2023 upland game bird and small game regs - 24

MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS
2023 HUNTING REGULATIONS
iii . Central Flyway
CENTRAL FLYWAY
Season Dates
Species
Opens
Sep. 30
Light Geese
Feb. 7
Feb. 18
Season Dates
Species
Opens
Ducks and
Mergansers
Coots
Dark Geese
Sep. 30
Nov. 4
Sep. 30
Nov. 4
Sep. 30
Nov. 4
Dec. 8
Closes
Oct. 15
Jan. 23
Oct. 15
Jan. 23
Oct. 8
Nov. 26
Feb. 18
Season Dates
Species
Opens
Sep. 30
Ducks and
Mergansers
Coots
Nov. 4
Dark Geese*
Sep. 30
Nov. 18
Jan. 23
Oct. 11
Feb. 18
Season Dates
Species
Opens
Ducks and
Mergansers
Coots
Dark Geese
Sep. 23
Dec. 16
Sep. 23
Dec. 16
Sep. 23
Dec. 16
Closes
Dec. 3
Jan. 9
Dec. 3
Jan. 9
Dec. 3
Jan. 17
a - after Nov. 17
b
a, b
CENTRAL FLYWAY - ZONE C2
Closed Areas Section 3 Subsections
Bag
Limit
Daily Poss.
6**
15
5
18**
45
15
*For Bump-Sullivan Managed Goose Hunt information, see Section 6 .
**The daily bag limit of six (6) ducks and mergansers may include any
combination of species with the following restrictions:
* no more than five (5) mallards of which not more than two (2) shall
be hens;
* no more than one (1) pintail;
* no more than three (3) wood ducks;
* no more than two (2) canvasbacks;
* no more than two (2) redheads; and,
* no more than one (1) scaup .
* two (2) blue-winged teal may be taken in addition to the regular limit
of six (6) ducks during the following dates:
* Zone C1 and C1A:
* Zone C2:
September 30- October 15
September 23- October 8
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2
5
6
15
SECTION 3. DESCRIPTION OF CLOSED AREAS
The areas described in this Section shall be closed for the species and
dates specified in the tables in Sections 2, 5 and 7 .
a . Goshen County
i . Hawk Springs Reservoir . Beginning where the east fence of the
Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way meets the south fence enclosing
Hawk Springs Reservoir; due east along said fence to
Goshen County Road 51; northerly along said road to the access
road to the northeast dam of the reservoir; southwesterly
along said road to the northeast dam and the fence enclosing
the reservoir; northwesterly along said fence to the second
gate; southwesterly from said gate to the northwest corner of
the fence enclosing the reservoir; southerly along said fence to
the beginning point .
ii . Springer Reservoir . Beginning on U .S . Highway 85 at the George
Marlatt farmhouse; westerly along the fence between the farm
land and the pasture land to the west end of the west pump
lake and Bump-Sullivan Ditch; southerly along said ditch to the
high-water mark of Springer Reservoir; westerly then southerly
along the high-water mark to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department's
Springer Wildlife Habitat Management Area (WHMA);
westerly then southerly along the Springer WHMA boundary to
Parking Area 3; southeasterly along the reservoir access road to
the Wyoming Game and Fish Department buildings; due south
from said buildings across the Whispering Wings LLC property
to the Fullmer Family Trust pasture fence; westerly along said
fence to Goshen County Road 37; southerly along said road to
Goshen County Road 42; easterly along said road to U .S . HighWYOMING
GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT
Nov. 4
Sep. 30
Closes
Oct. 15
Jan. 23
Oct. 15
a - after Nov. 17
b
b
15
45
Closes
Dec. 31
Closed Areas Section 3 Subsections
b
a
- after Nov. 17
c - after Nov. 14
a, b, c
CENTRAL FLYWAY - ZONE C1
Closed Areas Section 3 Subsections
c
- after Nov. 14
c - after Nov. 14
c - after Nov. 14
c
CENTRAL FLYWAY - ZONE C1A
Closed Areas Section 3 Subsections
b
b
Bag
Limit
Daily Poss.
6**
18**
5
15
Bag Limit
Daily Poss.
6**
15
18**
45
20
20
60
60
Bag Limit
Daily Poss.
j . Special Hunting Days for Youths, Veterans and Active Military Personnel
(including members of the National Guard and Reserves on
active duty) . In the Pacific Flyway and in Zone C2 of the Central
Flyway, the special hunting days for youths, veterans and active military
personnel shall be September 16-17, 2023 . In Zone C1 and C1A
of the Central Flyway, the special hunting days for youths, veterans
and active military personnel shall be September 23-24, 2023 . Only
qualifying persons may take ducks, mergansers, coots and geese
on these special hunting days, subject to the following conditions:
i . All youth hunters shall be seventeen (17) years of age or younger
and shall be accompanied in the field by an adult at least
eighteen (18) years of age .
ii . No more than four (4) youths shall be accompanied by any one
(1) adult .
iii . The accompanying adult shall not take ducks, coots, mergansers
or geese unless they also qualify as a veteran or active
military personnel . However the accompanying adult may participate
in other open seasons .
iv . All license and stamp requirements, daily bag limits, species
and sex restrictions, shooting hours and other regulations that
apply to the regular duck and goose seasons, as defined for
each flyway, shall apply during the special hunting days for
youths, veterans and active military personnel . Exceptions: The
additional blue-winged teal limit does not apply on these special
hunting days . In Zone C1A, the daily bag limit for dark geese
shall be four (4) on the special hunting days for youths, veterans
and active military personnel .
v . All veterans and active military personnel participating in the
special hunting days shall be in possession of documentation
confirming they are a veteran or active military personnel while
hunting in the field .
vi . The areas described in Section 3 (b), (d), (e) and (f) shall be
closed to hunting during the special hunting days for youths,
veterans and active military personnel .
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