Waterfowl Hunting
Tule Lake
National Wildlife Refuge
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Waterfowl Hunting |
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Area Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in northern Siskiyou and Modoc counties, California, 25 miles south of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Waterfowl and pheasant Hunting occurs 7 days per week during the normal California seasons, but shooting ends every afternoon at 1 pm. Tule Lake hunts consist of a large marsh unit accessible by boats, a spaced-blind hunt in dry fields, and open free-roam field hunts over harvested grain. A new area has been added for the 2002-03 waterfowl hunting season. Contact the refuge at 530-667-2231 for maps and details about this new hunting opportunity. Opening weekend hunts are under a draw-permit system. Click here for an application. NOTE: A Season Pass is required for all hunting on the refuge. See general regulations for more information. All hunters are required to have in their possession all necessary state licenses and duck stamps. |
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 Tule Hunt Map |
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Waterfowl Ducks are the most commonly hunted species on Tule Lake Refuge. Most duck hunting takes place on the large Tule Lake Marsh and is accessible only by boat. Water is very shallow in the marsh. Goose hunting for Canada, white fronted, snow/Ross', and cackling Canada ranges from good to fair on Tule Lake Refuge. Early white-front hunting can be excellent on the opening weekend in the Tule lake spaced blinds and field units, but varies greatly from year to year. Late season snow/Ross hunting on Tule Lake has been only fair and sometimes poor in the recent past. |
| Spaced-Blinds The Tule Lake fields hunting area is divided into two sections: restricted space blind fields, and an unrestricted free-roam area known as the "League of Nations". There are 65 space blinds available that are issued by random drawing each morning 2 hours before shoot time. You must check in and register to hunt these fields. As each group is called randomly, they then choose their "blind"...a numbered post in the field. 1 Dozen decoys are required to hunt these fields. You may not drive out to your spaced-blind area. No digging of pit blinds in these stubble fields. Note: depending upon the growing season, some of these fields may be unharvested and unavailable early in the hunt season. |
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| The unrestricted League of Nations fields do not require check in, and you may drive into these fields to set up. |
| Pheasant Pheasant hunting on Tule Lake Refuge is fair to poor. Population numbers are low at this time, but may improve in the future. Hunting is in agricultural stubble fields. Steel shot is required and a dog is recommended. |
