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Article II - REGULAR SEASONS, AREAS, DATES AND LIMITS
Section 2 CCR 406-5-511 - DUCK AND COOT

2 Colo. Code Regs. § 406-5-511

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Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 20, October 25, 2024
Section 2 CCR 406-5-511 - DUCK AND COOT
A. Central Flyway Northeast Zone - All areas east of Interstate 25 and north of Interstate 70.
1. Dates:
a. First season: October 19 - December 1, 2024.
b. Second season: December 11 - January 31, 2025.
2. Daily Bag Limit:
a. Ducks and Mergansers: Six (6) in the aggregate. Of the six (6), no more than five (5) mallards, of which no more than two (2) can be female, one (1) pintail, two (2) canvasback, two (2) redheads, three (3) wood ducks, and one (1) scaup.
b. Coots: Fifteen (15).
3. Possession limit: Three (3) daily bag limits.
B. Central Flyway Southeast Zone - All areas east of Interstate 25 and south of Interstate 70, and all of El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano and Las Animas Counties.
1. Dates:
a. October 28, 2024 - January 31, 2025.
2. Daily Bag Limit:
a. Ducks and Mergansers: Six (6) in the aggregate. Of the six (6), no more than five (5) mallards, of which no more than two (2) can be female, one (1) pintail, two (2) canvasback, two (2) redheads, three (3) wood ducks, and one (1) scaup.
b. Coots: Fifteen (15).
3. Possession limit: Three (3) daily bag limits.
C. Central Flyway Mountain/Foothills Zone - All areas west of Interstate 25 and east of the Continental Divide, except El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano and Las Animas Counties.
1. Dates:
a. First season: October 5 - December 1, 2024.
b. Second season: December 25, 2024 - January 31, 2025.
2. Daily Bag Limit:
a. Ducks and Mergansers: Six (6) in the aggregate. Of the six (6), no more than five (5) mallards, of which no more than two (2) can be female, one (1) pintail, two (2) canvasback, two (2) redheads, three (3) wood ducks, and one (1) scaup.
b. Coots: Fifteen (15).
3. Possession limit: Three (3) daily bag limits.
D. Pacific Flyway Western Zone - All areas west of the Continental Divide not included in the Eastern Zone.
1. Dates:
a. First season: October 5 - October 22, 2024.
b. Second season: November 6, 2024 - January 31, 2025.
2. Daily Bag Limit:
a. Ducks and Mergansers: Seven (7) in the aggregate. Of the 7 (seven), no more than two (2) female mallards, one (1) pintail, two (2) canvasback, two (2) redheads, and two (2) scaup. No scaup may be taken after January 12, 2025.
b. Coots: Twenty-five (25).
3. Possession limit:
a. Three (3) daily bag limits.
E. Pacific Flyway Eastern Zone - All of Routt, Grand, Summit, Eagle, and Pitkin counties, those portions of Saguache, San Juan, Hinsdale, and Mineral counties west of the Continental Divide, and those portions of Gunnison County except the North Fork of the Gunnison River Valley (GMUs 521, 53, and 63), and that portion of Moffat County east of the northern intersection of Moffat County Rd 29 with the Moffat-Routt County line, south along Moffat County Rd 29 to the intersection of Moffat County Rd 29 with the Moffat-Routt County line (Elkhead Reservoir State Park).
1. Dates:
a. First season: October 5, 2024 - January 17, 2025.
2. Daily Bag Limit:
a. Ducks and Mergansers: Seven (7) in the aggregate. Of the 7 (seven), no more than two (2) female mallards, one (1) pintail, two (2) canvasback, two (2) redheads, and two (2) scaup. No scaup may be taken after December 24, 2024.
b. Coots: Twenty-five (25).
3. Possession limit:
a. Three (3) daily bag limits.

2 CCR 406-5-511

37 CR 15, August 10, 2014, effective 9/1/2014
37 CR 17, September 10, 2014, effective 10/1/2014
38 CR 15, August 10, 2015, effective 9/1/2015
38 CR 17, September 10, 2015, effective 10/1/2015
39 CR 07, April 10, 2016, effective 5/1/2016
39 CR 19, October 10, 2016, effective 11/1/2016
40 CR 03, February 10, 2017, effective 3/2/2017
40 CR 07, April 10, 2017, effective 5/1/2017
40 CR 13, July 10, 2017, effective 8/1/2017
40 CR 23, December 10, 2017, effective 1/1/2018
41 CR 07, April 10, 2018, effective 5/1/2018
42 CR 11, June 10, 2019, effective 7/1/2019
43 CR 03, February 10, 2020, effective 3/1/2020
43 CR 11, June 10, 2020, effective 6/30/2020
43 CR 19, October 10, 2020, effective 11/1/2020
44 CR 07, April 10, 2021, effective 5/1/2021
45 CR 07, April 10, 2022, effective 5/1/2022
46 CR 07, April 10, 2023, effective 5/1/2023
47 CR 07, April 10, 2024, effective 5/1/2024