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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 134 / Friday, July 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
Shooting hours for geese may begin no earlier than sunrise. Regular Canada and cackling goose seasons in the permit zones of Oregon and Washington remain subject to the Memorandum of Understanding entered into with the Service regarding monitoring the impacts of take during the regular Canada and cackling goose season on the dusky Canada goose population.
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Pacific Flyway In portions of the Pacific Flyway Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Utah, an open season for taking a limited number of swans may be selected. These seasons are also subject to the following conditions:
Outside Dates: Between the Saturday nearest September 24 September 25
and January 31.
Hunting Seasons: Seasons may not exceed 107 days, and may be split into 2 segments.
Permits: Swan hunting is by permit only. Permits will be issued by the State and will authorize each permittee to take no more than 1 swan per season with each permit. Only 1 permit may be issued per hunter in Montana and Utah, 2 permits may be issued per hunter in Nevada. The total number of permits issued may not exceed 50 in Idaho, 500
in Montana, 650 in Nevada, and 2,750
in Utah.
Quotas: The swan season in the respective State must end upon attainment of the following reported harvest of trumpeter swans: 20 in Utah and 10 in Nevada. There is no quota in Montana.
Monitoring: Each State must evaluate hunter participation, species-specific swan harvest, and hunter compliance in providing either species-determinant parts at least the intact head or bill measurements bill length from tip to posterior edge of the nares opening, and presence or absence of yellow lore spots on the bill in front of the eyes of harvested swans for species identification. Each State should use appropriate measures to maximize hunter compliance with the States program for swan harvest reporting.
Each State must achieve a hunter compliance of at least 80 percent in providing species-determinant parts or bill measurements of harvested swans for species identification or subsequent permits will be reduced by 10 percent in the respective State. Each State must provide to the Service by June 30
following the swan season a report detailing hunter participation, speciesspecific swan harvest, and hunter compliance in reporting harvest. In
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Idaho and Montana, all hunters that harvest a swan must complete and submit a reporting card bill card with the bill measurement and color information from the harvested swan within 72 hours of harvest for species determination. In Utah and Nevada, all hunters that harvest a swan must have the swan or species-determinant parts examined by a State or Federal biologist within 72 hours of harvest for species determination.
Other Provisions: In Utah, the season is subject to the terms of the Memorandum of Agreement entered into with the Service in January 2019
regarding harvest monitoring, season closure procedures, and education requirements to minimize take of trumpeter swans during the swan season.
Atlantic and Central Flyways In portions of the Atlantic Flyway Delaware, North Carolina, and Virginia and the Central Flyway North Dakota, South Dakota east of the Missouri River, and that portion of Montana in the Central Flyway, an open season for taking a limited number of swans may be selected. Permits will be issued by the States that authorize the take of no more than 1 swan per permit. A second permit may be issued to hunters from unused permits remaining after the first drawing.
Monitoring: Each State must evaluate hunter participation, species-specific swan harvest, and hunter compliance in providing measurements of harvested swans for species identification. Each State should use appropriate measures to maximize hunter compliance with the States program for swan harvest reporting. Each State must achieve a hunter compliance of at least 80 percent in providing species-determinant measurements of harvested swans for species identification. Each State must provide to the Service by June 30
following the swan season a report detailing hunter participation, speciesspecific swan harvest, and hunter compliance in reporting harvest.
In lieu of a general swan hunting season, States may select a season only for tundra swans. States selecting a season only for tundra swans must obtain harvest and hunter participation data.
These general swan seasons and tundra swan seasons are also subject to the following conditions:
In the Atlantic Flyway The season may be 90 days, between October 1 and January 31.

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In Delaware, no more than 67 permits may be issued. The season is experimental.
In North Carolina, no more than 4,895
permits may be issued.
In Virginia, no more than 638 permits may be issued.
In the Central Flyway The season may be 107 days, between the Saturday nearest October 1
October 2 and January 31.
In the Central Flyway portion of Montana, no more than 500 permits may be issued.
In North Dakota, no more than 2,200
permits may be issued.
In South Dakota, no more than 1,300
permits may be issued.
Sandhill Cranes Regular Seasons in the Mississippi Flyway Outside Dates: Between September 1
and February 28 in Minnesota, and between September 1 and January 31 in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Hunting Seasons: A season not to exceed 37 consecutive days may be selected in the designated portion of northwestern Minnesota Northwest Goose Zone, and a season not to exceed 60 consecutive days in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The season in Alabama is experimental.
Daily Bag Limit: 1 sandhill crane in Minnesota, 2 sandhill cranes in Kentucky, and 3 sandhill cranes in Alabama and Tennessee. In Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee, the seasonal bag limit is 3 sandhill cranes.
Permits: Each person participating in the regular sandhill crane seasons must have a valid State sandhill crane hunting permit.
Other Provisions: The number of permits where applicable, open areas, season dates, protection plans for other species, and other provisions of seasons must be consistent with the management plans and approved by the Mississippi Flyway Council.
Regular Seasons in the Central Flyway Outside Dates: Between September 1
and February 28.
Hunting Seasons: Seasons not to exceed 37 consecutive days may be selected in a designated portion of Texas Zone C. Seasons not to exceed 58 consecutive days may be selected in designated portions of the following States: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Seasons not to exceed 93
consecutive days may be selected in designated portions of the following States: New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

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