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Waterfowl Hunting Update

Waterfowl Hunt Program Opens This Fall

The first waterfowl hunt season will open on Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge this fall, 2010. Nisqually NWR is opening 191 acres of tideflats in the Nisqually estuary to boat-access waterfowl hunting. Hunting will be permitted seven days per week during State waterfowl hunting season dates, with a 25 non-toxic shot-shell per day limit. There is an early youth hunt for ducks and geese September 25-26, 2010. Regular duck hunting season dates are October 16-20, 2010 and October 23 - January 23, 2011. Regular goose hunting season dates are September 10-15, 2010, October 16-28, 2010, and November 6 - January 30, 2011. State hunting license requirements apply and no additional Refuge permit will be necessary. Refuge lands are adjacent to State lands already open to waterfowl hunting. Portions of the Refuge will remain closed to waterfowl hunting to provide sanctuary areas for wildlife, including the Research Natural Area. The hunt program will provide quality wildlife-dependent opportunities to hunters and help fulfill Refuge objectives developed as part of the Nisqually NWR Comprehensive Conservation Plan.

The waterfowl hunt area is signed with Refuge hunt signs. Information including a map panel showing the hunt area has been installed at the new Luhr Beach visitor information kiosk and the Refuge entrance fee station. Further information can be obtained by visiting or calling the Nisqually NWR office at 100 Brown Farm Rd, Olympia WA 98516; (360) 753-9467.