AGFD - Desert Zone Waterfowl Season Begins Oct. 23

[Outdoor Writer]

GAME AND FISH NEWS       Oct. 20, 2020       General waterfowl season in "Desert Zone" begins Friday, Oct. 23 2020-2021 waterfowl, snipe hunting regulations available online        PHOENIX — Arizona’s second general waterfowl season is about to get underway.   The general waterfowl and snipe seasons in the “Desert Zone” (Game Management Units 10 and 12B through 46B, and those portions of Units 6 and 8 within Yavapai County) begin Friday, Oct. 23, and run through Jan. 31, 2021.   Meanwhile, the general waterfowl and snipe seasons in the “Mountain Zone” (Game Management Units 1-5, 7, 9, 11M, 12A, and those portions of Units 6 and 8 within Coconino County) continue through Jan. 10, 2021.   The following are legal wildlife in both Mountain and Desert zones: ducks, including mergansers, coots and common moorhens (gallinules); white geese (snow, blue and Ross’); and dark geese (Canada, cackling, Brant and white-fronted).     Scaup can be harvested in the Mountain Zone through Jan. 10, 2021, and in the Desert Zone from Nov. 7, 2020 through Jan. 31, 2021.   All waterfowl hunters 10 and older must possess a valid Arizona hunting license, and those 16 and older must also possess a federal migratory bird stamp (i.e. federal duck stamp). In addition, waterfowl hunters 18 or older must have a state migratory bird stamp (this stamp is included in the purchase of a youth combination hunt and fish license).     Need a license? Visit www.azgfd.gov/license/. Keep in mind that a combination hunt and fish license is only $20 more (for state residents) than the price of an individual hunting or fishing license. As a reminder, a youth combination hunt and fish license (ages 10 to 17) is only $5 and includes the privileges associated with the state migratory bird stamp.     The Arizona Game and Fish Department has posted the 2020-2021 Arizona Waterfowl and Snipe Regulations at www.azgfd.gov/Hunting/Regulations/. For more information about waterfowl hunting, visit www.azgfd.gov/hunting/species/waterfowl/.

[NewlyMinted]

Do we even have huntable water in the southern units this year?

[PRDATR]

1 hour ago, NewlyMinted said:

Do we even have huntable water in the southern units this year?

Martinez Lake

[Roosevelt Mark]

I dont know about down south other than pond jumping, but that is so much fun. Get a game plan and hunt quail on your way to the next tank. The quail are close to water.

Alot of birds at Roosevelt,  I'm sure some blasting will be going on an it will only get better when the ponds and little lakes freeze over up north.  

Just got to check it out. 

[NewlyMinted]

3 hours ago, Roosevelt Mark said:

I dont know about down south other than pond jumping, but that is so much fun. 

This was my plan. I was blown away to see ducks on the ponds and bought my first duck stamp a week ago  but with such low rains my pond plan needs to change ... they are all dry or puddles! It’ll be fun to learn this season for sure

[stanley]

Pond jumping will definitely be a little limited in sone places.  ALL of the dirt tanks that I saw while quail hunting last weekend were dry (Tanks that typically have good/regular water.).  The only water I saw was rancher maintained wells that were feeding galvanized water troughs.

S.