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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 31, 2021 / Rules and Regulations SUBCHAPTER CTHE NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM

d. Redesignating paragraphs c4iii through v as paragraphs c4ii through iv.
The addition and revisions read as follows:

PART 32HUNTING AND FISHING
1. The authority citation for part 32
continues to read as follows:

32.20

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 460k, 664, 668dd668ee, and 715i; Pub. L. 11520, 131 Stat. 86.

2. Amend 32.7 by:
a. Redesignating paragraphs i6
through 15 as paragraphs i7 through 16 and adding a new paragraph i6;
b. Revising paragraph s;
c. Removing paragraph z17;
d. Redesignating paragraphs z18
through 25 as paragraphs z17
through 24;
e. Redesignating paragraphs qq12
through 14 as paragraphs qq14
through 16 and adding new paragraphs qq12 and 13; and f. Redesignating paragraphs tt5
through 12 as paragraphs tt7
through 14 and adding new paragraphs tt5 and 6.
The additions and revision read as follows:

32.7 What refuge units are open to hunting and/or sport fishing?

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6 Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge.

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.

3. Amend 32.20 by:
a. Adding paragraph c1;
b. Revising paragraphs c2 and 3;
c. Removing paragraph c4ii; and
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Alabama.

c Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge1 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 c1v of this section applies.
3 Big game hunting. We allow hunting of white-tailed deer and incidental take of feral hog subject to the following conditions:

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i The conditions set forth at paragraphs c1v, and c2i 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 hunters 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 Associations 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.

4. Amend 32.22 by:
a. Revising paragraphs a1 through 3, b1iii, c1i, c2
introductory text, c3ii, and e;
b. Adding paragraphs h1iv and v; and c. Revising paragraphs h2ii and iii, and h3ii.
The revisions and additions read as follows:
32.22

Arizona.

a 1 Migratory game bird hunting. We allow hunting of mourning and white-winged 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 14 mile 402 meters of any building.
iii You must remove boats, equipment, temporary blinds, stands, etc., at the end of each days activities see 27.93 of this chapter.
iv Hunters may enter the refuge 12
hour before legal sunrise and must leave the refuge no later than 12 hour after legal sunset.
2 Upland game hunting. We allow hunting of Gambels quail, Eurasian collared-dove, cottontail rabbit, coyote, gray fox, and kit fox on designated areas
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