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MIGRATORY GAME BIRD REGULATIONS
Hunter Orange • By the use or aid of live decoys. All live, tame Field Dressing
For hunter orange requirements, see page 52. or captive ducks and geese shall be removed No person shall completely field dress any
for a period of 10 consecutive days prior to migratory game bird (except doves and band-
hunting, and confined within an enclosure
Restrictions which substantially reduces the audibility tailed pigeons) and then transport the birds
No person shall take migratory game birds: of their calls and totally conceals such tame from the field. The head or one fully feath-
ered wing must remain attached to all such
birds from the sight of migratory waterfowl. birds while being transported from the field
• With a trap, snare, net, rifle, pistol, swivel • Using records or tapes of migratory bird to one’s home or to a migratory bird preserva-
gun, shotgun slug, shotgun larger than a calls, or sounds or electronically ampli- tion facility.
10-gauge, punt gun, battery gun, machine fied imitations of bird calls, unless other-
gun, fishhook, poison, drug, explosive, or wise provided.
stupefying substance. • By driving, rallying, or chasing birds with Importation
• With a shotgun capable of holding more than any motorized conveyance or any sailboat to For information regarding the importation of
three shells, in the magazine and chamber put them in range of the hunters. migratory birds killed in another country, hunt-
combined, unless otherwise provided. • By the aid of baiting on or over any baited ers should consult 50 CFR 20.61 through 20.66.
• From or by means, aid, or use of a sink box areas where a person knows or reasonably One fully feathered wing must remain attached
(a low floating device, having a depression should know that the area is or has been to all migratory game birds being transported
affording the hunter means of concealment baited. A baited area is considered to be between the port of entry and one’s home or to a
beneath the surface of the water.) baited for 10 days after complete removal of migratory bird preservation facility. No person
• From or with the aid or use of a vehicle or any bait. Baiting includes placing, exposing, shall import migratory game birds killed in any
other motor-driven land conveyance, or any depositing, distributing or scattering of salt, foreign country except Canada, unless such
aircraft, except that paraplegics and single- or grain, or other feed that could serve as a lure birds are dressed (except as required in 20.63),
double-amputees of the legs may take from or attractant for migratory game birds to, on, drawn, and the head and feet are removed.
any stationary motor vehicle or stationary or over areas where hunters are attempting No person shall import migratory game birds
motor-driven land conveyance. Paraplegic to take them. Agriculture areas must be pre- belonging to another person.
means an individual afflicted with paralysis pared in accordance with official recommen-
of the lower half of the body with involvement dations to be legally hunted. It is a separate Hunting in Two States
of both legs usually due to disease of or injury offense to place or direct placement of bait on A hunter who hunts in two states having
to the spinal cord. or adjacent to an area that causes, induces, or separate daily limits, may not exceed the largest
• From or by means of any motorboat or sail- allows another to hunt by the aid of bait on number of birds that can legally be taken in one
boat unless the motor has been completely or over a baited area. Hunters are responsible of the states in which they take birds.
shut off and/or the sail furled, and its pro- for ensuring that an area has not been baited
gress therefrom has ceased. and should verify its legality prior to hunting.
Dual Violation
Field Possession Limit Violations of state migratory game bird regu-
No person shall possess more than one daily lations are also violations of federal regulations.
bag limit, tagged or not tagged, while in the
field or while returning from the field to one’s Additional Information
209-712-9858 vehicle, hunting camp, home, etc. For a more complete summary of federal
regulations, visit wildlifedepartment.com.
Wanton Waste
All downed migratory game birds shall be Reference
retrieved, if possible, and retained in the cus- Federal regulations related to migratory
WHY DON’T DUCKS FLY OVER YOU? tody of the hunter in the field. game birds are located in Title 50, Code of
Federal Regulations, Part 20, Caution: more
Field Tagging restrictive regulations may apply to National
No person shall give, put or leave any migra- Wildlife Refuges open to public hunting. For
tory game birds at any place or in the custody additional information of federal regulations,
of another person unless the birds are tagged contact Resident Agent-In-Charge, U.S. Fish &
by the hunter with the hunter’s name, signature Wildlife Service, (405) 715-0617.
and address, total number of birds involved by
species and the dates such birds were killed. Nontoxic Shot
Tagging is required if the birds are being Regulations
transported by another person for the hunter,
or if the birds have been left for cleaning, stor- All waterfowl (ducks, mergansers and
age (including temporary storage), shipment, geese) and coot hunting is restricted to use
or taxidermy services. of federally approved nontoxic shot in all ar-
YOU SEE THE DUCKS AND THEY DON’T SEE YOU! eas of the state. Unless otherwise provided,
Possession of Live Birds all shotgun hunting on state wetland devel-
opment units and state waterfowl refuges is
• Portable or permanent Wounded birds shall be immediately killed restricted to federally approved nontoxic shot
• Complete coverage from above and included in the daily limit. only. Possession of lead shot while hunting
• Sets up in seconds waterfowl or coots and for all shotgun hunt-
• Frame lengths: 2,3,4,5 & 6 feet Shipment ing on state wetland development units and
• Lightweight welded steel state waterfowl refuges is prohibited. For more

• Powder coated finish No person shall ship migratory game birds information on federally approved nontoxic
• Available as frame only or with Gibby Grass pre-installed unless the package is marked on the outside shot types, see https://www.fws.gov/birds/
with the name and address of the person
• Blind Covers, Blind Ladders, and Leaker Decoys Stands sending the birds, the name and address of bird-enthusiasts/hunting/nontoxic.php.
the person to whom the birds are being sent,
SEE US AT: basspro.com • cabelas.com and the number of birds, by species, contained
gibsonduckblindcoversinc.com in the package.
email: duckblindcovers@sbcglobal.net
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