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CONCORD, N.H. -- The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department will hold a public meeting on proposed season dates and bag limits for the 2018-2019 waterfowl hunting season on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at 6:00 p.m., at the N.H. Fish and Game Department, 11 Hazen Drive in Concord, N.H. Comments made at the meeting will be considered in finalizing New Hampshire's 2018-2019 waterfowl season dates. If you cannot attend the meeting but would like to provide comments, please email them to [email protected] and enter "waterfowl season setting" in the subject line. Written comments will be accepted and considered up until March 28, 2018.
This year, waterfowl population levels in New Hampshire and in the Atlantic Flyway remain in good shape, however mallard populations continue to decline in the Atlantic Flyway, according to N.H. Fish and Game Waterfowl Biologist Jessica Carloni. New Hampshire's proposed waterfowl season dates are very similar to last year's. The overall duck season is 60 days, with a daily bag limit of 6 birds. The breeding population of North Atlantic Population (NAP) Canada geese has declined and is now at the level at which the moderate season package is adopted, which consists of a 60-day season with a 2-bird bag limit.
Following are the proposed waterfowl seasons:
The proposed Northern Zone season for ducks, mergansers, coots, and Canada geese would open on October 2 and run through November 30, 2018.
•The proposed Inland & Connecticut River Zone season for ducks, mergansers, coots, and Canada geese would open on October 2 and run through November 4, then reopen November 21 through December 16, 2018.
•The proposed Coastal Zone season for ducks, mergansers, coots, and Canada geese would open on October 3 and run through October 14; then reopen November 21, 2018 through January 7, 2019.
•The proposed sea duck season would open on November 15, 2018 and run through January 13, 2019.
A map of the waterfowl zones may be viewed at www.huntnh.com/hunting/waterfowl-zones.html
This year, waterfowl population levels in New Hampshire and in the Atlantic Flyway remain in good shape, however mallard populations continue to decline in the Atlantic Flyway, according to N.H. Fish and Game Waterfowl Biologist Jessica Carloni. New Hampshire's proposed waterfowl season dates are very similar to last year's. The overall duck season is 60 days, with a daily bag limit of 6 birds. The breeding population of North Atlantic Population (NAP) Canada geese has declined and is now at the level at which the moderate season package is adopted, which consists of a 60-day season with a 2-bird bag limit.
Following are the proposed waterfowl seasons:
The proposed Northern Zone season for ducks, mergansers, coots, and Canada geese would open on October 2 and run through November 30, 2018.
•The proposed Inland & Connecticut River Zone season for ducks, mergansers, coots, and Canada geese would open on October 2 and run through November 4, then reopen November 21 through December 16, 2018.
•The proposed Coastal Zone season for ducks, mergansers, coots, and Canada geese would open on October 3 and run through October 14; then reopen November 21, 2018 through January 7, 2019.
•The proposed sea duck season would open on November 15, 2018 and run through January 13, 2019.
A map of the waterfowl zones may be viewed at www.huntnh.com/hunting/waterfowl-zones.html
