Buena Vista Hunt Area

Buena Vista Hunt Area (36,244 acres east of Highway 205 as posted)

The Buena Vista Hunt Area is open to hunting coot, dark geese, dove, duck, light geese, partridge, pheasant, quail, snipe, and cottontail rabbit. 

Access

Hunters may enter the Refuge beginning 1½ hours before legal sunrise and must depart no later than 1½ hours after legal sunset.

Parking is permitted along the roadways and signed areas during the open hunting season. Off-road parking must be within one vehicle length from the roadways. 

Gates used to enter the hunting area must be closed immediately after passage. Vehicles may not block gates, dikes, or road access.

Equipment Requirements

Non-motorized or electric boats are not permitted. Retrieving dogs are strongly encouraged and must remain under close control. 

Portable, temporary hunting blinds may be used but must be removed daily, along with boats, decoys, other materials, and all personal property, at the conclusion of each hunt.

Only nontoxic shot may be possessed or used.

Cottontail Rabbit Hunting

Cottontail rabbit hunting is permitted only during state upland game bird seasons and during daylight hours. Only shotguns for taking rabbits may be used.

Eurasian Collared Dove Hunting

Eurasian collared dove hunting is permitted only during the State mourning dove season.

Prohibited Activities

• ATVs/UTVs
• Camping
• Campfires
• Collecting natural objects such as plants, animals, minerals, antlers, and objects of antiquity (including cultural resources)
• Hunting within 200 yards of any public use facility
• Overnight parking
• Shooting from or across open public roads or roads of rights-of-way
• Target shooting