Part 2, Section 30 - Migratory Game Birds - Express Terms
Express Terms
Title 6 of NYCRR, section 2.30, entitled "Migratory game birds," is amended as follows:
Amend existing paragraph 2.30 (b)(7) to read:
(7) by the use or aid of recorded or electrically amplified bird calls or sounds, or recorded or electrically amplified imitations of bird calls or sounds, except that this prohibition shall not apply to the taking of crows or to the taking of snow geese or Ross' geese in any area of the State whenever all other waterfowl hunting seasons in that area are closed or during the special snow goose harvest program described in subparagraph 2.30 (e)(2)(vii);
Amend clauses 2.30(e)(1)(i)(b) through (e) to read:
| (i) ducks, coot and mergansers | |
| (b) Northeastern Zone | Open for [10] nine consecutive days beginning on the first Saturday in October, and for [50] 51 consecutive days beginning on the Friday just prior to the fourth Saturday in October. |
| (c) Lake Champlain Zone | Open for [five] four consecutive days beginning on the [Wednesday after the first] second Saturday in October, and for [55] 56 consecutive days beginning on the fourth Saturday in October. |
| (d) Southeastern Zone | Open for nine consecutive days beginning on the second Saturday in October, and for 51 consecutive days beginning on the [second] first Saturday in November. |
| (e) Long Island Zone | Open for [60] five consecutive days beginning on the Wednesday just prior to Thanksgiving Day (observed), and for 55 consecutive days ending on the last Sunday in January. |
Amend clauses 2.30(e)(1)(ii)(d), (e), (g) and (h) to read:
| (ii) Canada geese, cackling geese, and white-fronted geese | |
| (d) East Central Goose Hunting Area | Open for [21] 28 consecutive days beginning on the fourth Saturday in October, and for [24] 17 consecutive days beginning on the fourth Saturday in November. |
| (e) Hudson Valley Goose Hunting Area | Open for [18] 28 consecutive days beginning on the fourth Saturday in October, and for [27] 17 consecutive days beginning on the [first] Friday just prior to the third Saturday in December. |
| (g) Western Long Island Goose Hunting Area | Open for [76] five consecutive days beginning on the Wednesday just prior to Thanksgiving Day (observed) and for 75 consecutive days ending on the second Sunday in February. |
| (h) Central Long Island Goose Hunting Area | Open for [70] five consecutive days beginning on the Wednesday just prior to Thanksgiving Day (observed) and for 65 consecutive days beginning on the first Monday in December. |
Amend clauses 2.30(e)(1)(iii)(c) through (e) to read:
| (iii) snow geese and Ross' geese | |
| (c) Lake Champlain Zone | Open for [83] 90 consecutive days beginning on [the Wednesday after the first Saturday in] October 1. |
| (d) Southeastern Zone | Open for [85] 97 consecutive days beginning on the [fourth] second Saturday in October, and [for 22 days ending on] from March 1 through March 10. |
| (e) Long Island Zone | Open for 107 consecutive days ending on [February] March 10. |
Amend clauses 2.30(e)(1)(iv)(a) through (e) to read:
| (iv) brant | |
| (a) Western Zone | Open for [60] 50 consecutive days beginning on the first Saturday in October. |
| (b) Northeastern Zone | Open for [60] 50 consecutive days beginning on the first day of the regular duck season in the Northeastern Zone. |
| (c) Lake Champlain Zone | Open for [60] 50 consecutive days beginning on the first day of the regular duck season in the Lake Champlain Zone. |
| (d) Southeastern Zone | Open for [16] 50 consecutive days beginning on the [third Saturday in October and for 44 consecutive days beginning on the second Saturday in November] first day of the regular duck season in the Southeastern Zone. |
| (e) Long Island Zone | Open the [same 60 days as] first five days and the last 45 days of the regular duck season in the Long Island Zone. |
Amend clause 2.30(e)(2)(ii) (b) to read:
(b) in the Western Long Island, Central Long Island, and Eastern Long Island Hunting Areas, where hunters may take Canada geese from the [Saturday] day after Labor Day through September 30.
Amend subparagraph 2.30(e)(2)(iii) to read:
(iii) Hunters may take Canada geese in the Special Late Canada Goose Hunting Area from February [5th] 10th through February [10th] 15th.
Amend clause 2.30(e)(2)(v)(e) to read:
| (e) Long Island Zone | Saturday and Sunday of the [second] first full weekend in November. |
Amend subparagraphs 2.30(g)(3)(i) and (v) to read:
| Species | Times and/or places within seasons | Daily bag limit | Possession limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| (i) ducks | All times and places | 6* | 12* |
| (v) Brant | All times and places | [3] 2 | [6] 4 |
* The daily bag limit for ducks includes mergansers, and may include no harlequin ducks[, no canvasbacks,] and no more than 4 mallards (no more than 2 hens), 1 black duck, 3 wood ducks, 1 pintail, 1 canvasback, 2 redheads, [1] 2 scaup [(except during periods specified below, when 2 scaup may be taken daily)], 4 scoters or 2 hooded mergansers. [The daily limit for ducks may include 2 scaup per day during the following periods only in each waterfowl hunting zone: Western Zone - last 20 days of the regular duck season; Northeastern Zone - November 1 through November 20; Lake Champlain Zone - 20 consecutive days beginning on the fourth Saturday in October; Southeastern Zone - 20 consecutive days beginning on the fourth Saturday in November; and Long Island Zone - last 20 days of the regular duck season.] Possession limits for all duck species are twice the daily limit.