State of California – Department of Fish and Wildlife
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WATERFOWL RESERVATION INFORMATION
Number of Hunters Per
Reservation

Reservation
Processing Time

Reservation
Expiration Time

Two adults, each adult hunter may bringup to two junior hunters or two nonshooters or one of each. For East Bear
Creek, three people per reservation.
Four people, but not more than two
junior hunters or non-shooters.

At least two and onehalf hours before shoottime.

One hour before
shoot time.

At least two hours
before shoot time.

One hour before
shoot time.

China Island
Unit – North
Grassland WA

Two adults, each adult hunter may bringup to two junior hunters or two nonshooters or one of each.

At least two and onehalf hours before shoottime. Check in atKesterson.

One and one-halfhours before shoottime.

Delevan NWRFour people, but not more than twojunior hunters or non-shooters.

At least two and onehalf hours before shoottime.

One and one-halfhours before shoottime.

Freitas North –San Luis NWR

One boat with up to four people.

3:00 AM

Freitas South –San Luis NWR

One boat with up to four people.

Gadwall Unit –NorthGrasslands WA

Two adults, each adult hunter may bringup to two junior hunters or two nonshooters or one of each.

Gray Lodge
WA

Two adults, each adult hunter may bringup to two junior hunters or two nonshooters or one of each.
Two adults, each adult hunter may bringup to two junior hunters or two nonshooters or one of each. Blinds – twohunters only. Reservation numbers are
not used at Grizzly Island.

Starting 6:00 PM theevening before thehunt. Check in atKesterson.
Starting 6:00 PM theevening before thehunt. Check in at Salt
Slough/San
Luis check station.
At least two and onehalf hours before shoottime. On opening day ofwaterfowl season, threehours before shoottime.
At least two hours
before shoot time.

Type-A Areas
Bear Creek
Unit – San Luis
NWR
Colusa NWR

Grizzly Island
WA

Howard Slough
Unit – Upper
Butte Basin
WAUp to three people.

Joice Island
Unit – Grizzly
Island WA

Two adults, each adult hunter may bringup to two junior hunters or two nonshooters or one of each. Reservation
numbers are not used at Joice Island.
Blinds – Up to four people. Free roam Two adults, each adult hunter may bringup to two junior hunters or two nonshooters or one of each.

Kern NWR

At least two hours
before shoot time. On
the opening weekend
of waterfowl season,
reservation processing
time will begin threeand one-half hours
before shoot time.
At least two hours
before shoot time.

3:00 AM

Refill
Procedures
Lottery - sign up at the Salt
Slough/San Luis check station
between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM
the night before the hunt.
Lottery - For Wednesday andSaturday hunt days, sign up
Tuesday and Friday nights
between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM.
For Sunday hunts, sign up
Saturday at the check station
prior to 8:00 PM.
Lottery - sign up at theKesterson check station
between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM
the night before the hunt.
Lottery - For Wednesday andSaturday hunt days, sign up
Tuesday and Friday nights
between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM.
For Sunday hunts, sign up
Saturday at the check station
prior to 8:00 PM.
Lottery - sign up at the
Kesterson check station
between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM
the night before the hunt.
Lottery - sign up at the Salt
Slough/San Luis check station
between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM
the night before the hunt.

One hour before
shoot time.

Lottery - sign up at the Salt
Slough/San Luis check station
between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM
the night before the hunt.

One and one-halfhours before shoottime.
One hour before
shoot time.

First-come, first-served line.

One hour after
reservations begin.

Lottery - sign up between 6:00
PM and 8:00 PM the night
before the hunt. Lottery entry will
begin one hour before shoottime, following reservations.
No refills.

At least two hours
before shoot time.

One hour before
shoot time.

At least two and onehalf hours before shoottime.

One and one-halfhours before shoottime.

First-come, first-served line.

Lottery - applications must be
deposited at the check station atleast two hours before shoottime. Refill until 2:00 PM.

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Type-A Areas

Number of Hunters Per
Reservation

Reservation
Processing Time

Reservation
Expiration Time

Refill
Procedures

Kesterson Unit– San Luis
NWR

Three in the three-person blinds (16available). Two in the two-person blinds(15 available).

At least two and onehalf hours before shoottime.

One and one-halfhours before shoottime.

Lottery - sign up between 6:00
PM and 9:00 PM the night
before the hunt.

Little Dry Creek
Unit – Upper
Butte Basin
WAUp to three people.

At least two hours
before shoot time.

One hour after
reservations begin.

Llano Seco
Unit – Upper
Butte Basin
WAUp to three people.

At least two hours
before shoot time.

One hour after
reservations begin.

Los Banos WA

Blinds and Assigned Ponds Approximately 13 three-person sites, 14
two-person blinds. In addition, there are
11 Jr blinds and 2 (two person) ADA
blinds. Free roam - Two adults, each
adult hunter may bring up to two juniorhunters or two non-shooters or one ofeach.
Two adults, each adult hunter may bringup to two junior hunters or two nonshooters or one of each.

At least two hours
before shoot time,
except on opening day
which is two and onehalf hours before shoottime.

One hour before
shoot time.

Lottery - sign up between 6:00
PM and 8:00 PM the night
before the hunt. Lottery entry will
begin one hour before shoottime, following reservations.
Lottery - sign up between 4:00
AM and 4:30 AM the morning of
the hunt. Lottery entry will begin
one hour before shoot time,
following reservations.
Lottery - sign up between 6:00
PM and 9:00 PM the nightbefore.

On opening day ofwaterfowl season, twoand one half hours
before shoot time; allother hunt days, atleast two hours before
shoot time.
At least two hours
before shoot time.

One hour before
shoot time.

First-come, first-served line.

One and one-halfhours before shoottime.

No refills. Reservation no-shows
filled by lottery. Sign up at theLos Banos check station
between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM
the night before the hunt.
Lottery - For Wednesday andSaturday hunt days, sign up
Tuesday and Friday nights
between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM.
For Sunday hunts, sign up
Saturday at the check station
prior to 8:00 PM.
Lottery - sign up at the Salt
Slough/San Luis check station
between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM
the night before the hunt.

Mendota WA

Merced NWR

Two in the two-person blinds, Three inthe three-person blinds (from 1 to 3available).

Sacramento
NWR

Four people, but not more than twojunior hunters or non-shooters.

At least two and onehalf hours before shoottime.

One and one-halfhours before shoottime.

Salt Slough
Unit – NorthGrasslands WA

Assigned Ponds and Blinds- Up to threepeople, approximately14 assigned pondsites plus 1 ADA blind and 1 space blind
available. Free roam - Two adults, each
adult may bring up two junior hunters or
two non-shooters or one of each.
Four people, but not more than 2 juniorhunters or non-shooters, except for thethree pit blinds which are limited to 2people.
Blinds - Two in the two-person blinds.
Three in the three-person blinds at Blue
Goose Unit. Free roam - two adults,
each adult hunter may bring up twojunior hunters or two non-shooters or
one of each.
This hunt is now administered by theUSFWS. For information, please visit
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/stone_lakes.
Four people, but not more than two
junior hunters or non-shooters.

At least two and onehalf hours before shoottime. On opening day ofwaterfowl season, threehours before shoottime.
3:00 AMOne hour before
shoot time.

3:00 AM or until lastreservation iscalled.

Lottery - sign up at 3:00 AM.

At least two and onehalf hours before shoottime. On opening day ofwaterfowl season, threehours before shoottime.

One hour before
shoot time.

Lottery - sign up at the Salt
Slough/San Luis check station
between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM
the night before the hunt.

At least two hours
before shoot time.

One hour before
shoot time.

Lottery - For Wednesday andSaturday hunt days, sign up
Tuesday and Friday nights
between 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM.
For Sunday hunts, sign up

San Jacinto
WASan Luis NWR

Stone Lakes
NWR
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Type-A Areas

Number of Hunters Per
Reservation

Reservation
Processing Time

Reservation
Expiration Time

Refill
Procedures
Saturday at the check station
prior to 8:00 PM.

Volta WA

Two adults, each adult hunter may bringup to two junior hunters or two nonshooters or one of each.

At least two hours
before shoot time.

One hour before
shoot time.

Imperial
Wildlife Area

Six people, but no more than four adults.

3:00 AM

3:00 AM or until lastreservation iscalled.

Yolo BypassWABlinds - up to four people, except
mobility impaired blinds (up to threepeople). Free roam - two adults, each
adult hunter may bring up to two juniorhunters or two non-shooters or one ofeach.

At least two and onehalf hours before shoottime.

One and one-halfhours before shoottime.

Lottery - sign up at the Los
Banos check station between
6:00 PM and 9:00 PM the night
before the hunt.
Lottery - sign up at the checkstation between 7:00 PM and10:30 PM the night before thehunt.
Lottery – For Wednesday andSaturday hunt days, sign up
Tuesday and Friday nights
between 4:00 PM and 7:00 PMat the Yolo Bypass
Headquarters. For Sunday
hunts, sign up Saturday at thecheck station prior to 7:00 PM.