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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 84 / Tuesday, May 4, 2021 / Proposed Rules refuge except the Little River Recreation 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.

31. Amend 32.62 by:
a. Revising paragraphs a1i and ii, e1 introductory text, e1i, iii and ix;
b. Adding paragraphs e1x through xii;
c. Revising paragraph e4iii;
d. Redesignating paragraph e4iv as paragraph e4v;
e. Adding new paragraphs e4iv and g2;
f. Revising paragraphs g3, h1i, h2, h3iv, i3ii and iii;
g. Removing paragraph i3iv;
h. Redesignating paragraphs i3v through xi as paragraphs i3iv through x;
i. Revising newly redesignated paragraphs i3iv and viii;
j. Revising paragraphs i4, j1i, k1ii, 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 n4ii, o1ii, o4iii, p2i through iii, p3i and ii.
The revisions and additions read as follows:
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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.

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.

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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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 g2ii 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 days 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
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i You must possess and carry a signed refuge hunt brochure.

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 h1i through vii of this section apply.
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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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