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Important Notice on Boat Restrictions October 20, 2011

Waterfowl Hunting

Some of the best waterfowl hunting opportunities in Southeast Texas are available seasonally on Anahuac NWR. Blue and green-winged teal, mottled duck, gadwall, pintail and shoveler are a few of the species hunted among the different hunt units.

Normally, forty percent of the refuge is open to waterfowl hunting. Three different hunt units provide access to hunt areas by foot or by boat. An accessible hunt blind is also available on a first-come, first-served basis for hunters with a disability.

Large portions of the Refuge are open to hunters free of charge. East Unit Hunt permit is $10 a day, or $40 for an annual permit.  No user fee is required for hunters under 16 years of age.  This permit is available the morning of the hunt and is required before entry of the East Unit Hunt Area.

2011-2012 Waterfowl Hunting Season Dates

Waterfowl Hunt Open House Get important waterfowl hunting information
Oct 12, 5pm at Gander Mountain, 5855 Eastex Freeway, Beaumont, TX 77706
Oct 15, 10am at the Anahuac NWR Visitor Center, 4017 FM 563, Anahuac, TX 77514

Season Dates
September Teal Only Season: September 10-25, 2011;
September Teal Only Season Scouting: September 3 & 4, 2011

Regular Season
All species other than “dusky ducks”: Nov. 5 – 27, 2011 and Dec. 10, 2011 — Jan. 29, 2012;
“Dusky ducks”: Nov. 10 – 27 and Dec. 10, 2011 – Jan. 29, 2012;
Youth-only Season: Oct. 29-30, 2011

Bag Limits
The daily bag limit for ducks is six, to include no more than five mallards of which only 2 may be hens; three wood ducks; two scaup; two redheads; two pintails; one canvasback; and one “dusky” duck.  Dusky ducks include: mottled ducks, Mexican-like duck, black duck and their hybrids. For all other species not listed, the bag limit is six. The daily bag limit for coots is 15. The daily bag limit for mergansers is five, which may include no more than two hooded mergansers.

Shooting hours are one half hour before sunrise to sunset.

Chili Day - Anahuac NWR Check Station: Dec. 10, 2011

2011-2012 Anahuac NWR Waterfowl Hunting Regulations and Permit.pdf


If you have trouble downloading these pdf files, please contact
Tami Schutter at tamara_schutter@fws.gov.

* All hunters are required to carry a signed general permit while hunting on the Refuge.*

 
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