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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 84 / Tuesday, May 4, 2021 / Proposed Rules 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 g1i 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 32.2k.
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 g1i and v through x, and g2ii, 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 owners State
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license/sportsmens 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 g3:
A You must use trained hog-hunting dogs to aid in the take of hog.
B We allow take of hog from 12 hour before legal sunrise until 12 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 12 hour before legal sunrise to 12 hour after legal sunset.
v The conditions set forth at paragraphs g1i and viii, and g2v of this section apply.

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iii Each hunter must complete and turn in a Harvest Report FWS Form 3
2542 available from a self-clearing check station after each hunt.

j Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge1 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 12 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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