Federal Register - August 31, 2021
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 31, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
and no more than, 20 traps per angler on the refuge.
m Delta National Wildlife Refuge 1 Migratory game bird hunting. We allow hunting of duck, merganser, teal, light and dark goose, dove, snipe, rail, gallinule, and coot 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 hunting on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 12 hour before legal sunrise until 2 p.m. during the State seasons, including the regular waterfowl season, the State teal season, State youth waterfowl season, State veterans waterfowl season, and State light goose special conservation season.
iii We only allow temporary blinds.
You must remove both blinds and decoys by 2 p.m. each day see 27.93
of this chapter.
iv When hunting migratory game birds, you may only use dogs to locate, point, and retrieve game.
v We prohibit discharge of firearms see 27.42 of this chapter 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, designated parking area, or other designated public use facilities.
vi All youth hunters age 15 and younger must be supervised by an adult during all hunts. One adult may supervise up to two youths during upland game and migratory game 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.
vii Migratory bird hunters may enter the refuge no earlier than 4 a.m., and all hunters must exit the refuge no later than 2 hours after legal sunset.
viii We allow the incidental take of raccoon, feral hog, armadillo, opossum, and coyote with approved shot and weapons allowed during any open season on the refuge.
ix We only allow the incidental take of nutria with approved shot and weapons during any open waterfowl season on the refuge.
x We allow only the use of reflective tacks as marking devices.
2 Upland game hunting. We allow hunting of rabbit, and the incidental take of nutria, coyote, raccoon, armadillo, and opossum on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
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i The refuge rabbit season opens the day after the State duck season closes and continues through the remainder of the State rabbit season.
ii We restrict hunting to shotgun only.
iii We allow the use of dogs when rabbit hunting.
iv We prohibit upland game hunting on days corresponding with refuge deer gun hunts.
v The conditions set forth at paragraphs m1i and v through viii of this section apply.
3 Big game hunting. We allow hunting of white-tailed deer on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
i The conditions set forth at paragraphs m1i and v through x of this section apply.
ii We allow archery deer hunting, bucks only, from October 1 through 15.
We allow either-sex archery deer hunting from October 16 through 31, and from the day after the close of the State duck season through the end of the State deer archery season.
iii We allow placement of temporary deer stands up to 48 hours prior to the start of deer archery season. Hunters must remove all deer stands within 48
hours after the archery deer 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 license/sportsmens identification number clearly printed on the stand.
iv We prohibit organized deer drives. We define a deer drive as an organized or planned effort to pursue, drive, chase, or otherwise frighten or cause deer to move in the direction of any persons who is part of the organized or planned hunt and known to be waiting for the deer.
v We prohibit the use of deer decoys.
vi We allow shotgun hunting of deer on the Saturday and Sunday during the first split of the regular waterfowl season.
vii Deer hunters must display State Wildlife Management Area WMA
hunter-orange or blaze-pink as governed by State WMA regulations.
4 Sport fishing. We allow recreational finfishing and shellfishing on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
i We only allow sport finfishing and shellfishing from 12 hour before legal sunrise until 12 hour after legal sunset.
During the State waterfowl hunting seasons, we only allow sport finfishing and shellfishing from 2 p.m. until 12
hour after legal sunset. However, during the waterfowl season, we prohibit all
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ii We prohibit the use of trotlines, limblines, slat traps, jug lines, nets, or alligator lines.
iii The condition set forth at paragraph m1i of this section applies.
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iv Each hunter must complete and turn in a Harvest Report FWS Form 3
2542, available from a self-clearing check station, after each hunt.
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v Each hunter must complete and turn in a Harvest Report FWS Form 3
2542 available from a self-clearing check station, after each hunt.
q Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge1 Migratory game bird hunting. We allow hunting of duck, teal, merganser, light and dark goose, gallinule including moorhen, coot, rail, snipe, and dove 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 only youth hunting of migratory game birds and only in the Hanson Unit on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays until 2 p.m. of the State teal, youth, and regular waterfowl seasons.
iii We open the Hanson Unit only to youth goose hunting during any segment of the goose season that extends beyond the regular duck season on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays until 2 p.m.
iv Migratory bird hunters are only allowed to enter the refuge after 4 a.m.
v All youth hunters age 15 and younger must be supervised by an adult during all hunts. One adult may supervise up to two youths during small game and migratory game bird hunts.
An adult may supervise only one youth during big game hunts. The supervising adult must maintain visual and voice contact with the youth at all times. The youth must be capable of and must actively participate in the hunt by possessing and/or firing a legal weapon during the hunt for the express purpose of harvesting game. Parents or adult guardians are responsible for ensuring that hunters age 15 and younger do not violate refuge rules.
vi Adults accompanying youth on refuge hunts may participate by hunting, but are not allowed to harvest more than their own daily bag limit.
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