Current status of waterfowl hunter quotas for San Luis and Merced NWRs

Current Hunt Unit Status 

Updated 1/6/2026

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, River Zone open.

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 100% flood-up in A and little water in B).


 

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