Current status of waterfowl hunter quotas for San Luis and Merced NWRs
Current Hunt Unit Status
Updated 12/22/2025
San Luis free roam: full quota of 90 hunters
Blue Goose Unit: all blinds open
Kesterson Unit: all blinds open
West Bear Creek Unit: Snow Goose, Oxbow, Crane Flat, Pintail, Fiddleneck open. All other ponds closed.
East Bear Creek Unit: all zones 1, 2, 3 are open
N. Freitas Unit: full quota of 15 boats
S. Freitas Unit: full quota of 15 boats
Merced NWR: all blinds open
Lonetree Unit: all zones A, B, C, D, E open (approx 60% flood-up in A and no water yet in B).
