Waterfowl Hunting Zones

North Zone
Regular Season: Oct. 4 - Dec. 2, 2008

Middle Zone
Regular Season: Oct. 4 - Nov. 30 and Dec. 6 - 7, 2008

South Zone
Regular Season: Oct. 11 - Dec. 7, 2008 and Jan. 3 - 4, 2009

Map and Legal Descriptions of Waterfowl Hunting Zones

Statewide Daily Limit for Ducks and Mergansers

There are daily limit restrictions on some species that are heavily harvested (e.g., mallards) or whose populations have demonstrated long-term decline (e.g., pintails and scaup).  Canvasback season is closed.

The daily limit for ducks is 6 and may include:

• no more than 4 mallards (no more than 1 of which may be a female)
• 1 scaup (bluebill) except for the following dates in each Waterfowl Hunting Zone where the daily limit is 2:

North Zone:          October 11 - October 30

Middle Zone:         October 18 - November 6

South Zone:         October 25 - November 13

• 3 wood ducks
• 2 redheads
• 1 northern pintail
• 1 American black duck
• Canvasback season is closed

In addition to the duck limit, hunters may take 5 mergansers, only 2 of which may be hooded merganser.

The possession limit is twice the daily limit for ducks and mergansers.