organized drives.
We define a ‘‘drive’’ as an organized or
planned effort to pursue, drive, chase, or
otherwise frighten or cause game to
move in the direction of any person(s)
who is part of the organized or planned
hunt and known to be waiting for the
game.
(ix) You must check all harvested
turkey, bear, and deer at the refuge
check station.
(x) We prohibit the use of dogs for
deer hunting.
(xi) Big game hunters may enter the
refuge 1 hour before legal sunrise and
must exit by 1 hour after legal sunset.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing, frogging, and crawfishing on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (f)(2)(iii), (iv), (vi), (viii),
(xii), (xiv), and (xv) of this section
apply.
(ii) We allow fishing, frogging, and
crawfishing on all waters only from
March 1 through October 31 from legal
sunrise to legal sunset.
(iii) Anglers must remove boats from
the refuge at the end of each day’s
fishing activity (see § 27.93 of this
chapter).
(iv) We prohibit the take or possession
of turtles and/or mollusks (see § 27.21 of
this chapter).
(v) We allow frogging and crawfishing
for personal use only. All crawfish traps
must have the owner’s Arkansas Game
and Fish Commission license customer
identification number permanently
affixed.
(vi) We prohibit access to refuge
waters and land from the Arkansas
River.
(vii) We limit trotlines, setline,
limblines, yo-yo and free-floating
fishing devices to 20 per person; lines
must be secured with cotton line that
extends into the water.
(viii) Trotlines, setlines, limblines, yoyos, and free-floating fishing devices
must be clearly labelled with the
angler’s Arkansas Game and Fish
Commission license customer
identification number, and cannot be
left overnight or unattended.
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(i) Wapanocca National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) [Reserved]
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of squirrel, rabbit, raccoon,
nutria, beaver, coyote, quail, muskrat,
river otter, mink, bobcat, fox, striped
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designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We require a signed refuge hunting
permit (FWS Form 3–2439). Anyone on
the refuge in possession of hunting
equipment must sign and possess the
permit (FWS Form 3–2439) at all times.
(ii) Hunters may enter the refuge at
4 a.m. and must leave the refuge no later
than 1 hour after legal sunset, except
that we allow hunting of raccoon and
opossum at night on the refuge.
(iii) During the quota gun hunts, we
close the refuge to all other hunts and
public entry.
(iv) We allow squirrel, rabbit, raccoon,
opossum, and quail hunting according
to season dates and bag limits provided
in the annual refuge public use
brochure.
(v) We allow the incidental take of
nutria, beaver, muskrat, river otter,
mink, bobcat, fox, striped skunk,
armadillo, and coyote during any refuge
hunt with the weapons allowed for that
hunt, subject to applicable State seasons
and regulations.
(vi) Hunters may use only shotguns,
rifles chambered for rimfire cartridges,
air rifles, and archery tackle.
(vii) We prohibit hunting from mowed
and/or gravel road rights-of-way.
(viii) All hunters age 12 and younger
must possess valid hunter education
certification and must be supervised by
an adult who is age 18 or older and who
possesses valid hunter education
certification or was born before 1969.
Any additional requirements are
provided in the refuge public use
brochure.
(ix) From December 1 to February 28,
we close all waterfowl sanctuaries
(including Wapanocca Lake) to all
hunting and public entry.
(x) We prohibit the use of all-terrain
vehicles (ATVs), except that ATVs may
be used by mobility-impaired hunters
possessing written authorization issued
by the refuge manager.
(xi) Hunters and anglers may use
motor vehicles, bicycles, and e-bikes
only on public use roads not closed by
a locked gate, other barrier, or signage.
(xii) Hunters and anglers must use the
public boat ramp on Highway 77 to
launch motorized boats into Wapanocca
Lake.
(xiii) Hunters and anglers must
operate boats at speeds of less than 5
miles per hour between the Highway 77
boat launch and the open lake.
(xiv) We prohibit the use of personal
watercraft (e.g., jet skis), airboats, and
hovercraft for hunting and fishing on
the refuge.
(xv) Hunter and anglers may not leave
motor vehicles, bicycles, e-bikes, or
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refuge.
(xvi) We prohibit hunting from a
vehicle.
(xvii) The Round Pond and Pygmon
Units in St. Francis County are subject
to all regulations for hunting and fishing
for Wapanocca NWR.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and turkey,
and incidental take of feral hog, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (i)(2)(i) through (iii), (v), and
(vii) through (xvii) of this section apply.
(ii) During the quota gun deer hunt,
we allow only hunters possessing a
valid quota gun deer hunting permit
(FWS Form 3–2439) on the refuge and
only for the purposes of deer hunting
and the incidental take of allowable
species.
(iii) You may erect portable stands or
blinds 7 days prior to the refuge deer
season, and you must remove them from
the waterfowl sanctuaries by December
1 (see § 27.93 of this chapter). You must
remove all stands and blinds on the
remainder of the refuge within 7 days of
the closure of archery season (see
§ 27.93 of this chapter).
(iv) We allow portable tree stands,
blinds, and game cameras on the refuge
only if the owner’s Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission customer
identification number is clearly written
on them in a conspicuous location.
(v) We allow archery/crossbow,
muzzleloader, and modern gun deer
hunting according to season dates and
bag limits provided in the annual refuge
public use brochure.
(vi) Hunters may only use shotguns
with slugs, muzzleloaders, handguns,
large-bore air rifles, and archery/
crossbow tackle for modern gun deer
hunting.
(vii) Hunters may only take feral hog
incidental to modern gun and
muzzleloader deer hunts and during a
specified period during archery deer
hunting according to season dates
provided in the annual refuge public
use brochure.
(viii) The annual refuge public use
brochure provides season dates and bag
limits for turkey hunting.
(ix) We prohibit the possession or use
of lead shot or buckshot for deer
hunting. We allow lead shot for turkey
hunting.
(x) We prohibit the use of dogs for
deer hunting.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing, frogging, and crawfishing on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
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(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (i)(2)(iii), (ix), (xi) through
(xv), and (xvii) of this section apply.
(ii) From March 1 through November
30, we allow fishing, frogging, and
crawfishing on all refuge waters. From
December 1 through February 28, we
allow bank fishing only on Woody Pond
and other non-waterfowl sanctuary
areas.
(iii) Anglers, including those frogging
and crawfishing, may enter the refuge at
4 a.m. and must leave the refuge no later
than 1 hour after legal sunset.
(iv) We prohibit the take or possession
of turtles and/or mollusks (see § 27.21 of
this chapter).
(v) Anglers may launch boats only in
designated areas.
(vi) We allow fishing, frogging, and
crawfishing for personal use only. All
crawfish traps must have the owner’s
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
license customer identification number
permanently affixed.
(vii) We prohibit tournament fishing.
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■ a. Removing the word ‘‘A8N’’ and
adding in its place the word ‘‘A8’’ in the
first sentence of paragraph (e)(1)(ii); and
■ b. Revising paragraphs (e)(1)(vii) and
(i)(1) introductory text to read as
follows:
§ 32.24
California.
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(vii) You may not possess more than
25 shot shells while in the field once
you have left your assigned parking lot
for Ponds AB1, A2E, AB2, A3N, A3W,
A5, A7, and A8, and the Ravenswood
Unit.
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(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We
allow hunting of goose, duck, coot,
snipe, and moorhen on designated areas
of the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
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paragraphs (a)(1)(ii) and (b)(1)(ii) to read
as follows:
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(ii) You must complete and return a
Harvest Report (FWS Form 3–2542),
available at the refuge administration
office or on the refuge’s website, within
15 days of the close of the season.
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(ii) You must complete and return a
Harvest Report (FWS Form 3–2542),
available at the refuge administration
office or on the refuge’s website, within
15 days of the close of the season.
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■ a. Revising paragraphs (e)(1) through
(3);
■ b. Redesignating paragraphs (f)
through (o) as paragraphs (g) through
(p);
■ c. Adding a new paragraph (f); and
■ d. Revising newly redesignated
paragraphs (j)(2)(i), (j)(3)(i), (j)(3)(vii),
(k)(1)(x), (n)(3)(ii), (iv), and (viii).
The revisions and addition read as
follows:
§ 32.28
Florida.
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(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We
allow hunting of migratory game birds
and the incidental take of nonnative
wildlife as defined by the State on
designated areas of the refuge in
accordance with State regulations and
applicable State Wildlife Management
Area regulations.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
upland game hunting and the incidental
take of nonnative wildlife as defined by
the State on designated areas of the
refuge in accordance with State
regulations and applicable State
Wildlife Management Area regulations.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow big
game hunting and the incidental take of
nonnative wildlife as defined by the
State on designated areas of the refuge
in accordance with State regulations
and applicable State Wildlife
Management Area regulations.
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Refuge—(1)–(2) [Reserved]
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of turkey on designated areas of
the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We require a valid Florida Panther
National Wildlife Refuge Big Game
Quota Hunt Permit purchased through
the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission. The quota
hunt permit is a limited entry quota
permit, and is nontransferable.
(ii) You must have a valid signed
Florida Panther NWR turkey hunt
brochure, which is free and nontransferrable.
(iii) Each Big Game Quota Hunt
Permit is issued for the take of 1
bearded turkey. A family hunt/camp
experience permit is issued for take of
2 bearded turkeys.
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(iv) We allow bows, crossbows, PCP
air guns propelling a bolt or arrow, and
shotguns using #2 or smaller shot size.
(v) We require an adult, age 18 or
older, to supervise hunters age 15 and
younger. The adult must remain within
sight and normal voice contact of the
youth hunter.
(vi) Hunters possessing a valid Big
Game Quota Hunt Permit purchased
through the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission may access
the refuge no earlier than 2 hours before
legal sunrise and must leave the refuge
no later than legal sunset. Hunters
possessing a valid family hunt/camp
experience permit may remain on the
refuge overnight.
(vii) We allow hunting from 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise until 1 p.m.
(viii) We allow only federally
approved nontoxic shot (see § 32.2(k)).
(ix) We only allow permitted hunters
participating in the limited entry quota
hunt to operate off-road vehicles
(swamp buggies, all-terrain/utility-type
vehicles) on designated roads, trails,
and firebreaks.
(x) We allow hunters with permits to
scout 7 days prior to the individual’s
permitted hunt.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow fishing on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We allow fishing from legal sunrise
to legal sunset.
(ii) We only allow hook and line. We
prohibit snatch hooks, cast nets, seines,
trotlines, jugs, and yo-yos.
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(2) * * *
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (j)(1)(i) through (viii) of this
section apply.
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(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (j)(1)(i) through (viii) of this
section apply.
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Report (FWS Form 3–2542) and check
all game harvested during all deer and
hog hunts.
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(x) You must stop at a posted refuge
waterfowl check station and report
statistical hunt information on the
Harvest Report (FWS Form 3–2542) to
refuge personnel.
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paragraphs (n)(2)(ii) and (iv) through
(vii) of this section apply.
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(iv) There is a two deer limit per hunt,
as specified at paragraph (n)(3)(vi) of
this section, except during the youth
hunt, when the limit is as specified at
paragraph (n)(3)(vii) of this section. The
limit for turkey is one per hunt.
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(viii) Mobility-impaired hunters may
have an assistant accompany them. You
may transfer permits (State-issued
permit) issued to the hunter to
assistants. We limit those hunt teams to
harvesting white-tailed deer and feral
hog within the limits provided at
paragraph (n)(3)(vi) of this section.
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paragraph (e)(3) to read as follows:
§ 32.29
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(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and turkey,
and the incidental take of coyote,
armadillo, and feral hog, on designated
areas of the refuge subject to the
following conditions:
(i) We require a signed refuge hunt
permit (FWS Form 3–2439) for all
hunters age 16 and older. Hunters must
sign the permit and carry it with them
at all times when hunting.
(ii) Each hunter may place one stand
on the refuge during the week preceding
each hunt, but must remove the stand
by the end of each hunt (see § 27.93 of
this chapter).
(iii) We prohibit hunting within 100
yards (91 meters) of Harris Neck Road,
the refuge entrance drive, Visitor
Contact Station/Office, Barbour River
Landing, Barbour River Road, or Gould’s
Cemetery.
(iv) We require hunters to check-in
and check-out each hunt day. We
require personal identification to checkin and check-out.
(v) We require hunters to check all
harvested game at the check station
before leaving the refuge each day.
(vi) Hunters may take five deer (no
more than two antlered), and we will
issue State bonus tags for two of these.
(vii) During the gun hunt, we allow
only shotguns (20 gauge or larger),
muzzleloaders, bows, air rifles (.30
caliber or larger), and air bows, as
governed by State regulations. We
prohibit the use of centerfire rifles.
(viii) We allow the incidental take of
armadillo, feral hog, and coyote during
any refuge hunt with the weapons legal
for that hunt, subject to applicable State
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seasons and regulations. There is no bag
limit for these species.
(ix) The turkey hunt is a youth-only,
archery hunt limited to 2 days per year.
To participate in the turkey hunt, youth
must complete an application (FWS
Form 3–2439), submit the completed
application to the refuge, and be
selected by lottery. Each youth hunter
selected by lottery to participate in the
turkey hunt must possess a free signed
refuge hunt brochure while hunting.
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■ 10. Amend § 32.31 by:
■ a. Revising paragraphs (b)(1) and (2);
■ b. Adding paragraph (b)(3); and
■ c. Revising paragraph (e)(4).
The revisions and addition read as
follows:
§ 32.31
Idaho.
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(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We
allow hunting of duck, goose, coot,
snipe, and dove on designated areas of
the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We allow hunters to access the
refuge 1 hour before legal shooting time.
(ii) You may only use portable blinds
or construct temporary blinds of natural
vegetation. Blinds will be available for
general use on a first-come, first-served
basis. You must remove portable blinds,
decoys, and other personal property at
the end of each day’s hunt (see § 27.93
of this chapter).
(iii) We allow the use of dogs when
hunting.
(iv) You may take Eurasian collareddoves only during the State seasons for
migratory birds and upland game birds.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of pheasant, grouse, and
partridge on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) The condition set forth at
paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section
applies.
(ii) We allow hunters to access the
refuge 1⁄2 hour before legal shooting
time.
(iii) Hunters must wear a minimum of
36 square inches (232.3 square
centimeters) of blaze orange, and a blaze
orange head covering.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of elk on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (b)(2)(ii) and (iii) of this
section apply.
(ii) You must carry a signed copy of
the refuge hunting regulations and hunt
map (signed brochure) in the field while
hunting.
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(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) We allow bank fishing only.
(ii) We prohibit launching boats from,
and landing boats on, the banks of Deep
Creek.
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■ a. Revising paragraph (b)(4);
■ b. Removing paragraph (c)(1)(ii);
■ c. Redesignating paragraph (c)(1)(iii)
as paragraph (c)(1)(ii);
■ d. Revising paragraph (c)(2)(i);
■ e. Removing paragraphs (c)(4)(i), (v),
and (vi);
■ f. Redesignating paragraphs (c)(4)(ii)
through (iv) as paragraphs (c)(4)(i)
through (iii); and
■ g. Revising paragraphs (f)(1) through
(3), (g)(2)(ii), (g)(3), (k)(2)(v), and
(k)(3)(i).
The revisions read as follows:
§ 32.32
Illinois.
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(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) On Crab Orchard Lake west of Wolf
Creek Road:
(A) Anglers may fish from boats all
year.
(B) Anglers must remove all trotlines/
jugs from legal sunrise until legal sunset
from the Friday immediately prior to
Memorial Day through Labor Day.
(ii) On Crab Orchard Lake east of Wolf
Creek Road:
(A) Anglers may fish from boats
March 1 through October 15.
(B) Anglers may fish all year at the
Wolf Creek and Route 148 causeways.
(iii) On A–41 and Bluegill Ponds:
(A) Anglers may fish only from legal
sunrise to legal sunset from March 1
through October 15.
(B) We prohibit anglers from using
gas-powered boats.
(iv) On Managers, Honkers, and
Visitors Ponds:
(A) Anglers may fish all year from
legal sunrise to legal sunset.
(B) We prohibit anglers from using
gas-powered boats.
(v) Trotlines/jugs:
(A) We prohibit the use of trotlines/
jugs on all refuge waters outside of Crab
Orchard Lake.
(B) We prohibit the use of trotlines/
jugs with any flotation device that has
previously contained any petroleumbased material or toxic substances.
(C) Anglers must attach a buoyed
device that is visible on the water’s
surface to all trotlines.
(vi) Anglers may use all legal
noncommercial fishing methods, except
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they may not use any underwater
breathing apparatus.
(vii) Anglers may not submerge any
poles or similar objects to take or locate
any fish.
(viii) Organizers of all fishing events
must possess a Special Use Permit (FWS
Form 3–1383–G or FWS Form 3–1383–
C).
(ix) We prohibit anglers from fishing
within 250 yards (228 meters) of an
occupied waterfowl hunting blind.
(x) Specific creel and size limits apply
on various refuge waters as listed in the
Crab Orchard fishing brochure and the
annual Illinois fishing digest.
(c) * * *
(2) * * *
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (c)(1)(i) and (ii) of this
section apply.
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(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We
allow hunting of migratory game birds
on designated areas of the refuge subject
to the following conditions:
(i) You must remove personal
belongings, including, but not limited
to, all boats, decoys, blinds, blind
materials, stands, and platforms brought
onto the refuge at the end of each day’s
hunt (see §§ 27.93 and 27.94 of this
chapter).
(ii) Hunters may enter the refuge no
earlier than 1⁄2 hour before legal
shooting hours and must exit the refuge
no later than 1⁄2 hour after legal shooting
hours.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
upland game and turkey hunting on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (f)(1)(i) and (ii) of this
section apply.
(ii) For hunting, you may use or
possess only approved nontoxic shot
shells while in the field, including shot
shells used for hunting wild turkey (see
§ 32.2(k)).
(3) Big game hunting. We allow big
game hunting on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (f)(1)(i) and (ii) of this
section apply.
(ii) We prohibit organized deer drives.
We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
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(ii) You must remove personal
belongings, including, but not limited
to, all boats, decoys, blinds, blind
materials, stands, platforms, and other
hunting equipment brought onto the
refuge at the end of each day’s hunt (see
§§ 27.93 and 27.94 of this chapter).
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The condition set forth at
paragraph (g)(2)(ii) of this section
applies.
(ii) We prohibit organized deer drives.
We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
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(2) * * *
(v) Hunters may only hunt from 1⁄2
hour before legal sunrise to no later than
1⁄2 hour after legal sunset, and they must
follow all State requirements for legal
hunting hours.
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(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (k)(1)(i) and (k)(2)(v) of this
section apply.
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paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (g), (i)(1)(iv),
(i)(3)(iii), (j), (m), (o)(1)(iv), (o)(3)(v), (q),
(r), (s)(1)(iv), (t), and (u) to read as
follows:
§ 32.37
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(c) Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of duck,
merganser, teal, light and dark goose,
coot, gallinule, rail, snipe, and dove on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) Hunters and anglers must possess
and carry a valid, signed refuge hunting
and fishing brochure.
(ii) We only allow youth to hunt
migratory game birds.
(iii) All youth hunters age 15 and
younger must be supervised by an adult
during hunts. The youth must be
capable of and must actively participate
in the hunt by possessing and/or firing
a legal weapon during the hunt for the
express purpose of harvesting game.
(iv) One adult may supervise up to
two youths during upland game hunts
and migratory bird hunts, but may
supervise only one youth during big
game hunts. The supervising adult must
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maintain visual and voice contact with
the youth at all times.
(v) Adults accompanying youth on
any refuge hunts may participate by
hunting (except during the State youthonly seasons), but are not allowed to
harvest more than their own daily bag
limit (see § 20.24 of this chapter). Youth
must harvest their own bag limits.
(vi) We allow migratory bird hunting
on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays,
and Sundays from 1⁄2 hour before legal
sunrise until 2 p.m.
(vii) We open the refuge to goose
youth hunting during any segment of
goose season that extends beyond the
regular duck season.
(viii) Migratory bird hunters may not
enter the refuge prior to 4 a.m. on the
day of the hunt and must remove all
portable blinds and decoys (see § 27.93
of this chapter) no later than 3 p.m.
(ix) We prohibit hunting within 500
feet (152 meters (m)) of any residence or
structure adjacent to the refuge, and we
prohibit hunting within 200 feet (61 m)
of any road, railroad, levee, water
control structure, designated public use
trail, designated parking area, or other
designated public use facility.
(x) We prohibit mud boats or air
cooled propulsion vessels, including
‘‘surface-drive’’ boats, except when
traversing through the Intracoastal
Waterway and the Irish Bayou Straight
Canal only.
(xi) We only allow the incidental take
of nutria with approved shot and
weapons during any open youth
waterfowl season on the refuge.
(xii) We allow the incidental take of
coyote, raccoon, feral hog, armadillo,
and opossum with approved shot and
weapons allowed during any open
season on the refuge.
(xiii) We allow only the use of
reflective tacks as marking devices.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of rabbit, and the incidental
take of nutria, coyote, raccoon,
armadillo, and opossum, on designated
areas of the refuge subject to the
following conditions:
(i) We only allow youth hunting of
upland game.
(ii) When hunting, you must possess
only shot size 4 or smaller or 0.22
caliber rimfire rifles or smaller. We
allow the use of air rifles.
(iii) When hunting rabbit, we allow
the use of dogs only after the close of
the State archery deer season.
(iv) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (iii) through (v), and
(ix) through (xiii) of this section apply.
(3) Big game hunting. We only allow
youth hunting of white-tailed deer, and
the incidental take of feral hog, on
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designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We are open to youth hunting only
during the State deer archery season.
(ii) We prohibit organized deer drives.
We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
(iii) We allow placement of temporary
deer stands no earlier than 48 hours
prior to the start of deer archery season.
Hunters must remove all deer stands
within 48 hours after the archery deer
season closes (see § 27.93 of this
chapter).
(iv) We allow only one deer stand per
hunter on the refuge. Deer stands must
have the owner’s State license/
sportsmen’s identification number
clearly printed on the stand.
(v) We prohibit the use of deer
decoys.
(vi) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (iii) through (v), and
(ix) through (xiii) of this section apply.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow
recreational finfishing and shellfishing
on designated areas of the refuge subject
to the following conditions:
(i) We allow daytime sport finfishing
and shellfishing year-round on
designated areas of the refuge. On
portions of the refuge outside of the
Hurricane Protection Levee, we allow
daytime sport finfishing and
shellfishing from November 1 through
January 31 and during the State teal
season, but only after 2 p.m. We close
the remainder of the refuge to sport
fishing from November 1 through
January 31.
(ii) We only allow sport fishing with
hand-held rod and reel or hand-held rod
and line.
(iii) You may take bait shrimp with
cast nets only.
(iv) You may take crawfish (up to 100
pounds (45 kilograms) per person, per
day) with crawfish or dip nets only.
(v) We allow recreational crabbing
only.
(vi) You must attend all fishing,
crabbing, and crawfishing equipment at
all times.
(vii) We prohibit the use of trotlines,
limblines, slat traps, gar sets, nets, and
alligator lines on the refuge.
(viii) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (x), and (xiii) of this
section apply.
(d) Bayou Teche National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of duck,
merganser, teal, light and dark goose,
coot, gallinule, rail, snipe, dove, and
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woodcock on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Each person age 18 and older must
possess and carry a valid, signed refuge
user brochure while on the refuge.
(ii) We prohibit hunting or discharge
of firearms (see § 27.42 of this chapter)
within 500 feet (152 meters (m)) of any
residence or oil and gas infrastructure,
or within 200 feet (61 m) of any road,
railroad, levee, water control structure,
designated public use trail, designated
parking area, or other designated public
use facility.
(iii) All youth hunters age 15 and
younger must be supervised by an adult
during all hunts. One adult may
supervise up to two youths during small
game and migratory game bird hunts,
but may supervise only one youth
during big game hunts. The supervising
adult must maintain visual and voice
contact with the youth at all times.
Adult guardians are responsible for
ensuring that youth hunters do not
violate refuge rules.
(iv) We require waterfowl and
gallinule hunters to remove all portable
blinds and decoys from the refuge by 2
p.m. each day (see §§ 27.93 and 27.94 of
this chapter).
(v) Migratory bird hunters are only
allowed to enter the refuge after 4 a.m.
(vi) We allow waterfowl and gallinule
hunting daily until 2 p.m. during the
State regular season, State teal season,
and State youth and veteran waterfowl
seasons.
(vii) When hunting migratory game
birds, you may only use dogs to locate,
point, and retrieve game.
(viii) We allow only the use of
reflective tacks as marking devices.
(ix) We only allow the incidental take
of nutria with approved shot and
weapons during any open waterfowl
season on the refuge.
(x) We allow the incidental take of
raccoon, feral hog, armadillo, opossum,
and coyote with approved shot and
weapons during any open season on the
refuge.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of squirrel and rabbit, and the
incidental take of nutria, coyote,
raccoon, armadillo, and opossum, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We only allow hunting from the
start of the State squirrel and rabbit
seasons until the last day of State
waterfowl season in the Coastal Zone,
except that the Centerville Unit will be
open until the last day of the State
waterfowl season in the East Zone.
(ii) We prohibit upland game hunting
on days corresponding with refuge deer
gun hunts.
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(iii) Hunters must leave the refuge no
later than 2 hours after legal sunset.
(iv) When hunting, you must possess
only shot size 4 or smaller or 0.22
caliber rimfire rifles or smaller. We
allow the use of air rifles.
(v) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (d)(1)(i) through (iii) and
(viii) through (x) of this section apply.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow the
hunting of white-tailed deer, and the
incidental take of feral hog, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We allow hunting of deer only with
firearms (see § 27.42 of this chapter)
during 5 specific days during October
and November. A youth gun hunt will
occur during the last weekend of
October. The general gun hunt will
occur during the final full weekend in
November. The youth gun hunt includes
both Saturday and Sunday. The general
gun hunt includes the Friday
immediately before the weekend.
(ii) We allow archery deer hunting
according to the State of Louisiana
archery season. We close refuge archery
hunting during refuge deer gun hunts.
(iii) We allow each hunter to possess
only one deer per day; the deer may be
a buck or a doe.
(iv) Hunters may use only portable
deer stands. Hunters may erect deer
stands no earlier than 48 hours before
the deer archery season and must
remove them from the refuge within 48
hours after the season closes (see § 27.93
of this chapter). Hunters may place only
one deer stand on the refuge. Deer
stands must have the owner’s State
hunting license/sportsman’s
identification number clearly printed on
the stand.
(v) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (d)(1)(i) through (iii), (viii),
and (x), and (d)(2)(iii) of this section
apply.
(vi) We prohibit the use of deer
decoys.
(vii) We prohibit organized deer
drives. We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
(viii) Deer hunters must display State
Wildlife Management Area (WMA)
hunter-orange or blaze-pink (as
governed by State WMA regulations).
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing in all refuge waters subject to the
following conditions:
(i) We prohibit the use of unattended
nets, traps, or lines (trot, jug, bush, etc.).
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(ii) The condition set forth at
paragraph (d)(1)(i) of this section
applies.
(iii) The refuge is only open to
recreational finfishing and shellfishing
from legal sunrise to legal sunset.
(e) Big Branch Marsh National
Wildlife Refuge—(1) Migratory game
bird hunting. We allow hunting of duck,
merganser, teal, coot, light and dark
goose, snipe, rail, gallinule, dove, and
woodcock on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Each person age 18 and older must
possess and carry a valid, signed refuge
user brochure while on the refuge.
(ii) We allow waterfowl, snipe, rail,
gallinule, dove, and goose hunting on
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and
Sundays from 1⁄2 hour before legal
sunrise until 2 p.m., including
waterfowl hunting during the State teal
season and State youth and veterans
waterfowl seasons. We only allow
hunting of woodcock until 2 p.m.
(iii) We allow light goose hunting for
that part of the season that extends
beyond the regular duck season from 1⁄2
hour before legal sunrise until 2 p.m.
(iv) We allow only temporary blinds,
and hunters must remove blinds and
decoys by 2 p.m. each day (see § 27.93
of this chapter).
(v) All youth hunters age 15 and
younger must be supervised by an adult
during all hunts. One adult may
supervise up to two youths during small
game hunts and migratory bird hunts,
but may supervise only one youth
during big game hunts. The supervising
adult must maintain visual and voice
contact with the youth at all times.
Adult guardians are responsible for
ensuring that youth hunters do not
violate refuge rules.
(vi) We prohibit hunting or discharge
of firearms (see § 27.42 of this chapter)
within 500 feet (152 meters (m)) of any
residence adjacent to the refuge or oil
and gas infrastructure on the refuge, or
within 200 feet (61 m) from the center
of any road, railroad, levee, water
control structure, designated public use
maintained trail, designated parking
area, or other designated public use
facility.
(vii) We allow migratory bird hunters
to enter the refuge no earlier than 4 a.m.,
and all hunters must exit the refuge no
later than 2 hours after legal sunset.
(viii) We allow only reflective tacks as
trail markers on the refuge.
(ix) We allow the incidental take of
raccoon, feral hog, armadillo, opossum,
and coyote with approved shot and
weapons allowed during any open
season on the refuge.
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(x) We only allow the incidental take
of nutria with approved shot and
weapons during any open waterfowl
(duck, teal, merganser, light and dark
goose, and coot) season on the refuge.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of squirrel, rabbit, and quail,
and the incidental take of nutria, coyote,
raccoon, armadillo, and opossum, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) When hunting, you must possess
only shot size 4 or smaller, or 0.22
caliber rim-fire rifles or smaller. We
allow the use of air rifles.
(ii) When hunting squirrel and rabbit,
and for the incidental take of raccoon,
we allow the use of dogs only after the
close of the State archery deer season.
When hunting quail, you may only use
dogs to locate, point, and retrieve.
(iii) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (e)(1)(i), (v), (vi), and (viii)
through (x) of this section apply.
(iv) During the dog season for squirrel
and rabbit, all hunters, including
archers (while on the ground), except
waterfowl hunters, must wear a
minimum of a cap or hat that is hunter
orange, blaze pink, or other such color
as governed by State regulations.
(v) We only allow hunting of quail
until 2 p.m.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer, and the
incidental take of feral hog, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We are open only during the State
season for archery hunting of deer.
(ii) We prohibit organized deer drives.
We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
(iii) We allow placement of temporary
deer stands no earlier than 48 hours
prior to the start of deer archery season.
Hunters must remove all deer stands
within 48 hours after the archery deer
season closes (see § 27.93 of this
chapter). We allow only one deer stand
per hunter on the refuge. Deer stands
must have the owner’s State license/
sportsmen’s identification number
clearly printed on the stand. We
prohibit hunting stands on trees painted
with white bands.
(iv) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (e)(1)(i), (v), (vi), and (viii)
through (x) of this section apply.
(v) We prohibit the use of deer
decoys.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow
recreational finfishing and shellfishing
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on designated areas of the refuge subject
to the following conditions:
(i) You may only fish from legal
sunrise until legal sunset, except we
allow night fishing from the bank and
pier on Lake Road.
(ii) You must only use rod and reel or
pole and line while fishing.
(iii) You must attend to any fishing,
crabbing, and crawfishing equipment at
all times.
(iv) The condition set forth at
paragraph (e)(1)(i) of this section
applies.
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Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of duck,
merganser, teal, light and dark goose,
coot, gallinule, rail, snipe, dove, and
woodcock on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Each person age 18 and older must
possess and carry a valid, signed refuge
user brochure while on the refuge.
(ii) We only allow hunting of duck,
merganser, teal, light and dark goose,
and gallinule from 1⁄2 hour before legal
sunrise until 2 p.m. of the State seasons,
including during the State teal season,
State youth waterfowl season, State
veterans season, and special light goose
conservation season.
(iii) You must remove blinds and
decoys by 2 p.m. each day (see § 27.93
of this chapter).
(iv) When hunting migratory game
birds, you may only use dogs to locate,
point, and retrieve game.
(v) All youth hunters age 15 and
younger must be supervised by an adult
during all hunts. One adult may
supervise up to two youths during
upland game hunts and migratory bird
hunts, but may supervise only one
youth during big game hunts. The
supervising adult must maintain visual
and voice contact with the youth at all
times. Adult guardians are responsible
for ensuring that youth hunters do not
violate refuge rules.
(vi) We prohibit hunting or discharge
of firearms (see § 27.42 of this chapter)
within 500 feet (152 meters (m)) of any
residence or oil and gas infrastructure,
or within 200 feet (61 m) of any road,
railroad, levee, water control structure,
designated public use trail, building,
designated camping area, designated
parking area, or other designated public
facility.
(vii) For the purpose of hunting, we
prohibit possession of slugs, buckshot,
and rifle and pistol ammunition, except
during the deer gun and primitive
firearm seasons (see § 32.2(k)).
(viii) You may use only reflective
tacks as trail markers on the refuge.
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(ix) We allow the incidental take of
feral hog, raccoon, armadillo, opossum,
and coyote with approved shot and
weapons allowed during any open
season on the refuge.
(x) We only allow incidental take of
nutria with approved shot and weapons
during any open waterfowl season on
the refuge.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of squirrel, rabbit, and quail,
and the incidental take of nutria, coyote,
raccoon, armadillo, and opossum, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We allow the use of dogs for rabbit
and squirrel hunting, and the incidental
take of raccoon, on specific dates listed
in the refuge hunt brochure.
(ii) During any open deer firearm or
primitive firearm season on the refuge,
all hunters, except waterfowl hunters
and nighttime incidental raccoon and
incidental opossum hunters, must wear
hunter orange, blaze pink, or other such
color as governed by State regulations.
(iii) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (g)(1)(i) and (v) through (x)
of this section apply.
(iv) You may use .22-caliber rifles or
smaller while hunting upland game and
ammunition must be size 4 or smaller
(see § 32.2(k)).
(v) We will close the refuge to hunting
(except waterfowl) and camping when
the Pearl River reaches 15.5 feet (4.72
meters) on the Pearl River Gauge at
Pearl River, Louisiana.
(vi) During the dog season for
squirrels, rabbits, and incidental take of
raccoon, all hunters, including archery
hunters (while on the ground), except
waterfowl hunters, must wear a cap or
hat that is hunter-orange, blaze pink, or
other such color as governed by State
regulations.
(vii) We prohibit upland game
hunting on days corresponding with
refuge deer gun and primitive firearm
hunts.
(viii) We only allow quail hunting
until 2 p.m.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer, turkey, and
feral hog, and the incidental take of feral
hog, on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (g)(1)(i) and (v) through (x),
and (g)(2)(ii), (v), and (vi) of this section
apply.
(ii) Hunters may erect deer stands no
earlier than 48 hours before the deer
archery season opens and must remove
them from the refuge within 48 hours
after this season closes (see § 27.93 of
this chapter). We allow only one deer
stand per hunter on the refuge. Deer
stands must have the owner’s State
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license/sportsmen’s identification
number clearly printed on the stand.
(iii) Deer hunters hunting from
concealed blinds must display State
Wildlife Management Area (WMA)
hunter-orange or blaze-pink (as
governed by State WMA regulations)
above or around their blinds that is
visible from 360 degrees.
(iv) We hold a special dog hog hunt
in February. During this hunt, the
following conditions apply, in addition
to the other conditions set forth in this
paragraph (g)(3):
(A) You must use trained hog-hunting
dogs to aid in the take of hog.
(B) We allow take of hog from 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise until 1⁄2 hour after
legal sunset.
(C) You must possess only approved
nontoxic shot, or pistol or rifle
ammunition not larger than .22 caliber
rim-fire, to take the hog after it has been
caught by dogs.
(v) You must kill all hogs prior to
removal from the refuge.
(vi) We prohibit the use of deer and
turkey gobbler decoys.
(vii) We prohibit using shot larger
than BB-lead, or T-steel, while hunting
during turkey season.
(viii) We describe the dates for deer
general gun hunts, youth hunts, and
veterans hunts in the refuge user
brochure.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow only
recreational fishing year-round on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We only allow cotton limb lines.
(ii) We close the fishing ponds at the
Pearl River Turnaround to fishing from
April through the first full week of June
and to boating during the months of
April, May, June, and July.
(iii) When the Pearl River Turnaround
area is open, we allow boats that do not
have gasoline-powered engines attached
in the fishing ponds at the Pearl River
Turnaround. Anglers must hand-launch
these boats into the ponds. When the
fishing ponds at the Pearl River
Turnaround are open, hook and line is
the only legal method of take in those
ponds.
(iv) The Pearl River Turnaround area,
when open to fishing, is open 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise to 1⁄2 hour after legal
sunset.
(v) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (g)(1)(i) and (viii), and
(g)(2)(v) of this section apply.
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turn in a Harvest Report (FWS Form 3–
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(j) Cat Island National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of duck,
merganser, teal, light and dark goose,
coot, snipe, rail, gallinule, dove, and
woodcock on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Each person age 18 and older must
possess and carry a valid, signed refuge
user brochure while on the refuge.
(ii) We allow migratory bird hunters
to enter the refuge no earlier than 4 a.m.,
and all hunters must exit the refuge
within 2 hours after legal sunset.
(iii) We allow the incidental take of
beaver, feral hog, raccoon, armadillo,
opossum, and coyote with approved
shot and weapons allowed during any
open season on the refuge.
(iv) We allow all-terrain vehicles
(ATVs) and utility-type vehicle (UTVs)
as governed by State Wildlife
Management Area regulations and size
specifications on designated trails (see
§ 27.31 of this chapter) from the third
Saturday in September until February
28.
(v) We prohibit hunting within 500
feet (152 meters (m)) of any residence or
oil and gas infrastructure, or within 200
feet (61 m) of any road, railroad, levee,
water control structure, designated
public use trail, building, designated
parking area, or designated public use
facility.
(vi) All youth hunters age 15 and
younger must be supervised by an adult
during hunts. One adult may supervise
up to two youths during small game
hunts and migratory bird hunts, but may
supervise only one youth during big
game hunts. The supervising adult must
maintain visual and voice contact with
the youth at all times. Adult guardians
are responsible for ensuring that youth
hunters do not violate refuge rules.
(vii) We allow waterfowl (duck,
merganser, teal, light and dark goose,
coot, and gallinule) hunting daily
during the State regular season,
including waterfowl hunting during the
State teal season and State youth and
veteran waterfowl seasons, from 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise until 2 p.m.
(viii) You must remove harvested
waterfowl, temporary blinds, and
decoys used for duck hunting by 2 p.m.
each day (see § 27.93 of this chapter).
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(ix) When hunting migratory game
birds, you may only use dogs to locate,
point, and retrieve.
(x) We prohibit accessing refuge
property by boat from the Mississippi
River.
(xi) We allow only the use of
reflective tacks as marking devices.
(xii) We only allow the incidental take
of nutria with approved shot and
weapons during any open waterfowl
season on the refuge.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of squirrel and rabbit, and the
incidental take of nutria, beaver, coyote,
raccoon, armadillo, and opossum, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (j)(1)(i) through (vi) and (x)
through (xii) of this section apply.
(ii) While upland game hunting, we
prohibit the possession of hunting
firearms larger than 0.22 caliber rimfire,
shotgun slugs, and buckshot (see § 27.42
of this chapter).
(iii) We allow the use of dogs during
designated small game with dog
seasons. We require the owner’s contact
information on the collars of all dogs.
We only allow up to two dogs per
hunting party for squirrel hunting.
(iv) We prohibit upland game hunting
on days corresponding with refuge deer
gun hunts.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (j)(1)(i) through (vi), (x), and
(xi) of this section apply.
(ii) We allow archery deer hunting,
youth deer gun hunting during the first
weekend of the State youth firearm
season, and one weekend of primitive
firearm season on the refuge. We list
specific dates of these hunts in the
refuge annual user brochure.
(iii) Hunters may erect deer stands no
earlier than 48 hours before the deer
archery season opens and must remove
them from the refuge within 48 hours
after this season closes (see § 27.93 of
this chapter). We grant extensions to
retrieve stands due to high water refuge
closure. We allow only one deer stand
or blind per hunter on the refuge. Deer
stands must have the owner’s State
license/sportsmen’s identification
number clearly printed on the stand.
(iv) You may only take one deer of
either sex per day during the deer
seasons listed. State season limits apply.
(v) Deer hunters must display State
Wildlife Management Area (WMA)
hunter-orange or blaze-pink (as
governed by State WMA regulations).
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(vi) We prohibit organized drives. We
define a ‘‘drive’’ as an organized or
planned effort to pursue, drive, chase, or
otherwise frighten or cause game to
move in the direction of any person(s)
who is part of the organized or planned
hunt and known to be waiting for the
game.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow
recreational finfishing and shellfishing
on designated areas of the refuge subject
to the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (j)(1)(i), (iv) (on the open
portions of Wood Duck ATV trail for
wildlife-dependent activities throughout
the year), (x), and (xi) of this section
apply.
(ii) We prohibit slat traps or hoop nets
on the refuge.
(iii) Anglers may only crawfish during
designated days and times. The harvest
limit is 50 pounds (22.5 kilograms) per
person per day.
(iv) You must attend all crawfish traps
and nets at all times. We allow up to,
and no more than, 20 traps per angler
on the refuge.
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(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We
allow hunting of duck, merganser, teal,
light and dark goose, dove, snipe, rail,
gallinule, and coot on designated areas
of the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Each person age 18 and older must
possess and carry a valid, signed refuge
user brochure while on the refuge.
(ii) We allow migratory bird hunting
on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays,
and Sundays from 1⁄2 hour before legal
sunrise until 2 p.m. during the State
seasons, including the regular waterfowl
season, the State teal season, State youth
waterfowl season, State veterans
waterfowl season, and State light goose
special conservation season.
(iii) We only allow temporary blinds.
You must remove both blinds and
decoys by 2 p.m. each day (see § 27.93
of this chapter).
(iv) When hunting migratory game
birds, you may only use dogs to locate,
point, and retrieve game.
(v) We prohibit discharge of firearms
(see § 27.42 of this chapter) within 500
feet (152 meters (m)) of any residence or
oil and gas infrastructure, or within 200
feet (61 m) of any road, railroad, levee,
water control structure, designated
public use trail, designated parking area,
or other designated public use facilities.
(vi) All youth hunters age 15 and
younger must be supervised by an adult
during all hunts. One adult may
supervise up to two youths during
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youth during big game hunts. The
supervising adult must maintain visual
and voice contact with the youth at all
times.
(vii) Migratory bird hunters may enter
the refuge no earlier than 4 a.m., and all
hunters must exit the refuge no later
than 2 hours after legal sunset.
(viii) We allow the incidental take of
raccoon, feral hog, armadillo, opossum,
and coyote with approved shot and
weapons allowed during any open
season on the refuge.
(ix) We only allow the incidental take
of nutria with approved shot and
weapons during any open waterfowl
season on the refuge.
(x) We allow only the use of reflective
tacks as marking devices.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of rabbit, and the incidental
take of nutria, coyote, raccoon,
armadillo, and opossum on designated
areas of the refuge subject to the
following conditions:
(i) The refuge rabbit season opens the
day after the State duck season closes
and continues through the remainder of
the State rabbit season.
(ii) We restrict hunting to shotgun
only.
(iii) We allow the use of dogs when
rabbit hunting.
(iv) We prohibit upland game hunting
on days corresponding with refuge deer
gun hunts.
(v) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (m)(1)(i) and (v) through
(viii) of this section apply.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (m)(1)(i) and (v) through (x)
of this section apply.
(ii) We allow archery deer hunting,
bucks only, from October 1 through 15.
We allow either-sex archery deer
hunting from October 16 through 31,
and from the day after the close of the
State duck season through the end of the
State deer archery season.
(iii) We allow placement of temporary
deer stands up to 48 hours prior to the
start of deer archery season. Hunters
must remove all deer stands within 48
hours after the archery deer season
closes (see § 27.93 of this chapter). We
allow only one deer stand per hunter on
the refuge. Deer stands must have the
owner’s State license/sportsmen’s
identification number clearly printed on
the stand.
(iv) We prohibit organized deer
drives. We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
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cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
(v) We prohibit the use of deer
decoys.
(vi) We allow shotgun hunting of deer
on the Saturday and Sunday during the
first split of the regular waterfowl
season.
(vii) Deer hunters must display State
Wildlife Management Area (WMA)
hunter-orange or blaze-pink (as
governed by State WMA regulations).
(4) Sport fishing. We allow
recreational finfishing and shellfishing
on designated areas of the refuge subject
to the following conditions:
(i) We only allow sport finfishing and
shellfishing from 1⁄2 hour before legal
sunrise until 1⁄2 hour after legal sunset.
During the State waterfowl hunting
seasons, we only allow sport finfishing
and shellfishing from 2 p.m. until 1⁄2
hour after legal sunset. However, during
the waterfowl season, we prohibit all
public entry between Main Pass and
Raphael Pass.
(ii) We prohibit the use of trotlines,
limblines, slat traps, jug lines, nets, or
alligator lines.
(iii) The condition set forth at
paragraph (m)(1)(i) of this section
applies.
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(iv) Each hunter must complete and
turn in a Harvest Report (FWS Form 3–
2542), available from a self-clearing
check station, after each hunt.
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(v) Each hunter must complete and
turn in a Harvest Report (FWS Form 3–
2542) available from a self-clearing
check station, after each hunt.
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(q) Mandalay National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of duck, teal,
merganser, light and dark goose,
gallinule (including moorhen), coot,
rail, snipe, and dove on designated areas
of the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Each person age 18 and older must
possess and carry a valid, signed refuge
user brochure while on the refuge.
(ii) We allow only youth hunting of
migratory game birds and only in the
Hanson Unit on Wednesdays,
Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays
until 2 p.m. of the State teal, youth, and
regular waterfowl seasons.
(iii) We open the Hanson Unit only to
youth goose hunting during any
segment of the goose season that
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extends beyond the regular duck season
on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays,
and Sundays until 2 p.m.
(iv) Migratory bird hunters are only
allowed to enter the refuge after 4 a.m.
(v) All youth hunters age 15 and
younger must be supervised by an adult
during all hunts. One adult may
supervise up to two youths during small
game and migratory game bird hunts.
An adult may supervise only one youth
during big game hunts. The supervising
adult must maintain visual and voice
contact with the youth at all times. The
youth must be capable of and must
actively participate in the hunt by
possessing and/or firing a legal weapon
during the hunt for the express purpose
of harvesting game. Parents or adult
guardians are responsible for ensuring
that hunters age 15 and younger do not
violate refuge rules.
(vi) Adults accompanying youth on
refuge hunts may participate by
hunting, but are not allowed to harvest
more than their own daily bag limit.
(vii) We only allow incidental take of
nutria with approved shot and weapons
during any open waterfowl season on
the refuge.
(viii) We allow incidental take of
raccoon, feral hog, armadillo, opossum,
and coyote with approved shot and
weapons allowed during any open
season on the refuge.
(ix) We prohibit hunting within 500
feet (152 meters (m)) of any residence or
oil and gas infrastructure, or within 200
feet (61 m) of any road, railroad, levee,
water control structure, designated
public use trail, designated parking area,
or other designated public use facility.
(x) We allow only temporary blinds,
and hunters must remove blinds and
decoys by 2 p.m. each day (see § 27.93
of this chapter).
(2) Upland Game Hunting. We allow
youth hunting of squirrel and rabbit,
and the incidental take of nutria, coyote,
raccoon, armadillo, and opossum, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) When hunting, you must possess
only shot size 4 or smaller, or 0.22
caliber rim-fire rifles or smaller. We
allow the use of air rifles.
(ii) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (q)(1)(i) and (v) through (ix)
apply.
(iii) The Hanson Unit is closed to
youth hunting prior to 2 p.m. on
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and
Sundays during waterfowl hunt season.
(iv) Hunters must leave the refuge no
later than 2 hours after legal sunset.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow the
hunting of white-tailed deer, and the
incidental take of feral hog, on
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designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We open the refuge to hunting of
white-tailed deer only during the State
archery season in State Area 9.
(ii) You may take only one deer of
either sex per day.
(iii) We prohibit the use of deer
decoys.
(iv) We only allow portable stands.
Hunters may erect temporary deer
stands no earlier than 48 hours prior to
the start of deer archery season. Hunters
must remove all deer stands within 48
hours after the archery deer season
closes (see § 27.93 of this chapter).
Hunters may place only one deer stand
on the refuge. Deer stands must have the
owner’s State hunting license/
sportsman’s identification number
clearly printed on the stand.
(v) We prohibit organized deer drives.
We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
(vi) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (q)(1)(i), (v), (vi), (viii), and
(ix), and (q)(2)(iv) of this section apply.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow
recreational finfishing and shellfishing
in all refuge waters subject to the
following conditions:
(i) We prohibit the use of unattended
nets, traps, or lines (trot, jog, bush, etc.).
(ii) The refuge is open from legal
sunrise until legal sunset.
(iii) The condition set forth at
paragraph (q)(1)(i) of this section
applies.
(r) Red River National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of duck,
goose, coot, woodcock, snipe, rail,
gallinule, and dove on designated areas
of the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Hunters must possess and carry a
signed refuge brochure.
(ii) We allow waterfowl hunting until
12 p.m. (noon) during the State season.
Waterfowl hunters must exit the refuge
no later than 1:30 p.m.
(iii) Hunters may enter the refuge no
earlier than 4 a.m.
(iv) Hunters may only hunt during
designated times and seasons within
specified State seasons as listed in
refuge brochure.
(v) We prohibit hunting within 100
feet (30 meters) of any public road,
refuge road, trail or ATV trail, residence,
building, aboveground oil or gas or
electrical transmission facility, or
designated public facility.
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(vi) When hunting migratory game
birds, you may only use dogs to locate,
point, and retrieve.
(vii) We allow the incidental take of
coyote, beaver, and feral hogs in
designated areas during any refuge hunt
with the weapons legal for that hunt,
subject to applicable State seasons and
regulations.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of quail, squirrel, rabbit,
raccoon, and opossum, and incidental
take of coyote and beaver, on designated
areas of the refuge subject to the
following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (r)(1)(i), (iii) through (v), and
(vii) of this section apply.
(ii) We allow hunting of raccoon and
opossum during the daylight hours of
rabbit and squirrel season. We allow
night hunting during December and
January, and you may use dogs for night
hunting.
(iii) We allow the use of dogs to hunt
squirrel and rabbit after December 31.
(iv) Hunters must exit the refuge no
later than 1 hour after legal shooting
hours, unless participating in
authorized hunting after legal sunset.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and turkey,
and the incidental take of feral hog, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following condition: The conditions
set forth at paragraphs (r)(1)(i), (iii)
through (v), and (vii), and (r)(2)(iv) of
this section apply.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) We allow use of only electric
trolling motors on all refuge waters
while fishing.
(ii) Recreational fishing using
commercial gear (slat traps, etc.)
requires a special refuge permit (Special
Use Permit (FWS Form 3–1383–G)),
which is available at the refuge office.
You must possess and carry the special
refuge permit while fishing using
commercial gear.
(iii) We prohibit the taking of alligator
snapping turtle (see § 27.21 of this
chapter).
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(iv) Each hunter must complete and
turn in a Harvest Report (FWS Form 3–
2542) from a self-clearing check station
after each hunt.
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Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of duck,
goose, rail, gallinule, coot, woodcock,
and snipe on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
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(i) All hunters and anglers age 16 and
older must purchase an Annual Public
Use Permit (FWS Form 3–2439). This
permit allows individuals to participate
in open (non-quota) hunting and fishing
seasons.
(ii) All hunters and anglers must
obtain a Self-Clearing Permit (FWS
Form 3–2405), available at refuge entry
points and at the Visitor Center, and
complete the self-clearing process when
exiting the refuge at the end of each day.
(iii) We allow hunting of duck, goose,
rail, gallinule, coot, and snipe on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and
Sundays until 2 p.m. during the State
season. We prohibit migratory bird
hunting during refuge gun hunts for
deer.
(iv) We allow refuge hunters to enter
the refuge no earlier than 4 a.m., and
they must leave no later than 2 hours
after legal sunset unless they are
participating in the refuge nighttime
raccoon hunt.
(v) We allow all-terrain vehicle (ATV)
travel on designated trails for access
typically from October 1 to the last day
of the refuge squirrel season.
(vi) We prohibit field dressing of game
within 150 feet (45 meters) of parking
areas, maintained roads, and trails.
(vii) An adult age 18 or older must
supervise youth hunters age 17 and
younger during all hunts. One adult
may supervise two youths during small
game and migratory bird hunts, but may
supervise only one youth during big
game hunts. Youth must remain within
normal voice contact of the adult who
is supervising them.
(viii) We allow the incidental take of
coyote, beaver, raccoon, opossum, feral
hog, armadillo, and nutria during
authorized hunts with firearms and
archery equipment legal for use during
the hunt.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of raccoon, squirrel, and rabbit,
and the incidental take of coyote,
beaver, raccoon, opossum, armadillo,
and nutria, on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (t)(1)(i), (ii), and (iv) through
(viii) of this section apply.
(ii) A nighttime raccoon hunt will be
conducted during December, January,
and/or February, usually in conjunction
with the adjacent State Wildlife
Management Area (WMA) raccoon
hunting season.
(iii) We allow the use of dogs when
squirrel and rabbit hunting subject to
the following conditions:
(A) We allow hunting without dogs
from the beginning of the State season
to December 31.
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(B) From the beginning of the State
season to December 31, we do not
require hunters to wear hunter orange.
(C) We allow squirrel and rabbit
hunting with or without dogs from
January 1 to the last day of February.
(D) From January 1 to the last day of
February, squirrel and rabbit hunters are
required to wear a minimum solid
hunter orange cap.
(E) We allow no more than three dogs
per hunting party.
(iv) We close squirrel and rabbit
hunting during the following gun hunts
for deer: Refuge-wide youth hunt,
primitive firearms hunt, and modern
firearms hunts.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and turkey,
and the incidental take of feral hogs, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (t)(1)(i), (ii), and (iv) through
(viii) of this section apply.
(ii) We require a valid Quota Modern
Firearm Permit (FWS Form 3–2439) to
hunt during a Deer Quota Modern
Firearm Hunt. You must complete and
submit an application for all Deer Quota
Hunts, and hunters will be notified of
their drawing status. If selected, hunters
are required to purchase the Annual
Public Use Permit (FWS Form 3–2439)
to claim their Quota Modern Firearm
Permit for the selected hunt. Hunters
must carry a signed paper copy or
electronic version of the permit with
them on their person while hunting.
(iii) Deer archery season will begin
the first Saturday in November and will
conclude on January 31, except for
during the youth gun hunt and modern
firearms hunts, when archery is
prohibited.
(iv) The deer primitive firearms
season will occur between November 1
and January 31. We allow all legal
primitive firearms as governed by State
regulations.
(v) During the deer primitive firearms
season, hunters may fit any legal
primitive firearms with magnified
scopes.
(vi) We allow hunters using primitive
weapons to hunt reforested areas.
(vii) We prohibit youth hunters from
using modern firearms during the
primitive weapon hunt.
(viii) During modern firearm hunts,
all firearm hunting, even hunting with
primitive weapons or muzzleloaders, is
governed by applicable Federal and
State regulations. We require a quota
hunt permit (FWS Form 3–2439) for
these hunts.
(ix) During modern firearm hunts, we
prohibit hunting in reforested areas. We
prohibit hunting and/or shooting into or
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across any reforested area during the
quota hunt for deer.
(x) For the guided quota youth hunts,
we consider youth to be ages 8 through
15.
(xi) We will conduct a refuge-wide
youth deer hunt that will coincide with
the State youth hunt weekend.
(xii) Hunters may take only one deer
(one buck or one doe) per day during
refuge deer hunts, except that during
guided youth and wheelchair-bound
hunts, the limit will be one antlerless
and one antlered deer per day.
(xiii) We allow turkey hunting in
designated areas during the State turkey
hunt season not to exceed 16 days.
(xiv) We allow a youth turkey hunt
weekend in conjunction with the State
youth turkey hunt weekend.
(xv) We allow muzzleloader hunters
to discharge their primitive firearms at
the end of each hunt safely into the
ground at least 150 feet (45 meters (m))
from any designated public road,
maintained road, trail, fire break,
dwelling, or aboveground oil and gas
production facility. We define a
‘‘maintained road or trail’’ as one that
has been mowed, disked, or plowed, or
one that is free of trees.
(xvi) We prohibit deer hunters leaving
deer stands unattended before the
opening day of the refuge archery
season. Hunters must remove stands
from the refuge by the end of the last
day of the refuge archery season (see
§ 27.93 of this chapter). Hunters must
remove portable stands from trees at the
end of each day’s hunt and place
freestanding stands in a nonhunting
position when unattended. Hunters
must clearly mark stands left
unattended on the refuge with the
hunter’s last name, Louisiana
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
license number, and I-Sportsman Permit
Number.
(xvii) We allow hunting with slugs,
rifle, or pistol ammunition larger than
.22 caliber rimfire only during the quota
hunts for deer. We prohibit use of
buckshot when hunting.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (t)(1)(i) and (ii) of this
section apply.
(ii) We allow anglers to enter the
refuge no earlier than 4 a.m., and they
must depart no later than 2 hours after
legal sunset.
(iii) We prohibit the taking of turtle
(see § 27.21 of this chapter).
(iv) We prohibit fish cleaning within
150 feet (45 m) of parking areas,
maintained roads, and trails.
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(u) Upper Ouachita National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of duck,
goose, coot, dove, rail, gallinule, snipe,
and woodcock on designated areas of
the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) You must carry a signed refuge
public use brochure and must carry and
fill out daily a Visitor Check-In Permit
and Report (FWS Form 3–2405).
(ii) Hunters may only hunt during
designated refuge seasons as listed in
the signed refuge public use brochure.
(iii) We allow waterfowl hunting until
12 p.m. (noon) during the State season.
Waterfowl hunters must exit the refuge
no later than 1:30 p.m.
(iv) Hunters may enter the refuge no
earlier than 4 a.m.
(v) We prohibit hunting within 100
feet (30 meters (m)) of the maintained
rights-of-way of roads and from or
across all-terrain vehicle (ATV) trails.
We prohibit hunting within 50 feet (15
meters (m)) of, or trespassing on,
aboveground oil, gas, or electrical
transmission facilities.
(vi) When hunting migratory game
birds, you may only use dogs to locate,
point, and retrieve.
(vii) We allow ATVs only on trails
designated for their use and marked by
signs (see § 27.31 of this chapter). ATV
trails are closed March 1 through
August 31.
(viii) We allow the incidental take of
coyote, beaver, and feral hog during any
refuge hunt with the weapons legal for
that hunt, subject to applicable State
seasons and regulations.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of quail, squirrel, rabbit,
raccoon, and opossum, and the
incidental take of coyote and beaver, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (u)(1)(i), (ii), (iv), (v), (vii),
and (viii) of this section apply.
(ii) You must exit no later than 2
hours after legal shooting hours, unless
participating in authorized hunting after
legal sunset.
(iii) We allow the nighttime hunting
of raccoon and opossum from December
1 to January 31 with the aid of dogs. We
allow hunting of raccoon and opossum
during the daylight hours of rabbit and
squirrel season.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and turkey,
and the incidental take of feral hog, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (u)(1)(i), (ii), (iv), (v), (vii),
and (viii), and (u)(2)(ii) of this section
apply.
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(ii) Deer hunters must wear hunter
orange as governed by State deer
hunting regulations in wildlife
management areas.
(iii) We prohibit hunters from placing
stands or hunting from stands on pine
trees with white-painted bands and/or
rings.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) We prohibit leaving boats and
other personal property on the refuge
overnight (see § 27.93 of this chapter).
(ii) You must tend trotlines daily. You
must attach ends of trotlines by a length
of cotton line that extends into the
water.
(iii) Recreational fishing using
commercial gear (slat traps, etc.)
requires a special refuge permit (Special
Use Permit (FWS Form 3–1383–G)),
which is available at the refuge office.
You must possess and carry the special
refuge permit while fishing using
commercial gear.
(iv) We prohibit the taking of turtle
(see § 27.21 of this chapter).
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■ a. Revising paragraphs (a) and (b);
■ b. Redesignating paragraph (e) as
paragraph (g) and paragraph (c) as
paragraph (e);
■ c. Adding new paragraph (c);
■ d. Revising paragraph (d) and newly
redesignated paragraphs (e)(2)(i) and
(e)(3)(i);
■ e. Adding paragraph (f).
The additions and revisions read as
follows:
§ 32.38
Maine.
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(a) Franklin Island National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of waterfowl
on designated areas of the refuge subject
to the following conditions:
(i) We allow the use of dogs consistent
with State regulations.
(ii) We allow temporary or portable
blinds. We require hunters to remove all
portable or temporary blinds and decoys
from the refuge following each day’s
hunt (see § 27.93 of this chapter).
(2)–(4) [Reserved]
(b) Moosehorn National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of duck,
goose, American woodcock, and snipe
on designated areas of the refuge subject
to the following conditions:
(i) We allow the use of dogs consistent
with State regulations.
(ii) We allow hunters to enter the
refuge 1 hour before legal shooting
hours, and they must exit the refuge by
1 hour past legal shooting hours.
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(iii) We only allow portable or
temporary blinds and decoys that must
be removed from the refuge following
each day’s hunt (see § 27.93 of this
chapter).
(iv) Hunters must retrieve all species
harvested on the refuge.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of bobcat, eastern coyote, ruffed
grouse, snowshoe hare, red fox, gray and
red squirrel, raccoon, skunk, porcupine,
and woodchuck on designated areas of
the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (b)(1)(i), (ii) (except for
hunters pursuing raccoon and coyote at
night), (iii), and (iv) of this section
apply.
(ii) We allow hunting for eastern
coyote, red squirrel, and woodchuck
only from October 1 to March 31.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of black bear, moose, and
white-tailed deer on designated areas of
the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (b)(1)(i), (ii), and (iv) of this
section apply.
(ii) We allow tree stands, blinds, and
ladders to be set up on the opening day
of the archery deer season. Hunters
must clearly label tree stands, blinds, or
ladders left on the refuge overnight with
your State hunting license number and
last name. Hunters must remove tree
stand(s), blind(s), and/or ladder(s) from
the refuge on the last day of the
muzzleloader deer season (see § 27.93 of
this chapter).
(iii) You may hunt black bear, eastern
coyote, and white-tailed deer during the
State archery and firearms deer seasons
on the Baring Division east of State
Route 191.
(iv) We prohibit use of firearms to
hunt bear during the archery deer
season on the Baring Division east of
Route 191. We prohibit the use of
firearms, other than a muzzleloader, to
hunt coyote during the deer
muzzleloader season on the Baring
Division east of Route 191.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) We only allow fishing from 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise to 1⁄2 hour after legal
sunset.
(ii) We prohibit trapping fish for use
as bait.
(c) Petit Manan National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of duck,
goose, seaduck, brant, woodcock, rail,
and snipe on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
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(i) We allow the use of dogs consistent
with State regulations.
(ii) We allow temporary or portable
blinds. We require hunters to remove all
portable or temporary blinds and decoys
from the refuge following each day’s
hunt (see § 27.93 of this chapter).
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of ruffed grouse, gray squirrel,
red squirrel, skunk, snowshoe hare, fox,
coyote, porcupine woodchuck, bobcat,
and raccoon on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We prohibit the use of dogs for
pursuing game.
(ii) We allow hunting for coyotes, red
squirrel, porcupine, and woodchuck
from November 1 to March 31.
(iii) Hunters must retrieve all species
harvested on the refuge.
(iv) We prohibit night hunting from 1⁄2
hour after legal sunset until 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise the following day.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and black
bear on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) Petit Manan Point is open only
during the muzzleloader deer season.
(ii) We allow black bear hunting
during the firearm season for whitetailed deer.
(iii) We allow hunters to enter the
refuge 1 hour before legal sunrise, and
they must exit the refuge no later than
1 hour after legal sunset.
(iv) We prohibit the use of dogs when
hunting black bear.
(v) We require hunters to remove all
tree stands, blinds, and ladders from the
refuge on the last day of muzzleloader
deer season (see § 27.93 of this chapter).
(4) [Reserved]
(d) Pond Island National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of waterfowl
on designated areas of the refuge subject
to the following conditions:
(i) We allow the use of dogs consistent
with State regulations.
(ii) We allow temporary or portable
blinds. We require hunters to remove all
portable or temporary blinds and decoys
from the refuge following each day’s
hunt (see § 27.93 of this chapter).
(2)–(4) [Reserved]
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(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (e)(1)(i) and (iii) of this
section apply.
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(i) The conditions as set forth at
paragraphs (e)(1)(i) and (iv) of this
section apply.
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(f) Sunkhaze Meadows National
Wildlife Refuge—(1) Migratory game
bird hunting. We allow hunting of duck,
goose, rail, American woodcock, and
Wilson’s snipe on designated areas of
the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We allow the use of dogs consistent
with State regulations.
(ii) The hunter must retrieve all
species harvested on the refuge.
(iii) We only allow portable or
temporary blinds and decoys that must
be removed from the refuge following
each day’s hunt (see § 27.93 of this
chapter).
(iv) We allow hunters to enter the
refuge 1 hour before legal shooting
hours, and they must exit the refuge no
later than 1 hour after legal shooting
hours.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of bobcat, coyote, ruffed grouse,
hare, red fox, gray squirrel, red squirrel,
raccoon, skunk, and woodchuck on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (f)(1)(i) through (iv) (except
for hunters pursing raccoon or coyote at
night) of this section apply.
(ii) We allow hunting for eastern
coyote, red squirrel, and woodchuck
only from October 1 to March 31.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of black bear, moose, wild
turkey, and white-tailed deer on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (f)(1)(i), (ii), and (iv) of this
section apply.
(ii) We allow tree stands, blinds, and
ladders to be set up on the opening day
of the archery deer season. Hunters
must clearly label tree stands, blinds, or
ladders left on the refuge overnight with
your State hunting license number and
last name. Hunters must remove tree
stand(s), blind(s), and/or ladder(s) from
the refuge on the last day of the
muzzleloader deer season (see § 27.93 of
this chapter).
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following condition: We
prohibit trapping fish for use as bait.
■ 14. Amend § 32.41 by revising
paragraph (b) to read as follows:
§ 32.41
Michigan.
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(b) Harbor Island National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of migratory
game birds on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Hunters may enter the refuge no
earlier than 1 hour before legal sunrise
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and must leave the refuge no later than
1 hour after legal sunset.
(ii) You must remove boats, blinds,
blind materials, stands, decoys, and
other hunting equipment from the
refuge at the end of each day (see
§§ 27.93 and 27.94 of this chapter).
(iii) We allow the use of dogs while
hunting in accordance with Michigan
State regulations, provided the dog is
under the immediate control of the
hunter at all times.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
upland game hunting on designated
areas of the refuge subject to the
following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (b)(1)(i) through (iii) of this
section apply.
(ii) For hunting, you may possess only
approved nontoxic shot shells while in
the field, including shot shells used for
hunting wild turkey (see § 32.2(k)).
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of big game subject to the
following conditions:
(i) The condition set forth at
paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section
applies.
(ii) We prohibit dogs for big game
hunting.
(iii) Deer hunters may place one
portable stand or blind on the refuge for
use while deer hunting, but only during
the open deer season. The stand must be
clearly labeled with the hunter’s
Michigan license/sportsmen’s
identification number. The stand must
be removed by the end of the season
(see §§ 27.93 and 27.94 of this chapter).
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following condition: We
prohibit the taking of any mussel (clam),
crayfish, leech, frog, toad, salamander,
snake, lizard, turtle, and other non-fish
species by any method on the refuge
(see § 27.21 of this chapter).
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paragraphs (p)(1) introductory text,
(p)(1)(v), and (p)(2)(ii) to read as
follows:
§ 32.42
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(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We
allow hunting of goose, duck,
merganser, coot, Sora/Virginia rail,
woodcock, snipe, common moorhen/
gallinule, mourning dove, and American
crow on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
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crow from September 1 through the end
of February within the migratory bird
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March 1 through August 31.
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(ii) We allow spring turkey hunting
for youth hunters and persons with
disabilities, and fall turkey hunting for
all hunters, on designated areas of the
refuge.
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■ 16. Amend § 32.43 by:
■ a. Revising paragraphs (b)(1)(iv),
(b)(3)(i), (c)(1)(iv), and (c)(2)(ii);
■ b. Removing paragraph (c)(2)(iii);
■ c. Revising paragraph (c)(3)(i);
■ d. Removing paragraph (c)(3)(ii);
■ e. Redesignating paragraphs (c)(3)(iii)
through (vii) as paragraphs (c)(3)(ii)
through (vi); and
■ f. Revising paragraphs (d), (e)(1)(iii),
(e)(3)(iv), (f)(2)(iii), (g)(1)(iii), (h)(1)(iii),
(h)(3)(iv), (i)(1)(iii), (i)(3)(iv), (j),
(l)(1)(iv), (l)(2)(i), (l)(3)(i), (m)(1)(iii), and
(m)(3)(iv).
The revisions read as follows:
§ 32.43
Mississippi.
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(iv) Each hunter must obtain a daily
Harvest Report (FWS Form 3–2542).
You must display the card in plain view
on the dashboard of your vehicle so that
the State-issued license number is
readable. Prior to leaving the refuge, you
must complete the reverse side of the
card and deposit it at one of the refuge
information stations. Include all game
harvested, and if you harvest no game,
report ‘‘0.’’ We prohibit hunters
possessing more than one Harvest
Report at a time.
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(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (b)(1)(i), (ii), (iv), and (vi) of
this section apply.
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(1) * * *
(iv) Each hunter must obtain a daily
Harvest Report (FWS Form 3–2542).
You must display the card in plain view
on the dashboard of your vehicle so that
the State-issued license number is
readable. Prior to leaving the refuge, you
must complete the card and deposit it
at one of the refuge information stations.
Include all game harvested, and if you
harvest no game, report ‘‘0.’’ We
prohibit hunters possessing more than
one Harvest Report at a time.
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(ii) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (ii), (iv), (v), and (ix)
of this section apply.
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(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (ii), (iv), (v), and (ix)
of this section apply.
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Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of goose,
duck, coot, and dove (mourning and
white-winged) on designated areas of
the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Each hunter must possess and
carry a signed copy of the refuge
brochure while participating in refuge
hunts.
(ii) Hunters must remove all decoys,
blind material, and harvested waterfowl
from the refuge at the end of each day’s
hunt (see § 27.93 of this chapter).
(iii) You must only use portable or
temporary blinds.
(iv) We only allow the use of dogs
when waterfowl hunting. We require all
dogs to wear a collar displaying the
owner’s contact information.
(v) We allow incidental take of coyote
and nutria during any refuge hunt with
the weapons legal for that hunt, subject
to applicable State seasons and
regulations.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of squirrel (gray and fox) and
rabbit (cottontail and swamp), and
incidental take of coyote and nutria, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (d)(1)(i) and (v) of this
section apply.
(ii) We only allow .22 caliber rimfire
rifles.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer, and
incidental take of feral hog, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (d)(1)(i) and (v) of this
section apply.
(ii) We only allow hunting with bow
and arrow. We prohibit firearms.
(iii) We allow portable and climbing
tree stands. Hunters must remove tree
stands from the refuge at the end of each
day’s hunt (see § 27.93 of this chapter).
(iv) We prohibit organized deer
drives. We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) Anglers may enter the refuge no
earlier than 30 minutes prior to sunrise
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and must leave the refuge no later than
30 minutes after legal sunset each day.
(ii) We prohibit fishing from legal
sunset to legal sunrise.
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(iii) Before hunting or fishing, all
participants must display their Daily
Visitor Information/Harvest Report Card
(Harvest Report, FWS Form 3–2542) in
plain view in their vehicle so that the
State-issued license number is readable.
You must return all cards upon
completion of the activity and before
leaving the refuge.
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(iv) The refuge brochure provides deer
check station locations and
requirements. Prior to leaving the
refuge, you must check all harvested
deer at the nearest self-service check
station (Harvest Report, FWS Form 3–
2542) following the posted instructions.
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(2) * * *
(iii) Before hunting or fishing, all
participants must display their Daily
Visitor Information/Harvest Report Card
(Harvest Report, FWS Form 3–2542) in
plain view in their vehicle so that the
required information is readable. You
must return all cards upon completion
of the activity and before leaving the
refuge.
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(1) * * *
(iii) Before hunting or fishing, all
participants must display their Daily
Visitor Information/Harvest Report Card
(Harvest Report, FWS Form 3–2542) in
plain view in their vehicle so that the
required information is readable. You
must return all cards upon completion
of the activity and before leaving the
refuge.
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(1) * * *
(iii) Before hunting or fishing, all
participants must display their Daily
Visitor Information/Harvest Report Card
(Harvest Report, FWS Form 3–2542) in
plain view in their vehicle so that the
required information is readable. You
must return all cards upon completion
of the activity and before leaving the
refuge.
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(iv) The refuge brochure provides deer
check station locations and
requirements. Prior to leaving the
refuge, you must check all harvested
deer at the nearest self-service check
station (Harvest Report, FWS Form
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instructions.
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(1) * * *
(iii) Before hunting or fishing, all
participants must display their Daily
Visitor Information/Harvest Report Card
(Harvest Report, FWS Form 3–2542) in
plain view in their vehicle so that the
required information is readable. You
must return all cards upon completion
of the activity and before leaving the
refuge.
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(iv) The refuge brochure provides deer
check station locations and
requirements. Prior to leaving the
refuge, you must check all harvested
deer at the nearest self-service check
station (Harvest Report, FWS Form
3–2542) following the posted
instructions.
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(j) Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee
National Wildlife Refuge—(1) Migratory
game bird hunting. We allow hunting of
duck, light and dark goose, merganser,
woodcock, crow, gallinule (purple and
common), snipe, and coot on designated
areas of the refuge subject to the
following conditions:
(i) Hunters and anglers must purchase
a North Mississippi Refuge Complex
Hunting/Fishing Permit (#606),
available from the Mississippi
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and
Parks (MDWFP).
(ii) Youth hunters age 15 and younger
and hunters age 65 and older are not
required to obtain a North Mississippi
Refuge Complex Hunting/Fishing
Permit (#606).
(iii) Hunters must remove all decoys,
blind material, and harvested game from
the refuge by 1 p.m. each day (see
§§ 27.93 and 27.94 of this chapter).
(iv) Hunters may enter the refuge at
4 a.m. and must exit the refuge no later
than 2 hours after legal sunset, except
during raccoon hunts.
(v) Each hunter must obtain a daily
Harvest Report (FWS Form 3–2542).
Hunters must display the card in plain
view on the dashboard of the vehicle.
Prior to leaving the refuge, hunters must
complete the card and deposit it at one
of the refuge information stations.
Hunters must include all game
harvested and if you harvest no game,
report ‘‘0’’. We prohibit hunters
possessing more than one Harvest
Report at a time.
(vi) We limit waterfowl hunters to 25
shotshells per person.
(vii) Hunters must remove all
personal property at the end of each
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day’s hunt from the Noxubee
Wilderness Area (see §§ 27.93 and 27.94
of this chapter). Outside the Noxubee
Wilderness Area, hunters may leave tree
stands labeled with the hunter’s State
hunting license number used for deer
hunting.
(viii) We allow hunting of waterfowl
(duck, light and dark goose, merganser,
coot, and gallinule) during State
seasons, including the State Light Goose
Conservation Order, only on Wednesday
and Saturdays ending at 12 p.m.
(ix) We allow the use of dogs for
retrieval of migratory and upland game
only.
(x) We allow incidental take of coyote,
beaver, nutria, skunk, fox, and feral hog
during any refuge hunt with the
weapons legal for that hunt, subject to
applicable State seasons and
regulations.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of squirrel, rabbit, quail,
opossum, and raccoon, and incidental
take of coyote, fox, skunk, beaver, and
nutria, on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (j)(1)(i), (ii), (iv), (v), (vii),
(ix), and (x) of this section apply.
(ii) We allow raccoon and opossum
hunting between the hours of legal
sunset and legal sunrise.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer turkey, and
incidental take of feral hog, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (j)(1)(i), (ii), (iv), (v), (vii),
and (x) of this section apply.
(ii) We prohibit the use of buckshot
on the refuge.
(iii) We prohibit organized deer
drives. We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
(iv) You may place one portable tree
stand or ground blind for deer hunting
on the refuge only during the open deer
season. You must clearly label the stand
or blind with your State hunting license
number.
(v) While climbing a tree, installing a
tree stand that uses climbing aids, or
hunting from a tree stand on the refuge,
you must use a fall-arrest system (full
body harness) that is manufactured to
the Treestand Manufacturer’s
Association standards.
(vi) Hunters may place deer stands on
the refuge 7 days prior to the hunt, and
hunters must remove deer stands no
more than 7 days after the refuge’s deer
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season closes (see § 27.93 of this
chapter).
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) The general sport fishing, boating,
and bow fishing season extends from
March 1 through October 31, except that
we open the shoreline of Bluff Lake
from the Bluff Lake Boardwalk to the
visitor center, the entire Noxubee River,
and all borrow pit areas along Highway
25 to fishing year-round.
(ii) The condition set forth at
paragraph (j)(1)(i) of this section applies.
(iii) Anglers must keep boat travel at
idle speed, and they must not create a
wake when moving.
(iv) We prohibit limb lines, jug
fishing, trotlines, snag lines, and hand
grappling in Ross Branch, Bluff, and
Loakfoma Lakes, as well as in areas
within 100 yards of refuge water and
transportation structures.
(v) When left unattended, anglers
must tag fishing gear with their State
fishing license number. Anglers must
check all gear within 24 hours each day
or remove these devices (see § 27.93 of
this chapter).
(vi) We allow trotlining on the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(A) Anglers must label each end of the
trotline floats with the owner’s State
fishing license number.
(B) We limit trotlines to one line per
person, and we allow no more than two
trotlines per boat.
(C) Anglers must tend all trotlines
every 24 hours, and must remove them
when not in use (see § 27.93 of this
chapter).
(D) Trotlines must possess at least 6inch (15.2-centimeter) cotton string
leads.
(vii) We allow jug fishing on the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(A) Anglers must label each jug with
their State fishing license number.
(B) Anglers must check all jugs every
24 hours, and must remove them when
not in use (see § 27.93 of this chapter).
(viii) We prohibit bow fishing after
legal sunset.
(ix) We prohibit fishing tournaments
on all refuge waters.
(x) We prohibit the taking of frogs,
turtles, and crawfish (see § 27.21 of this
chapter).
(xi) We prohibit using nets of any type
to capture free-roaming fish or wildlife.
You may use a fishing net to recover
fish caught by hook and line.
(xii) Outside the Noxubee Wilderness
Area, anglers may leave trotlines and
jugs used for fishing overnight if they
are labeled with the angler’s State
fishing license number.
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(iv) Each hunter must obtain a daily
Harvest Report (FWS Form 3–2542).
You must display the card in plain view
on the dashboard of your vehicle so that
the State-issued license number is
readable. Prior to leaving the refuge, you
must complete the card and deposit it
at one of the refuge information stations.
Include all game harvested, and if you
harvest no game, report ‘‘0.’’ We
prohibit hunters possessing more than
one Harvest Report at a time.
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(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (l)(1)(i), (ii), (iv), (v), and (ix)
of this section apply.
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(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (l)(1)(i), (ii), and (iv) of this
section apply.
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(iii) Before hunting or fishing, all
participants must display their Daily
Visitor Information/Harvest Report Card
(Harvest Report, FWS Form 3–2542) in
plain view in their vehicle so that the
required information is readable. You
must return all cards upon completion
of the activity and before leaving the
refuge.
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(iv) The refuge brochure provides deer
check station locations and
requirements. Prior to leaving the
refuge, you must check all harvested
deer at the nearest self-service check
station (Harvest Report, FWS Form
3–2542) following the posted
instructions.
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■ 17. Amend § 32.44 by revising
paragraphs (b)(3)(i), (d), (f)(2)(iii), and
(f)(3)(ii) to read as follows:
§ 32.44
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(i) You must register at the hunter
sign-in/out station and record the sex
and age of deer harvested on the Harvest
Report (FWS Form 3–2542).
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(d) Loess Bluffs National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of goose,
crow, merganser, duck, coot, dove, rail,
and snipe on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We require a permit issued by the
State for waterfowl draw hunts.
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(ii) Hunters may enter the refuge no
earlier than 1 hour before legal shooting
hours and must exit the refuge no later
than 1 hour after legal shooting hours.
Legal shooting time for waterfowl draw
hunts ends at 1 p.m.
(iii) We allow dogs while hunting,
provided the dog is under the
immediate control of the hunter at all
times.
(iv) You must remove all boats,
decoys, blinds, blind materials, stands,
platforms, and other hunting equipment
(see §§ 27.93 and 27.94 of this chapter)
brought onto the refuge at the end of
each day’s hunt.
(v) We prohibit motorized watercraft.
We allow nonmotorized boats such as
canoes, kayaks, and layout boats.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of groundhog/woodchuck,
pheasant, quail, rabbit, coyote, raccoon,
opossum, skunk, and squirrel on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following condition: The conditions
set forth at paragraphs (d)(1)(ii) through
(v) of this section apply.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of deer and wild turkey on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (d)(1)(ii) and (v) of this
section apply.
(ii) For hunting, you may possess only
approved nontoxic shot shells while in
the field, including shot shells used for
hunting wild turkey (see § 32.2(k)).
(iii) Hunters may only hunt whitetailed deer during archery season with
the exception of the managed deer hunt,
which requires a special permit (FWS
Form 3–2439).
(iv) Hunters may use only portable
stands in accordance with Missouri
Department of Conservation regulations.
Portable stands left on the refuge must
be marked according to Missouri
Department of Conservation guidelines
and removed no later than the last day
of the season (see § 27.93 of this
chapter).
(4) Sport fishing. We allow fishing on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following condition: You may take
fish, amphibians, reptiles, and
crustaceans only with a hand-held pole
and line or rod and reel.
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(iii) We require that all hunters
complete a Harvest Report (FWS Form
3–2542) located at the exit kiosks prior
to exiting the refuge.
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(ii) We require that all hunters
complete the Harvest Report (FWS Form
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■ a. Revising paragraph (f)(3)
introductory text;
■ b. Adding paragraph (f)(3)(iv);
■ c. Revising paragraph (x)(3)
introductory text; and
■ d. Adding paragraph (x)(3)(iv).
The revisions and additions read as
follows:
§ 32.45
Montana.
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(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of elk, pronghorn, white-tailed
deer, mule deer, and mountain lion on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
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State-established dates for the archeryonly and fall seasons.
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(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of elk, pronghorn, white-tailed
deer, mule deer, and mountain lion on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
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State-established dates for the archeryonly and fall seasons.
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paragraphs (b)(1) and (2) to read as
follows:
§ 32.47
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(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We
allow hunting of dove on designated
areas of the refuge subject to the
following conditions:
(i) We allow hunting on designated
days.
(ii) You may not possess more than 25
shot shells while in the field once you
have left your vehicle.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of chukar and quail on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following condition: The conditions
set forth at paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and (ii)
of this section apply.
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paragraph (b) to read as follows:
§ 32.48
New Hampshire.
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Wildlife Refuge—(1) Migratory game
bird hunting. We allow hunting of duck,
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goose, coot, common snipe, and
American woodcock on designated
areas of the refuge subject to the
following condition: We allow the use
of dogs consistent with State
regulations.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of coyote, fox, raccoon,
woodchuck, red squirrel, eastern gray
squirrel, porcupine, skunk, crow,
snowshoe hare, muskrat, opossum,
fisher, mink, weasel, ring-necked
pheasant, and ruffed grouse on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following condition: We allow the
use of dogs consistent with State
regulations.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer, moose,
black bear, and wild turkey on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We allow tree stands and blinds
that are clearly marked with the owner’s
State hunting license number.
(ii) You must remove your tree
stand(s) and blind(s) no later than 72
hours after the close of the season (see
§ 27.93 of this chapter).
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the
refuge.
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■ 21. Amend § 32.49 by:
■ a. Revising paragraphs (a), (c), (d), and
(e)(2)(ii);
■ b. Adding paragraph (e)(3)(iii); and
■ c. Revising paragraphs (e)(4)
introductory text and (e)(4)(i) and (iv).
The revisions and addition read as
follows:
§ 32.49
New Jersey.
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(a) Cape May National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of light
goose, dark goose, duck, sea duck,
gallinule, coot, rail, snipe, crow, and
woodcock on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We allow the use of dogs consistent
with State regulations.
(ii) The snipe and crow season on the
refuge begins with the start of the State
woodcock south zone season and
continues through the end of the State
snipe and crow seasons.
(iii) We prohibit falconry.
(iv) We prohibit night hunting from 1⁄2
hour after legal sunset until 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise the following day.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of coyote, fox, woodchuck,
rabbit, squirrel, and pheasant on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
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(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (iii), and (iv) of this
section apply.
(ii) We allow woodchuck hunting
from the beginning of the State
woodcock south zone season until the
end of the State rabbit season.
(iii) Coyote, fox, rabbit, squirrel, and
pheasant seasons open at the beginning
of the State woodcock south zone
season and close in accordance with the
State seasons for each species.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and turkey
on designated areas of the refuge subject
to the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (iii), and (iv) of this
section apply.
(ii) Tree stands must be marked with
the owner’s New Jersey conservation
identification number.
(iii) We allow turkey hunting during
the State fall season.
(iv) We require the use of nontoxic
ammunition for turkey hunting.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow saltwater
sport fishing on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We allow fishing from 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise to 1⁄2 hour after legal
sunset.
(ii) We close the Atlantic Ocean
portion of the Two Mile Beach Unit
annually to all access, including fishing,
between April 1 and September 30.
(iii) We prohibit fishing for, or
possession of, crab or shellfish on refuge
lands.
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Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of Canada
goose on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) We allow the use of dogs consistent
with State regulations.
(ii) Hunters must obtain a refuge hunt
permit (FWS Form 3–2439), and possess
the signed refuge permit at all times
while hunting or scouting on the refuge.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of coyote and fox on designated
areas of the refuge subject to the
following condition: We only allow the
incidental take of coyote and fox during
the refuge deer and turkey hunts.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and wild
turkey on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) We require the use of nontoxic shot
while hunting wild turkey.
(ii) We allow hunters to use sleds to
retrieve deer in the Wilderness Area east
of Long Hill/New Vernon Road. We
prohibit wheeled game carriers in the
Wilderness Area.
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(iii) We prohibit organized deer
drives. We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
(4) [Reserved]
(d) Supawna Meadows National
Wildlife Refuge—(1) Migratory game
bird hunting. We allow hunting of light
goose, dark goose, duck, sea duck,
gallinule, coot, crow, rail, and snipe on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We allow the use of dogs consistent
with State regulations.
(ii) We prohibit falconry.
(iii) We prohibit night hunting from
1⁄2 hour after legal sunset until 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise the following day.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of coyote, fox, woodchuck,
rabbit, squirrel, and pheasant on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We allow woodchuck hunting only
during the State coyote and fox seasons.
(ii) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (d)(1)(ii) and (iii) of this
section apply.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and turkey
on designated areas of the refuge subject
to the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (d)(1)(i) through (iii) of this
section apply.
(ii) We require the use of nontoxic
ammunition for turkey hunting.
(iii) We allow archery hunting for
white-tailed deer during all six State
Deer Management Zone 63 seasons and
on youth hunting days.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) We prohibit the taking of frogs and
turtles from all nontidal waters and
refuge lands (see § 27.21 of this chapter).
(ii) We allow fishing in designated
nontidal waters from 1⁄2 hour before
legal sunrise to 1⁄2 hour after legal
sunset.
(iii) We prohibit bow fishing in
nontidal waters.
(iv) We prohibit fishing for, or
possession of, crab and shellfish on
refuge lands.
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hour after legal sunset until 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise the following day.
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ammunition for turkey hunting.
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(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) At Owens Station Crossing and
Hidden Ponds fishing areas, we allow
catch-and-release fishing only.
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trapping.
■ 22. Amend § 32.50 by:
■ a. Redesignating paragraph (b)(3)(iii)
as paragraph (b)(3)(iv);
■ b. Adding new paragraphs (b)(3)(iii)
and (v); and
■ c. Revising paragraphs (c) and
(f)(1)(iv).
The additions and revisions read as
follows:
§ 32.50
New Mexico.
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(iii) We allow hunting of bearded Rio
Grande turkey on the Bajada Hunt Unit,
East Hunt Unit, and West Hunt Unit
during the general spring turkey season
only, as defined by the State. You may
take bearded Rio Grande turkey only
with a method allowed within each
refuge hunt unit.
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restrict the methods of take to bow and
arrow, crossbow, and muzzleloader or
muzzleloading shotguns only, as
defined by the State. In the East Hunt
Unit and West Hunt Unit, we allow any
legal weapon during State big game
hunting designated dates.
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Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of mourning
and white-winged dove and goose on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We allow the use of dogs when
hunting.
(ii) Hunters must possess a permit
(FWS Form 3–2439).
(iii) We allow the hunting of dove
from September 1 to September 30.
(iv) We allow the hunting of goose on
dates to be determined by refuge staff.
(v) Shooting hours for geese are from
1⁄2 hour before legal sunrise until 1 p.m.
local time.
(vi) We assign an aggregate bag limit
for geese.
(vii) We prohibit falconry on the
refuge.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of Eurasian collared-dove,
desert cottontail, and Eastern cottontail
on designated areas of the refuge subject
to the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (ii), and (vii) of this
section apply.
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(ii) We allow the hunting of Eurasian
collared-dove and cottontail rabbits
from September 1 to September 30.
(iii) We allow only shotgun,
muzzleloading shotgun firing shot, bow
and arrow, and crossbow for hunting.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow youth
elk hunts on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Hunters must attend a refuge
hunter orientation before hunting on the
refuge.
(ii) Hunters may be accompanied by
a maximum of two non-hunting guests.
(iii) Hunters are assigned a hunt unit.
(4) [Reserved]
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(iv) In Units A and B, the Cornerstone
Marsh Unit and Pintail blind, we
require a Mobility-Impaired
Certification (per Mobility-Impaired
Certification in the State hunting rules
and information pamphlet).
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■ a. Revising paragraphs (c)(1)(ii)(E), (d),
(i)(2) introductory text, and (i)(2)(ii);
■ b. Adding paragraph (i)(3)(iii); and
■ c. Revising paragraphs (i)(4)(i), (iii),
and (iv).
The revisions and addition read as
follows:
§ 32.51
New York.
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(E) We allow hunting from legal
starting time until 12 p.m. (noon). We
require hunters to return a completed
Harvest Report (FWS Form 3–2542) no
later than 1 p.m. on the day of the hunt.
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Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of
waterfowl, Canada goose, snow goose,
and gallinule on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We allow the use of dogs consistent
with State regulations.
(ii) For the regular waterfowl season
and October through January season for
Canada goose:
(A) We require daily refuge permits
(FWS Form 3–2542) and reservations;
we issue permits to hunters with a
reservation for that hunt day. Permits
may become available on a first-come/
first-served, self-serve basis during New
York State’s second split, subject to
hunting conditions and the refuge
manager’s discretion. We require you to
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complete and return your permit by the
end of the hunt day.
(B) We allow hunting only on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays
during the established refuge season set
within the State western zone season,
and during New York State’s established
special hunts, which can occur any day
of the week as set by the State.
(C) All hunters with reservations and
their hunting companions must checkin at the Route 89 Hunter Check Station
area at least 1 hour before legal shooting
time or forfeit their reservation.
(D) We allow motorless boats to hunt
waterfowl. We limit hunters to one boat
per reservation and one motor vehicle in
the hunt area per reservation. Hunters
may enter the refuge/Hunter Check
Station area no earlier than 2 hours
before legal sunrise.
(E) We prohibit shooting from within
500 feet (152 meters) of the Tschache
Pool observation tower.
(F) We require proof of successful
completion of the New York State
waterfowl identification course, the
Montezuma nonresident waterfowl
identification course, or a suitable
nonresident State waterfowl
identification course. All hunters must
show proof of successful course
completion each time they hunt.
(G) You may hunt gallinule and
Canada goose on refuge areas designated
for the regular waterfowl season only
during the regular waterfowl season.
(iii) For Canada goose in September
and snow goose hunting:
(A) We allow hunting of Canada goose
during the New York State September
season and hunting of snow goose
during portions of the New York State
snow goose season and portions of the
period covered by the Light Goose
Conservation Order.
(B) You must possess a valid daily
hunt permit (FWS Form 3–2542). We
require you to complete and return the
daily hunt permit card by the end of the
hunt day.
(C) For snow goose hunting, hunters
may enter the refuge/Hunter Check
Station area no earlier than 4 hours
before legal sunrise. For Canada goose
hunting, hunters may enter the refuge/
Hunter Check Station area no earlier
than 2 hours before legal sunrise.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of rabbit and squirrel on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The condition set forth at
paragraph (d)(1)(i) of this section
applies.
(ii) You must possess a valid daily
hunt permit (FWS Form 3–2542) and are
required to complete and return the
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daily hunt permit card by the end of
each hunt day.
(iii) We allow upland game hunters to
access the refuge from 2 hours before
legal sunrise until 2 hours after legal
sunset.
(iv) We require the use of approved
nontoxic shot for upland game hunting
(see § 32.2(k)).
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and wild
turkey on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) The condition set forth at
paragraph (d)(1)(i) of this section
applies.
(ii) You must possess a valid daily
hunt permit (FWS Form 3–2542). We
require you to complete and return the
daily hunt permit card by the end of the
hunt day.
(iii) We allow white-tailed deer and
turkey hunters to access the refuge from
2 hours before legal sunrise until 2
hours after the end of legal shooting
time.
(iv) We allow youth and special big
game hunts during New York State’s
established youth and special big game
hunts each year.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow access for
fishing from designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
condition: We prohibit the use of lead
fishing tackle.
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(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of rabbit/hare, gray/black/fox
squirrel, pheasant, jackrabbit, chukar,
woodchuck, bobwhite quail, ruffed
grouse, crow, red/gray fox, coyote,
bobcat, raccoon, skunk, mink, weasel,
and opossum on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
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(ii) We prohibit night hunting from 1⁄2
hour after legal sunset until 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise the following day.
(3) * * *
(iii) We require nontoxic ammunition
while hunting turkey.
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(i) At Owens Station Crossing and
Hidden Ponds fishing areas, we allow
catch-and-release fishing only.
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(iii) We prohibit the taking of
amphibians and reptiles (see § 27.21 of
this chapter).
(iv) We prohibit minnow and bait
trapping.
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■ a. Revising paragraph (d);
■ b. Adding paragraph (e)(1); and
■ c. Revising paragraph (e)(3).
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follows:
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Wildlife Refuge. Refer to § 32.65(g) for
regulations.
(e) * * *
(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We
allow hunting of swan, light and dark
goose, duck, merganser, coot, moorhen,
and gallinule on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We require a North Carolina
Waterfowl Hunt Permit or a signed
refuge hunt brochure that must be
carried while hunting on the refuge.
(ii) Hunters must hunt from their
assigned blind location.
(iii) We allow hunting from 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise to 4:20 p.m. (as
governed by County regulations).
(iv) We allow hunters to access the
refuge 11⁄2 hours before legal shooting
time until 5:20 p.m.
(v) We allow incidental take of coyote
and feral hog while hunting.
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(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of deer, and incidental take of
feral hog, on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We require a signed refuge hunt
brochure that hunters must sign and
carry while hunting on the refuge.
(ii) We allow the use of shotguns,
muzzleloading rifles/shotguns, pistols,
crossbows, and bows. We prohibit the
use of all other rifles.
(iii) We allow access to hunting areas
from 5 a.m. until 8 p.m.
(iv) We prohibit carrying a loaded
firearm on or within 50 feet (15 meters)
of gravel roads.
(v) The condition set forth at
paragraph (e)(1)(v) of this section
applies.
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■ 25. Amend § 32.53 by:
■ a. Removing paragraph (e)(3)(i);
■ b. Redesignating paragraphs (e)(3)(ii)
and (iii) as paragraphs (e)(3)(i) and (ii);
and
■ c. Revising the heading of paragraph
(k).
The revision reads as follows:
§ 32.53
North Dakota.
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Refuge.
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■ 26. Amend § 32.55 by:
■ a. Revising paragraphs (a)(1)(i),
(a)(3)(i), (b)(1)(iii), (b)(2)(iii), (b)(3)(vi),
(d)(2)(i), and (f)(1)(i);
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b. Removing paragraph (f)(1)(iv);
c. Redesignating paragraphs (f)(1)(v)
through (vii) as paragraphs (f)(1)(iv)
through (vi); and
■ d. Revising paragraphs (f)(2)
introductory text, (f)(2)(i), (f)(3)(i) and
(ii), (f)(4), (g)(1)(ii), (g)(4)(ii), (i)(1)(i),
(j)(1)(i), and (j)(4).
The revisions read as follows:
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(i) You must possess and carry a
signed refuge hunt brochure.
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(i) You must possess and carry a
signed refuge hunt brochure for the
archery deer hunt. Hunters must turn in
a Harvest Report (FWS Form 3–2542) by
December 31 annually. Failure to
submit the report will render the hunter
ineligible for the next year’s limited
season archery deer hunt.
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(1) * * *
(iii) You must possess and carry a
signed refuge hunt brochure while
hunting.
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(iii) You may take beaver, raccoon,
and coyote as incidental take to any
daytime established refuge hunt with
legal weapons and a signed hunt
brochure for the current hunt season.
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(vi) You may hunt feral hog during
any established refuge hunting season.
Signed refuge hunt brochure and legal
weapons apply for the current hunting
season.
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(2) * * *
(i) You must possess and carry a
signed refuge hunt brochure.
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(1) * * *
(i) You must possess and carry a
signed refuge hunt brochure.
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(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of Eastern gray and fox squirrel
and swamp and Eastern cottontail rabbit
on designated areas of the refuge subject
to the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (f)(1)(i) through (vi) of this
section apply.
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(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (f)(1)(i) through (iii) and (vi)
of this section apply.
(ii) We require a limited hunt permit
(State-issued) for controlled hunts for
muzzleloader and archery deer, and for
spring wild turkey hunts.
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(4) Sport fishing. We allow fishing
and frogging on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We prohibit fishing or frogging
from September 1 through March 31 in
the waterfowl sanctuary south of refuge
headquarters, as designated by buoys
and signs.
(ii) You must remove setlines
(trotlines, throwlines, juglines,
limblines, yo-yos) from the waterfowl
sanctuary before September 1 (see
§ 27.93 of this chapter).
(iii) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (f)(1)(v) and (vii) of this
section apply.
(iv) We prohibit the take of reptiles,
amphibians (except bullfrogs), mollusks,
and crayfish (see § 27.21 of this
chapter).
(v) We prohibit the use of setlines in
creeks and tributaries entering the
Arkansas River or Canadian River on the
refuge.
(g) * * *
(1) * * *
(ii) Hunters must possess and carry a
signed hunt brochure.
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(ii) Anglers may use boats from March
1 through September 30 in designated
waters unless otherwise specified on the
fishing brochure.
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(1) * * *
(i) We require hunters to carry a
signed refuge hunt brochure while
hunting duck, goose, merganser, and
sandhill crane.
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(1) * * *
(i) Hunters must possess a current
signed refuge hunt brochure while
hunting on the refuge.
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(4) Sport fishing. We allow fishing on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) You may take fish only with pole
and line or rod and reel.
(ii) We prohibit taking of frogs and
turtles (see § 27.21 of this chapter).
(iii) Anglers may use motorized boats
on Elmer Thomas Lake; however, we
enforce a no-wake rule on the lake.
(iv) Anglers may use hand-powered
boats only on Elmer Thomas, Jed
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Johnson, Rush, Quanah Parker and
French Lakes.
(v) Anglers may use electric trolling
motors on boats 14 feet or less in length
only on Elmer Thomas, Jed Johnson,
Rush, Quanah Parker, and French Lakes.
(vi) We allow fishing after legal sunset
on the refuge including by boat, but we
prohibit all other boating after legal
sunset.
(vii) We prohibit fishing from public
roadways and bridges opened to
motorized vehicles.
(viii) We allow wading when fishing,
provided that wading anglers must use
tube-type floaters, life jackets, or
buoyant vests.
(ix) We close Kiowa Lake to fishing
except for shoreline fishing associated
with a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servicesponsored aquatic education program.
■ 27. Amend § 32.56 by:
■ a. Revising paragraphs (k)(1) through
(3), (q)(1)(xi), (t)(1) introductory text,
and (t)(1)(viii);
■ b. Adding paragraph (u)(1); and
■ c. Revising paragraph (u)(3).
The revisions and addition read as
follows:
§ 32.56
Oregon.
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(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We
allow hunting of dove, goose, duck,
merganser, coot, and snipe on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We allow nonmotorized boats or
boats equipped with only electric
motors on the North and South Malheur
Lake Hunt Units.
(ii) We allow only portable and
temporary hunting blinds.
(iii) You must remove boats, decoys,
blinds, materials, and all personal
property at the end of each day’s hunt
(see §§ 27.93 and 27.94 of this chapter).
(iv) You may take Eurasian collareddove only during the State mourning
dove season.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of pheasant, quail, partridge,
chukar, rabbit, hare, and coyote on
designated areas of the refuge.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of deer and pronghorn on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We allow only short-range
weapons (archery, shotgun, and
muzzleloader) on the Buena Vista Unit.
(ii) Mule deer hunting in the Buena
Vista Unit will close the Friday before
the opening day of the Oregon
Statewide rooster pheasant season.
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(1) * * *
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(xi) Hunters must check-in and checkout with a refuge representative and
submit a Harvest Report (FWS Form 3–
2542) when checking out.
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(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We
allow hunting of duck and coot on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
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Report (FWS Form 3–2542) at the end
of each day’s hunt.
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(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We
allow hunting of duck, merganser,
goose, and coot on designated areas of
the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We allow only portable and
temporary hunting blinds.
(ii) You must remove all blinds,
decoys, shotshell hulls, and other
personal equipment and garbage from
the refuge at the end of each day’s hunt
(see §§ 27.93 and 27.94 of this chapter).
(iii) Hunters may enter the refuge no
earlier than 2 hours before legal
shooting hours and must exit the refuge
no later than 1 hour after legal shooting
hours.
(iv) We allow the use of dogs when
hunting.
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(3) Big game hunting. We allow deer
and elk hunting on designated areas of
the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) You may harvest only antlerless
elk.
(ii) We require a refuge permit (FWS
Form 3–2439) for hunting elk.
(iii) We prohibit hunting from any
refuge structure, observation blind, or
boardwalk.
(iv) We allow short-range weapons
only. We allow archery hunting only on
the William L. Finley and Snag Boat
Bend Zone 2 hunt units.
(v) Hunters may enter the refuge no
earlier than 1 hour before legal shooting
hours and must exit the refuge no later
than 1 hour after legal shooting hours.
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paragraph (a)(2) to read as follows:
§ 32.57
Pennsylvania.
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(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of squirrel, grouse, rabbit,
pheasant, quail, woodchuck, crow, fox,
raccoon, opossum, skunk, weasel,
coyote, chukar, and bobcat on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
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(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (iii) of this
section apply.
(ii) We prohibit night hunting from 1⁄2
hour after legal sunset until 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise the following day.
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■ 29. Amend § 32.59 by revising
paragraphs (b)(3)(iii), (c)(1)(i), (ii) and
(v), and (c)(3) to read as follows:
§ 32.59
South Carolina.
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(3) * * *
(iii) Harvested deer, feral hog, or
turkey must be checked at the
designated check station prior to
removal from the refuge. Hunters must
complete the Harvest Report (FWS Form
3–2542).
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(1) * * *
(i) We require each hunter to carry at
all times while hunting a valid signed,
current refuge hunting brochure.
(ii) Each youth hunter (age 15 and
younger) must remain within sight and
normal voice contact of an assistant,
parent, or guardian age 21 or older.
Youth hunters must have successfully
completed a State-approved hunter
education course.
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(v) We only allow the use of dogs
when migratory game bird hunting.
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(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and turkey,
and incidental take of feral hog, on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (c)(1)(i) and (ii) of this
section apply.
(ii) Only youth hunters may hunt
turkey on the refuge.
(iii) Except for the special quota
permit hunts, we allow only archery or
muzzleloader hunting for deer. During
special quota permit hunts, we allow
use of centerfire rifles or shotguns. We
only allow shotguns for turkey hunts.
(iv) On hunt days, hunters and
assistants, parents, or guardians may
enter the refuge no earlier than 5 a.m.
and must leave the refuge no later than
1 hour after legal sunset. We allow
hunting from 1⁄2 hour before official
sunrise until 1⁄2 hour after official
sunset.
(v) We require all deer taken during
any hunt to be checked at the
designated refuge check station before
removal from the refuge. In addition, all
deer and turkey must be tagged (Stateissued).
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antlerless deer and one antlered buck
that must have at least three antler
points on one side. We define a ‘‘point’’
as an antler projection of at least 1 inch
(2.5 centimeters) or more in length. The
youth turkey hunter bag limit is one
male turkey.
(vii) We allow incidental take of feral
hog during deer hunts only. There is no
size or bag limit on hogs. We may offer
special hog hunts during and after deer
season to further control this invasive
species. We prohibit removal of live
hogs from the refuge.
(viii) You must hunt deer from an
elevated deer stand. We prohibit
shooting big game from a boat.
(ix) All permanently fixed ground
blinds are for the mobility-impaired
hunt only.
(x) We prohibit crossbows on the
archery hunts. We only allow
muzzleloading rifles using a single
projectile on the muzzleloader hunts.
We prohibit buckshot.
(xi) You may use flagging to mark the
site of hunter entry from roads or trails
and again at the stand site. You may use
clothespins with reflective tape between
these sites to mark the route to the
stand. Hunters must label all such
markers with their last name and State
hunting license number.
(xii) We require hunters to wear an
outer garment visible above the waist
that contains a minimum of 500 square
inches (3,226 square centimeters) of
solid, florescent-orange material at all
times during the muzzleloader and
mobility-impaired hunts for deer.
(xiii) We prohibit organized deer
drives. We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
(xiv) We prohibit accessing hunt units
by watercraft.
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■ a. Revising paragraph (b)(4)(i);
■ b. Adding paragraph (b)(4)(iii); and
■ c. Revising paragraph (h)(4).
The revisions and addition read as
follows:
§ 32.60
South Dakota.
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(4) * * *
(i) We prohibit the use or possession
of live minnows or bait fish.
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fishing sinkers on all waters of the
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Area.
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(4) Sport fishing. We allow fishing on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) Ice fishing anglers must not be on
the ice until 1 hour prior to legal sunrise
and must be off the ice by 1 hour after
legal sunset.
(ii) Ice fishing anglers must remove
ice shacks by 1 hour after legal sunset
(see § 27.93 of this chapter).
(iii) We restrict angler foot travel to
posted access points, public roads, and
lake ice.
(iv) We allow fishing with the use of
nonmotorized boats, canoes, and
kayaks.
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■ 31. Amend § 32.62 by:
■ a. Revising paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(ii), (e)(1) introductory text, (e)(1)(i), (iii)
and (ix);
■ b. Adding paragraphs (e)(1)(x) through
(xii);
■ c. Revising paragraph (e)(4)(iii);
■ d. Redesignating paragraph (e)(4)(iv)
as paragraph (e)(4)(v);
■ e. Adding new paragraphs (e)(4)(iv)
and (g)(2);
■ f. Revising paragraphs (g)(3), (h)(1)(i),
(h)(2), (h)(3)(iv), (i)(3)(ii) and (iii);
■ g. Removing paragraph (i)(3)(iv);
■ h. Redesignating paragraphs (i)(3)(v)
through (xi) as paragraphs (i)(3)(iv)
through (x);
■ i. Revising newly redesignated
paragraphs (i)(3)(iv) and (viii);
■ j. Revising paragraphs (i)(4), (j)(1)(i),
(k)(1)(ii), (viii) and (xii);
■ k. Redesignating paragraphs (l)
through (n) as paragraphs (n) through
(p);
■ l. Adding new paragraphs (l) and (m);
and
■ m. Revising newly redesignated
paragraphs (n)(4)(ii), (o)(1)(ii), (o)(4)(iii),
(p)(2)(i) through (iii), (p)(3)(i) and (ii).
The revisions and additions read as
follows:
§ 32.62
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(i) You must carry a current signed
refuge hunting permit (signed refuge
hunt brochure) while waterfowl hunting
on all refuge hunt units.
(ii) Season dates for waterfowl will be
concurrent with the State, except as
specified in the refuge hunt brochure.
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(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We
allow hunting of goose, duck, coot,
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merganser, mourning dove, whitewinged dove, Eurasian collared-dove,
and rock pigeon on designated areas of
the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Season dates will be concurrent
with the State for the September teal
season; youth-only season; duck, coot,
and merganser regular season in the
Texas South Zone; goose regular season
in the Texas East Zone; and dove and
pigeon season in the Texas South Zone,
including special white-winged dove
days, except that we prohibit duck (not
including the September teal and youthonly seasons), coot, and merganser
hunting on the refuge until the last
Saturday in October. If the Statespecified duck, coot, and merganser
regular season opens later than the last
Saturday in October, then hunting on
the refuge will open consistent with the
State-specified season date.
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(iii) Hunters may enter the refuge
waterfowl hunt units no earlier than 4
a.m. Hunting starts at the designated
legal shooting time and ends at 12 p.m.
(noon). Hunters must leave refuge hunt
units by 1 p.m.
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(ix) You may access hunt units from
land by foot or nonmotorized
conveyance from designated parking
areas and turn-arounds. You may access
public waterfowl hunting areas by
motorized boat from State waters, where
applicable.
(x) Hunters may enter the refuge
dove/pigeon hunt units no earlier than
30 minutes prior to designated legal
shooting time and leave refuge hunt
units no later than 30 minutes after legal
sunset.
(xi) Hunting dove and pigeon in the
Farm Field Unit is only allowed after
early teal season and will close before
the beginning of general duck season in
October.
(xii) Hunters must possess a signed
brochure on their person while hunting
on the refuge.
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(iii) We prohibit the use of trotlines,
sail lines, set lines, jugs, gigs, spears,
bush hooks, snatch hooks, crossbows,
noodling, or bows and arrows of any
type.
(iv) Anglers age 17 and older fishing
in Cannan Bend Recreation Area must
possess a day or annual fishing pass and
a signed fishing brochure on their
person.
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(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
the hunting of Eastern gray and fox
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squirrel on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Squirrel hunting on the refuge will
open with the close of the white-tailed
deer season in January and close
February 28. The season will reopen
from May 1 through May 31.
(ii) Hunters must possess and carry a
signed refuge hunt brochure while
hunting.
(iii) We allow the use of shotgun only.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and feral
hog on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) The refuge will determine season
dates and bag limits.
(ii) The condition set forth at
paragraph (g)(2)(ii) of this section
applies.
(iii) Hunters age 17 and younger must
be under the direct supervision of an
adult age 18 or older.
(iv) You may hunt feral hog during
any established white-tailed deer refuge
hunting season. You must obtain and
possess a refuge signed hunt brochure
and may only use legal weapons for the
current hunting season.
(v) We allow hunters to access the
refuge no more than 2 hours before legal
sunrise and no more than 2 hours after
legal sunset.
(vi) You may participate in the refuge
firearms drawn deer hunt only with a
Texas Parks and Wildlife Departmentdrawn hunt permit.
(vii) We allow the use of only portable
blinds and tree stands on the refuge.
You must remove blinds, tree stands,
and all other personal equipment from
the refuge at the end of each day’s hunt
(see § 27.93 of this chapter).
(viii) We allow all-terrain vehicles for
medically documented disabled hunters
by Special Use Permit (FWS Form 3–
1383–G only).
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(1) * * *
(i) You must possess and carry a
signed refuge hunt brochure.
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(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of fox squirrel and Eastern
cottontail rabbit in the months of
January, February, and September on
designated areas of the refuge and
subject to the following condition: The
conditions set forth at paragraphs
(h)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section
apply.
(3) * * *
(iv) We allow muzzleloaders, bow and
arrow, and shotguns only for feral hog
and spring turkey hunts. You may
possess only lead-free, approved
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nontoxic (steel, bismuth, copper, or
tungsten; see § 32.2(k)) bullets, slugs,
and shot (00 buck for hogs, no shell
larger than #4 shot size for turkey).
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(3) * * *
(ii) We require hunters to attend
refuge hunter orientation before hunting
on the refuge. We require each hunter to
obtain and carry with them a signed and
dated refuge hunt brochure in addition
to the State hunt permit.
(iii) Bag limits for species hunted on
the refuge are provided in the refuge
hunt brochure annually.
(iv) We allow a scouting period prior
to the commencement of each refuge
hunt period. A permitted hunter and a
limit of two non-permitted individuals
may enter the hunt units during the
scouting period, which begins after
hunter orientation and ends at legal
sunset. Each hunter must clearly display
a Vehicle Validation Tag (FWS Form 3–
2405) face up on the vehicle dashboard
when scouting and hunting.
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(viii) During American alligator hunts,
we allow hunters to leave hooks set over
only one night period at a time; set lines
must be checked daily.
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(4) Sport fishing. We allow fishing
and crabbing on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We allow only pole and line, rod
and reel, hand line, dip net, and cast net
for fishing. We prohibit the use of crab
traps or pots for crabbing.
(ii) Anglers must attend all fishing
lines, crabbing equipment, and other
fishing devices at all times.
(iii) Inside the refuge boundary on
San Martin Lake, we allow bank and
wade fishing within a designated area,
which may be accessed only on foot.
(j) * * *
(1) * * *
(i) We require hunters to obtain a
refuge hunt permit (signed refuge hunt
brochure) and to possess and carry that
signed refuge hunt brochure at all times
during the designated hunt period.
Hunters must also display the vehicle
placard (part of the refuge hunt permit)
while participating in the designated
hunt period.
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(1) * * *
(ii) You must possess and carry a
current signed refuge hunting permit
(signed refuge hunt brochure) while
hunting on all units of the refuge.
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Spaced Hunt Units on Saturdays,
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Sundays, and Tuesdays of the regular
waterfowl season. We allow a maximum
of four hunters per area. Hunters must
possess and carry Special Fee Area
Permits (signed refuge hunt brochure)
while hunting.
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between hunt parties, and between
hunters and drivable roads and
buildings, of 200 yards (183 meters).
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(l) Muleshoe National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of mourning
dove, white-winged dove, and Eurasian
collared-dove on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Hunters must possess and carry a
signed refuge hunt brochure while
hunting.
(ii) During the dove season set by the
State of Texas, we limit hunting to no
more than 6 days with a maximum of
12 hunters per season.
(iii) We allow hunting from 1⁄2 hour
before legal sunrise until 12 p.m. (noon).
(iv) We require hunters to check in
and out at refuge headquarters.
(v) Hunters must exit the refuge no
later than 45 minutes after legal sunset,
unless they are camping in a designated
camping area. From 45 minutes after
legal sunset until 30 minutes before
legal sunrise, we prohibit hunters in all
areas of the refuge except designated
camping areas.
(vi) We allow the use of dogs when
hunting.
(vii) We only allow shotguns.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
the hunting of Northern bobwhite and
scaled (blue) quail on designated areas
of the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (l)(1)(i), and (iv) through
(vii) of this section apply.
(ii) During the first 2 weeks of the
quail season set by the State of Texas,
we limit hunting to no more than 6 days
with a maximum of 12 hunters per
season.
(iii) We allow hunting from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow the
hunting of white-tailed deer and mule
deer, and the incidental take of feral
hog, on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (l)(1)(i), (iv), and (v) of this
section apply.
(ii) Between October and January, we
limit hunting to no more than 20 days
with a maximum of 8 hunters per
season.
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(iii) You may use only high-powered
rifles of .242/6mm caliber or larger and
archery equipment to hunt big game on
the refuge.
(4) [Reserved]
(m) Neches River National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of ducks,
coot, and merganser on designated areas
of the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Hunters may enter the refuge no
earlier than 4:30 a.m. We allow hunting
from the State-designated legal shooting
time until 12 p.m. (noon). Hunters must
leave refuge hunt units by 1 p.m.
(ii) In Dead Water unit only, we allow
the use of floating craft and motor boats,
but only if they are propelled by
paddling, push pole, or electric trolling
motor.
(iii) We prohibit hunting within 50
yards (45 meters) of any road or trail,
and within 200 yards (183 meters) of
any building.
(iv) We require each hunter to obtain
and carry with them a signed refuge
hunt brochure in addition to the State
hunt permit.
(v) You must remove all boats, blinds,
temporary blinds, stands decoys, and
other personal equipment following
each hunt day (see §§ 27.93 and 27.94
of this chapter).
(vi) We allow the use of dogs when
hunting.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of Eastern gray and fox squirrel,
cottontail and swamp rabbit, raccoon,
beaver, and coyote subject to the
following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (m)(1)(iii), (iv), and (vi) of
this section apply.
(ii) We allow incidental take of beaver
and coyote during any refuge hunt with
the weapons legal for that hunt, subject
to applicable State seasons and
regulations.
(iii) We allow the hunting of raccoon
and coyote from legal sunset to legal
sunrise. We allow artificial lighting for
hunting raccoon and coyote.
(iv) We require that refuge hunters
turn in the Harvest Report (FWS Form
3–2542) within 2 weeks of the end of
your hunt.
(v) We allow squirrel, rabbit, and
raccoon hunting on the refuge from
October 1 to 23.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and feral
hog on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (m)(1)(iii) and (iv) of this
section apply.
(ii) We allow incidental take of feral
hog during any refuge hunt with the
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weapons legal for that hunt, subject to
applicable State seasons and
regulations.
(iii) We require a Harvest Report
(FWS Form 3–2542) within 2 weeks of
the end of your hunt. Failure to submit
the Harvest Report will render the
hunter ineligible for the next year’s
hunt.
(iv) We require a minimum distance
between hunt parties of 150 yards (137
meters).
(v) We prohibit the use of dogs when
feral hog hunting.
(4) [Reserved]
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(4) * * *
(ii) The condition set forth at
paragraph (n)(1)(v) of this section
applies.
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(1) * * *
(ii) You must possess and carry a
current signed refuge hunting permit
(signed refuge hunt brochure) while
hunting on all hunt units of the refuge.
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(iii) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (o)(1)(vi) and (vii) of this
section apply.
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(2) * * *
(i) We require hunters to possess a
refuge permit (signed refuge hunt
brochure). The hunter must carry the
nontransferable permit at all times
while hunting.
(ii) We require that refuge hunters
turn in the Harvest Report (FWS Form
3–2542) by the date specified on the
permit. Failure to submit the report will
render the hunter ineligible for the next
year’s limited upland game hunt.
(iii) The condition set forth at
paragraph (p)(1)(v) of this section
applies.
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(i) We require a refuge permit (signed
refuge hunt brochure) and Harvest
Report (FWS Form 3–2542). Hunters
must turn in both forms by the date
specified on the permit. Failure to
submit the Harvest Report will render
the hunter ineligible for the next year’s
limited big game hunt. Drawings are by
lottery. The hunter must carry the
nontransferable permit at all times
while hunting.
(ii) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (p)(1)(v) and (p)(2)(iv)
through (vii) of this section apply.
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paragraphs (c)(1) introductory text and
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follows:
§ 32.63
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(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We
allow hunting of duck, coot, sandhill
crane, and goose on designated areas of
the refuge subject to the following
condition: During hunting season, the
refuge is open from 11⁄2 hours before
legal sunrise to 11⁄2 hours after legal
sunset.
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(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of deer, pronghorn, and elk on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
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■ 33. Revise § 32.64 to read as follows:
§ 32.64
Vermont.
The following refuge units are open
for hunting and/or fishing as governed
by applicable Federal and State
regulations, and are listed in
alphabetical order with additional
refuge-specific regulations.
(a) Missisquoi National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of goose,
duck, brant, merganser, coot, woodcock,
and snipe on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We allow the use of dogs consistent
with State regulations.
(ii) We require the use of dogs for
hunting waterfowl in the Maquam
Swamp, Long Marsh Channel/Metcalfe
Island, and Saxes Pothole/Creek and
Shad Island Pothole areas.
(iii) We prohibit blind staking and
unattended decoys.
(iv) In the controlled waterfowl
hunting areas:
(A) Hunters must possess a refuge
permit (FWS Form 3–2439).
(B) Hunters may only hunt within 100
feet (30 meters) of a numbered stake
placed by the refuge staff.
(v) In the Delta Lakeshore Area, we
prohibit jumpshooting within 200 yards
(183 meters) of a party hunting from a
boat or blind.
(vi) In the Maquam Shore Area:
(A) We do not require a refuge permit
to hunt or scout in this area.
(B) We prohibit jumpshooting within
200 yards (183 meters) of a party
hunting from a boat or blind.
(vii) In the Saxes Pothole/Creek and
Shad Island Pothole, each hunting party
must possess and carry a permit (FWS
Form 3–2439) for the specific zone on
the specific day they are hunting in this
area. Permits are not transferable.
(viii) In the Junior Waterfowl Hunting
Area:
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(A) Each junior hunter must possess
and carry a permit (FWS Form 3–2439)
for the assigned blind site and day. On
Mentor Day, mentors must also possess
and carry this permit for the assigned
blind site. Each adult hunting party
must possess and carry a permit for the
blind site and day they are hunting.
Permits are not transferable.
(B) Shooting hours end at 11 a.m.
(ix) In the Long Marsh Channel and
Metcalfe Island:
(A) We limit hunting to Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Saturdays throughout
the waterfowl hunting season for duck.
(B) Each hunting party must possess
and carry a permit for the blind on the
specific day they are hunting in this
area. Permits are not transferable.
(C) Shooting hours end at 11 a.m.
(D) We close this area to waterfowl
hunting during split seasons when geese
are the only waterfowl that hunters may
legally take.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of cottontail rabbit, snowshoe
hare, ruffed grouse, gray squirrel,
coyote, red fox, gray fox, skunk,
raccoon, weasel, and opossum on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The condition set forth at
paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section
applies.
(ii) Prior to hunting, you must obtain
from refuge headquarters and sign a
current refuge hunt brochure (signed
brochure). You must possess the signed
refuge hunt brochure at all times while
hunting, and you must hold a valid
State hunting license.
(iii) You may use only shotguns,
muzzleloaders, or archery equipment on
open areas east and north of Vermont
Route 78, east of the Missisquoi River,
and on Shad Island.
(iv) We prohibit hunting from the end
of the State snowshoe hare and rabbit
season (early March) until September 1.
(v) On the Eagle Point Unit, the
conditions set forth at paragraphs
(a)(2)(i) through (iii) of this section do
not apply.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer, moose,
bear, and turkey on designated areas of
the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Prior to hunting, you must obtain
from refuge headquarters and sign a
current refuge hunt brochure (signed
brochure). You must possess the signed
refuge hunt brochure at all times while
hunting, and you must hold a valid
State hunting license.
(ii) You may use only shotguns,
muzzleloaders, or archery equipment on
open areas east and north of Vermont
Route 78, east of the Missisquoi River.
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We prohibit rifles in these areas at any
time.
(iii) You may use portable tree stands
as governed by State regulations guiding
their use on State wildlife management
areas with the following exception: We
allow only one tree stand or ground
blind for each permit holder.
(iv) On the Eagle Point Unit, we allow
hunting subject to the following
conditions:
(A) You may use portable tree stands
as governed by State regulations guiding
their use on State wildlife management
areas.
(B) We allow training of dogs during
the regular hunting seasons as governed
by State regulations. We allow dog
training outside the regular hunting
seasons (i.e., from June 1 through July
31) only with a Special Use Permit
(FWS Form 3–1383–G).
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) We allow sport fishing (including
bow fishing) by boat and ice fishing in
designated areas with the following
exceptions:
(A) We close the following areas yearround: Goose Bay, Saxes Creek and
Pothole, Metcalfe Island Pothole, Long
Marsh Channel, and Clark Marsh.
(B) We close the following areas from
Labor Day to December 31: Long Marsh
Bay and Long Marsh Channel.
(ii) We allow bank fishing along
designated areas of Charcoal Creek.
(iii) We prohibit taking fish with
firearms.
(iv) We prohibit boat launching on the
refuge with the following exceptions:
We allow launching from Louie’s
Landing year-round, and from Mac’s
Bend boat launch area from September
through December (inclusive).
(b) Silvio O. Conte National Fish and
Wildlife Refuge—(1) Migratory game
bird hunting. We allow hunting of duck,
goose, coot, crow, snipe, and American
woodcock on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) We allow disabled hunters to hunt
from a vehicle that is at least 10 feet
from the traveled portion of the refuge
road if the hunter possesses a Stateissued disabled hunting license and a
Special Use Permit (FWS Form 3–1383–
G) issued by the refuge manager.
(ii) We allow the use of dogs
consistent with State regulations.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of coyote, fox, raccoon, bobcat,
woodchuck, red squirrel, eastern gray
squirrel, porcupine, skunk, snowshoe
hare, eastern cottontail, muskrat,
opossum, weasel, pheasant, and ruffed
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grouse on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and (ii) of this
section apply.
(ii) We prohibit shooting from, over,
or within 10 feet of the traveled portion
of any road.
(iii) We require hunters hunting at
night to possess a Special Use Permit
(FWS Form 3–1383–G) issued by the
refuge manager.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer, moose,
black bear, and wild turkey on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this
section apply.
(ii) You may use portable tree stands
and/or blinds. You must clearly label
your tree stand(s) and/or blind(s) with
your hunting license number. You must
remove your tree stand(s) and/or
blind(s) no later than 72 hours after the
close of the season (see § 27.93 of this
chapter).
(iii) You may retrieve moose at the
Nulhegan Basin Division with the use of
a commercial moose hauler, if the
hauler possesses a Special Use Permit
(FWS Form 3–1383–C) issued by the
refuge manager.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
consistent with State regulations.
■ 34. Amend § 32.65 by:
■ a. Revising paragraph (c);
■ b. Adding paragraph (d)(4);
■ c. Revising paragraphs (e) through (k);
■ d. Redesignating paragraph (l) as (n);
and
■ e. Adding new paragraphs (l) and (m).
The revisions and additions read as
follows:
§ 32.65
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Wildlife Refuge—(1) Migratory game
bird hunting. We allow hunting of
waterfowl, rail, snipe, gallinule/
moorhen, coot, woodcock, dove, and
crow on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) We allow holders of a signed hunt
brochure (signed brochure) to access
areas of the refuge typically closed to
the non-hunting public. All occupants
of a vehicle or hunt party must possess
a signed brochure and be actively
engaged in hunting. We allow an
exception for those persons aiding a
disabled person who possesses a valid
State-issued Commonwealth of Virginia
Disabled Resident Lifetime License or
Commonwealth of Virginia Resident
Disabled Veteran’s Lifetime License.
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(ii) Hunters may enter the refuge no
earlier than 2 hours prior to legal
sunrise and must exit the refuge no later
than 2 hours after legal sunset.
(iii) In the Firearms Units only, we
allow the use of dogs consistent with
State and Northampton County
regulations.
(iv) We allow hunting on the refuge
only from September 1 until February
28. Hunting will follow State seasons
during that period.
(v) We allow migratory bird hunting
with archery and firearms in the
designated Firearms Units on the refuge
in accordance with State and County
regulations.
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of rabbit, squirrel, quail,
raccoon, opossum, fox, coyote, and
other nuisance species (groundhog,
European starling, English sparrow, and
pigeon) on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (c)(1)(i) through (iv) of this
section apply.
(ii) We allow the use of archery tackle,
as defined by the State, in designated
Archery and Firearms Units.
(iii) We allow the use of firearms in
accordance with State and Northampton
County regulations in the designated
Firearms Units only.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and wild
turkey on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (c)(1)(i), (ii), and (iv), and
(c)(2)(ii) and (iii) of this section apply.
(ii) We allow turkey hunting during
the spring season only for a mentor-led
hunt.
(iii) We require the use of nontoxic
ammunition when hunting turkey in the
Firearms Units.
(iv) We prohibit organized deer
drives. We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
(v) You may not hunt, discharge a
firearm, or nock an arrow or crossbow
bolt outside of the designated hunting
areas.
(vi) We allow the use of portable tree
stands and require removal of the stands
after each day’s hunt (see § 27.93 of this
chapter).
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) Anglers may access the refuge to
fish from shore on the Bull Tract and
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Skidmore Island from 1⁄2 hour before
legal sunrise to 1⁄2 hour after legal
sunset.
(ii) Anglers may access State waters
via the Wise Point Boat Ramp on the
refuge from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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(4) Sport fishing. We allow freshwater
fishing in designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) We allow fishing from
nonmotorized boats only.
(ii) We prohibit the use of lead fishing
tackle.
(e) Featherstone National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of waterfowl
on designated areas of the refuge subject
to the following conditions:
(i) We allow the use of dogs consistent
with State regulations.
(ii) We limit boat access to
nonmotorized boats only in Farm Creek
Unit. We allow motorized boat access in
Neabsco Creek Unit.
(2)–(3) [Reserved]
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) The condition set forth at
paragraph (e)(1)(ii) of this section
applies.
(ii) We prohibit the use of lead fishing
tackle.
(f) Fisherman Island National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of
waterfowl, rail, snipe, gallinule/
moorhen, coot, woodcock, dove, and
crow on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) We allow the use of dogs consistent
with State regulations.
(ii) We require hunters to possess and
carry a signed refuge hunt brochure
when hunting.
(iii) We allow hunting and hunter
access by boat only. We prohibit
hunting from land. Retrieval dogs may
retrieve fallen game on shore.
(iv) We allow hunting on the refuge
from September 1 until February 28.
Hunting will follow State seasons
during that period.
(v) Hunters may enter the refuge 2
hours before legal sunrise and must exit
the refuge no later than 2 hours after
legal sunset.
(2)–(4) [Reserved]
(g) Great Dismal Swamp National
Wildlife Refuge. (1) [Reserved]
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of gray squirrel and coyote on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We allow hunting on Thursdays,
Fridays, and Saturdays only.
(ii) You must possess and carry a
signed refuge permit (FWS Form 3–
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(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer, wild
turkey, and black bear on designated
areas of the refuge subject to the
following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (g)(2)(i) and (ii) of this
section apply.
(ii) We require the use of nontoxic
ammunition for hunting wild turkey.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) We allow fishing in Lake
Drummond from a boat (maximum 25
horsepower) and from the piers at
Washington Ditch Road and Interior
Ditch Road.
(ii) We prohibit fishing from the ditch
banks on the refuge.
(iii) We require a Special Use Permit
(FWS Form 3–1383–G) for vehicular
access to the boat ramp on Interior Ditch
Road on the west side of Lake
Drummond.
(h) James River National Wildlife
Refuge. (1) [Reserved]
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of rabbit, squirrel, and coyote
on designated areas of the refuge subject
to the following conditions:
(i) We only allow the hunting and
take of coyote concurrently during the
refuge deer hunting season.
(ii) We allow rabbit and squirrel
hunting only during the mentor-led
hunt.
(iii) We prohibit the use of pursuit
dogs.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and wild
turkey on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) The condition set forth at
paragraph (h)(2)(iii) of this section
applies.
(ii) We require spring turkey hunters
to possess and carry a refuge hunting
permit (FWS Form 3–2439).
(iii) Hunters may enter the refuge no
earlier than 1 hour prior to the start of
legal shooting time and must exit the
refuge no later than 1 hour after the end
of legal shooting time.
(iv) We require the use of nontoxic
ammunition when hunting spring wild
turkey.
(v) Hunters using a muzzleloader
must hunt from a stand elevated 10 feet
(3 meters) or more above the ground.
(vi) We prohibit organized deer
drives. We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
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(4) Sport fishing. We allow fishing on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We allow fishing access each day
from legal sunrise to legal sunset.
(ii) We allow fishing only by use of
one or more attended poles with hook
and line attached. We prohibit all other
fishing methods and means.
(iii) We prohibit the use of lead
fishing tackle.
(iv) We prohibit the use of minnows
as bait.
(i) Mackay Island National Wildlife
Refuge. Refer to § 32.52(e) for
regulations.
(j) Occoquan Bay National Wildlife
Refuge. (1) [Reserved]
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of coyote and fox on designated
areas of the refuge subject to the
following condition: We only allow the
incidental take of coyote and fox during
the refuge deer hunting season.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and wild
turkey on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) With the exception of mentored
hunt participants, white-tailed deer
hunters must possess and carry a signed
refuge permit (FWS Form 3–2439) and
be selected in the refuge lottery to hunt.
(ii) We only allow shotguns with slugs
during the firearm season.
(iii) We prohibit organized deer
drives. We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
(iv) We prohibit the use of pursuit
dogs when hunting deer.
(v) We require the use of nontoxic
ammunition when hunting wild turkey.
(vi) Hunters must certify and qualify
weapons and ammunition at a refugeapproved range and view the refuge
orientation session online prior to
issuance of a refuge permit (FWS Form
3–2439).
(vii) Wild turkey hunting is a mentorled hunt only.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) We allow boat access by
nonmotorized boats only.
(ii) We prohibit the use of lead fishing
tackle.
(k) Plum Tree Island National Wildlife
Refuge—(1) Migratory game bird
hunting. We allow hunting of migratory
waterfowl and coot on designated areas
of the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) You must hunt from a designated
refuge blind.
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(ii) We allow the use of dogs
consistent with State regulations.
(2)–(3) [Reserved]
(4) Sport fishing. We allow fishing in
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We allow fishing access April 1
through August 31, from legal sunrise to
legal sunset.
(ii) We prohibit shoreline fishing. We
allow fishing only from boats
untethered to refuge lands, or from
designated blinds.
(iii) We allow fishing only by use of
one or more attended poles with hook
and line attached. We prohibit all other
fishing methods and means.
(iv) We prohibit the use of lead
fishing tackle.
(l) Presquile National Wildlife Refuge.
(1) [Reserved]
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of coyote on designated areas of
the refuge subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Hunters may enter the refuge no
earlier than 2 hours prior to the start of
legal shooting time and must exit the
refuge no later than 2 hours after the
end of legal shooting time.
(ii) We only allow the hunting and
take of coyote concurrently during the
refuge deer hunting season.
(iii) We require hunters to dock their
boats at designated locations on the
refuge.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The condition set forth at
paragraph (l)(2)(iii) of this section
applies.
(ii) We prohibit the use of pursuit
dogs when hunting white-tailed deer.
(iii) We require big game hunters to
obtain a permit through a lottery
administered by a third-party
contractor.
(iv) We prohibit organized deer
drives. We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow fishing on
designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) We allow fishing access each day
from legal sunrise to legal sunset.
(ii) We prohibit bank fishing. We
allow fishing only from boats
untethered to refuge lands.
(iii) We allow fishing only by use of
one or more attended poles with hook
and line attached. We prohibit all other
fishing methods and means.
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(iv) We prohibit the use of minnows
as bait.
(v) We prohibit the use of lead fishing
tackle.
(m) Rappahannock River Valley
National Wildlife Refuge. (1) [Reserved]
(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of coyote, rabbit, and squirrel
on designated areas of the refuge subject
to the following conditions:
(i) We prohibit the use of pursuit
dogs.
(ii) We only allow the hunting and
take of coyote concurrently during the
refuge deer hunting season.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer and wild
turkey on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) The condition set forth at
paragraph (m)(2)(i) of this section
applies.
(ii) We require the use of nontoxic
ammunition when hunting spring wild
turkey.
(iii) In designated areas and for the
spring turkey hunt, we require hunters
to possess and carry a refuge hunting
permit (FWS Form 3–2439).
(iv) Hunters may enter the refuge no
earlier than 1 hour prior to the start of
legal shooting time and must exit the
refuge no later than 1 hour after the end
of legal shooting time.
(v) We prohibit organized deer drives.
We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) We allow fishing access each day
from legal sunrise to legal sunset.
(ii) During the period when the refuge
is open for hunting, we may close
hunting areas to all other uses,
including sport fishing.
(iii) We allow fishing only by use of
one or more attended poles with hook
and line attached. We prohibit all other
fishing methods and means.
(iv) We prohibit the use of lead
fishing tackle in freshwater ponds,
including Wilna Pond and Laurel Grove
Pond.
(v) We require catch-and-release
fishing for largemouth bass in
freshwater ponds, including Wilna Pond
and Laurel Grove Pond. Anglers may
take other finfish species as governed by
State regulations.
(vi) We prohibit the use of minnows
as bait.
(vii) We prohibit the use of boats
propelled by gasoline motors, sail, or
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paragraphs (f)(3)(v), (i)(1)(iv), (x) and
(xi) to read as follows:
§ 32.66
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(v) We require hunters to sign in and
out each day at the refuge headquarters.
When signing out for the day, you must
report hunting success or failure, and
any hit-but-not-retrieved animals on the
Harvest Report (FWS Form 3–2542).
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(iv) Prior to entering the hunt area,
you must check in at the refuge check
station, and obtain a Harvest Report
(FWS Form 3–2542). You must carry the
Harvest Report while hunting as proof
of blind assignment and user fee
payment.
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(x) Prior to switching blinds, you
must first report to the refuge check
station to obtain a new blind
assignment. You must submit an
accurate Harvest Report (FWS Form 3–
2542) for the blind being vacated, and
obtain a new Harvest Report for the new
blind.
(xi) Prior to leaving the hunt area, you
must check out at the refuge check
station, submit an accurate Harvest
Report (FWS Form 3–2542), and present
all harvested birds for inspection by
check station personnel.
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paragraphs (b)(2) and (3) to read as
follows:
§ 32.67
West Virginia.
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(2) Upland game hunting. We allow
hunting of squirrel, Eastern cottontail
rabbit, red and gray fox, coyote, bobcat,
opossum, raccoon, skunk, woodchuck,
weasel, ruffed grouse, quail, pheasant,
and crow on designated areas of the
refuge subject to the following
condition: The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (b)(1)(i) through (iii) of this
section apply.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer, wild
turkey, and black bear on designated
areas of the refuge subject to the
following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (b)(1)(i) and (ii) of this
section apply.
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(ii) We only allow the use of archery
equipment.
(iii) We prohibit organized deer
drives. We define a ‘‘deer drive’’ as an
organized or planned effort to pursue,
drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or
cause deer to move in the direction of
any person(s) who is part of the
organized or planned hunt and known
to be waiting for the deer.
(iv) You must label portable tree
stands with your last name and State
license number. You may erect your
stand(s) on the first day of the hunting
season. You must remove your stand(s)
by the last day of the hunting season
(see § 27.93 of this chapter).
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■ a. Revising paragraphs (c) and (f)(1);
■ b. Adding paragraph (f)(2)(vi); and
■ c. Revising paragraph (f)(3) and (4).
The revisions and addition read as
follows:
§ 32.68
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(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We
allow hunting of duck, goose, coot,
merganser, dove, moorhen/gallinule,
rail, snipe, and woodcock on designated
areas of the refuge subject to the
following conditions:
(i) Hunters may enter the refuge no
earlier than 1 hour before legal shooting
hours and must exit the refuge no later
than 1 hour after legal shooting hours.
(ii) You must remove all boats,
decoys, blinds, blind materials, stands,
platforms, and other hunting equipment
(see §§ 27.93 and 27.94 of this chapter)
brought onto the refuge at the end of
each day’s hunt.
(iii) We allow the use of dogs while
hunting, provided the dog is under the
immediate control of the hunter at all
times.
(iv) We prohibit hunting or shooting
within 50 feet (15 meters (m)) of the
centerline of all public roads, service
roads, and trails, and around parking
lots. It is considered hunting if you have
a loaded weapon, if you have a nocked
arrow while bow hunting, or if you are
in an elevated tree stand or ground
blind with a means to take, within these
areas.
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(vi) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (f)(1)(i), (ii), and (iv) of this
section apply.
(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of white-tailed deer on
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designated areas of the refuge subject to
the following conditions:
(i) The conditions set forth at
paragraphs (f)(1)(i) and (iv) of this
section apply.
(ii) You may use portable elevated
devices, but you must lower them to
ground level at the close of shooting
hours each day. You must remove all
blinds, stands, platforms, and ladders
from the refuge at the end of the hunting
season (see §§ 27.93 and 27.94 of this
chapter).
(iii) You must clearly mark all nonnatural blinds, stands, platforms, and
ladders on the exterior with the hunter’s
Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources customer identification
number.
(iv) We open Refuge Area 2 to deer
hunting during the State archery, gun,
and muzzleloader seasons, except that
we close Refuge Area 2 to deer hunting
during any early State antlerless-only
hunts.
(v) We open Refuge Area 3 to deer
hunting during the State regular gun,
muzzleloader, and late archery seasons.
Unarmed deer hunters may enter Refuge
Area 3 to scout beginning the Saturday
prior to the gun deer season.
(vi) You must remove flagging used
during hunting by the close of the
archery deer season (see §§ 27.93 and
27.94 of this chapter).
(vii) Any ground blind used during
any gun deer season must display at
least 144 square inches (929 square
centimeters) of solid-blaze-orange or
fluorescent pink material visible from
all directions.
(4) Sport fishing. We allow sport
fishing on designated areas of the refuge
subject to the following conditions:
(i) Fishingareas are open from 30
minutes prior to legal sunrise to 30
minutes after legal sunset duringrefugespecificseasons.
(ii)We allow use of nonmotorized
boats in Sprague-Goose pools only when
we open these pools to fishing.
(iii) We allow motorized boats in Suk
Cerney Pool.
(iv) We allow fishing by hook and line
only.
(v) We prohibit the taking of any
mussel (clam), crayfish, frog, leech, or
turtle species by any method on the
refuge (see § 27.21 of this chapter).
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paragraph (d)(3) to read as follows:
§ 32.69
Wyoming.
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(3) Big game hunting. We allow
hunting of elk, pronghorn, white-tailed
deer, and bison on designated areas of
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conditions:
(i) We require refuge permits (issued
by State of Wyoming).
(ii) We prohibit shooting from or
across refuge roads and parking areas.
(iii) We allow hunting of pronghorn
with a firearm in Pronghorn Hunt Area
1 from September 10 through October
31, and in Pronghorn Hunt Area 2 from
October 1 through 31.
(iv) We allow archery hunting of
pronghorn in Pronghorn Hunt Area 1 in
accordance with State seasons and
regulations.
(v) We allow hunting of white-tailed
deer with a firearm in the White-tailed
Deer Hunt Area from September 15
through October 30.
(vi) We allow archery hunting of
white-tailed deer in the White-tailed
Deer Hunt Area in accordance with
State seasons and regulations.
(vii) The refuge hunt brochure will
specify the type of ammunition
approved for hunting on the refuge.
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SUBCHAPTER E—MANAGEMENT OF
FISHERIES CONSERVATION AREAS
PART 71—HUNTING AND SPORT
FISHING ON NATIONAL FISH
HATCHERIES
39. The authority citation for part 71
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: Sec. 4, Pub. L. 73–121, 48 Stat.
402, as amended; sec. 4, Pub. L. 87–714, 76
Stat. 654; 5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 460k, 664,
668dd, 1534.
§ 71.11
[Amended]
40. Amend § 71.11 by:
a. In paragraph (c)(4), removing the
words ‘‘§ 71.12(k)’’ and adding in their
place the words ‘‘§ 71.12(l)’’;
■ b. In paragraph (d)(4), removing the
words ‘‘§ 71.12(l)’’ and adding in their
place the words ‘‘§ 71.12(m)’’;
■ c. In paragraph (e)(4), removing the
words ‘‘§ 71.12(m)’’ and adding in their
place the words ‘‘§ 71.12(n)’’; and
■ d. In paragraph (g)(4), removing the
words ‘‘§ 71.12(o)’’ and adding in their
place the words ‘‘§ 71.12(p)’’.
■ 41. Amend § 71.12 by:
■ a. Redesignating paragraphs (g)
through (r) as paragraphs (h) through (s);
and
■ b. Adding a new paragraph (g).
The addition reads as follows:
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§ 71.12 National fish hatcheries open for
sport fishing.
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Hatchery. We allow sport fishing on
designated areas of the hatchery.
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Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish
and Wildlife and Parks, Exercising the
Delegated Authority of the Assistant Secretary
for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
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