Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 91 - Waterfowl and Coot Hunting Seasons › Rule 571-91.3 - Goose Hunting

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Zone
				boundaries.
Zone boundaries are as specified in the November 2023
				Waterfowl Hunting Map Book published on the department's website (
www.iowadnr.gov/Hunting/Migratory-Game-Birds
),
				chapter 1 "Waterfowl Hunting Zones".
(2)
Season dates - north
				zone.
For all geese: The first segment of the regular goose season
				will begin on the Saturday nearest September 23 and run for a 16-day period.
				The second segment of the goose season will open on the Saturday nearest
				October 13 and continue for 53 consecutive days. The goose season will reopen
				on the Saturday nearest December 13 and remain continuously open until the
				total number of days used for goose hunting reaches 107.
(3)
Season dates - central
				zone.
For all geese: The first segment of the regular goose season
				will begin on the Saturday nearest September 30 and run for a 16-day period.
				The second segment of the goose season will open on the Saturday nearest
				October 20 and continue for 53 consecutive days. The goose season will reopen
				on the Saturday nearest December 20 and remain continuously open until the
				total number of days used for goose hunting reaches 107.
(4)
Season dates - south
				zone.
For all geese: The first segment of the regular goose season
				will begin on the Saturday nearest October 6 and run for a 16-day period. The
				second segment of the goose season will open on the Saturday nearest October 27
				and continue for 53 consecutive days. The goose season will reopen on the
				Saturday nearest December 27 and remain continuously open until the total
				number of days used for goose hunting reaches 107.
(5)
Bag limit.
The daily bag
				limit for dark geese (Canada geese, white-fronted geese, brant and any other
				geese that are not light geese) is five and may include no more than two Canada
				geese during the first segment of the statewide season and no more than three
				Canada geese during the remainder of the statewide season. The daily bag limit
				for light geese (white and blue-phase snow geese and Ross' geese) is
				20.
(6)
Possession
				limit.
The possession limit is three times the daily bag limit for
				Canada geese, brant and white-fronted geese. There is no possession limit for
				light geese.
(7)
Shooting
				hours.
Shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise until sunset
				each day.
(8)
Light goose
				conservation order season.
Only light geese (white and blue-phase snow
				geese and Ross' geese) may be taken under a conservation order from the U.S.
				Fish and Wildlife Service beginning the day after the regular goose season
				closes and continuing until May 1.
a.
Zone boundaries.
Statewide.
b.
Shooting hours.
One-half
				hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.
c.
Bag limit.
No bag
				limit.
d.
Possession
				limit.
No possession limit.
e.
Other regulations.
Methods of take approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for hunting
				light geese during the conservation order season shall be
				permitted.