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Coastal Duck Zone:

October 27 – October 28, 2023

November 4 – November 25, 2023

December 18, 2023 – January 31, 2024 

(black ducks and mottled ducks is closed until November 18)

Daily bag limits are the same in each duck zone.

Includes a total of 6 ducks with no more than 4 total sea ducks [no more than 3 scoters, 3 eiders (1 hen eider), or 3 long-tailed ducks], 4 mallards (no more than 2 hen mallards), 3 wood ducks, 2 redheads, 2 canvasbacks, 2 black ducks, 1 pintail, 1 mottled duck and 1 fulvous whistling duck. 

• Prior to January 9 the scaup bag limit is 1, on January 9 and after it is 2.

• The season on harlequin ducks is closed.

 Mergansers Same as general duck season5 mergansers with no more than 2 hooded mergansers

 Coots Same as general duck season15 coots

 September Teal (includes green-winged, blue-winged and cinnamon teal)September 13 – September 30, 20236
(The September Teal Season is open only in the area east of U.S. Highway 17)

 Sea Ducks 
October 27 – October 28, 2023
November 4 - November 25, 2023
December 18, 2023 - January 31, 2024Includes scoters, eiders, and long-tailed ducks. 4 total sea ducks with no more than 3 scoters, 3 eiders (1 hen eider), or 3 long-tailed ducks. Sea Duck daily bag limits count towards the general duck daily bag limit of 6 ducks.  

 

• Possession limits are three times the daily bag unless otherwise specified

• Shooting hours are ½ hour before sunrise until sunset unless otherwise specified

• Falconers may hunt during the Webless Migratory and Waterfowl Seasons, but the daily bag limit for falconry is three and the possession limit is nine, singly, or in aggregate.  The falconry limit is not in addition to the gun bag limit.