Arizona Waterfowl, Snipe Hunting Regulations Available Online

By Vanessa Torres

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Arizona -(Ammoland.com)- The Arizona Game and Fish Department has posted the 2015-2016 Arizona Waterfowl and Snipe Hunting Regulations on http://azgfdportal.az.gov/PortalImages/files/regs/waterfowlregs.pdf.

The general waterfowl season in the “Mountain Zone” (Game Management Units 1-5, 7, 9, 11M, 12A, and those portions of Units 6 and 8 within Coconino County) begins Oct. 2, 2015, and runs through Jan. 10, 2016.

The general waterfowl season in the “Desert Zone” (Game Management Units 10 and 12B through 46B, and those portions of Units 6 and 8 within Yavapai County) begins Oct. 16, 2015, and runs through Jan. 24, 2016.

Excluding scaup, ducks, including mergansers, coots and common moorhens (gallinules); white geese (snow, blue and Ross’); and dark geese (Canada and white-fronted) are legal wildlife in both Mountain and Desert zones.

Scaup can be harvested in the Mountain Zone from Oct. 17, 2015 through Jan. 10, 2016, and in the Desert Zone from Oct. 31, 2015 through Jan. 24, 2016.

Waterfowl hunters must possess a valid Arizona hunting license, as well as a valid Arizona Migratory Bird Stamp (for hunters 18 and older) and Federal Migratory Bird …read more

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