Arizona · 2026-27 waterfowl

Arizona Duck & Goose Season 2026-27

Q: When is duck season in Arizona for 2026-27?

October 23, 2026 to January 31, 2027. The full table on this page was read from Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD)'s own published page, linked beside it; confirm there before you hunt.

Q: What about goose season in Arizona?

The goose table on this page lists the seasons as Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) publishes them, by species group and zone. Geese share the statewide general waterfowl season; open areas exclude municipal and county parks, airports, golf courses and posted water treatment facilities.

Q: Where are the bag limits, shooting hours and stamp requirements?

At Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD), linked on this page, along with the federal duck stamp and HIP registration rules from USFWS. Those change annually and are legally binding. This page carries the season window, sourced and dated.

Q: Can these dates change?

Yes. This page covers the 2026-27 season year with data as of September 2, 2026, says so in the copy, and links the exact agency page it read. Agencies amend and correct their own tables; treat the agency page as the final word on the morning you hunt.

Ducks: October 23, 2026 to January 31, 2027. Every date below was read from Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD)’s own published page, linked beside it, inside the Pacific Flyway framework.

This page covers the 2026-27 season year. Dates were read from the agency sources linked below, last checked September 2, 2026. Seasons change annually and agencies correct their own pages; confirm against the linked agency page before you hunt.

October 23, 2026 to January 31, 2027

Duck season

published

Statewide

Zones

as the agency draws it

Pacific

Flyway

federal framework

Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD)

Source

read 2026-09-01

The main event

Duck season in Arizona, zone by zone

Ducks, 2026-27

publishedPacific Flyway

Duck season opens in 8 days, on October 23, 2026.

Arizona duck seasons 2026-27, as published by Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD)
Zone	Season segments
Statewide	October 23, 2026 to January 31, 2027

Dates read from 2026-27 Arizona Waterfowl and Snipe Regulations (Commission Order 21, AZGFD), accessed 2026-09-01.

One statewide general waterfowl season covering ducks, mergansers, coots and gallinules; scaup opens later, Nov 7, 2026 to Jan 31, 2027. Youth-only waterfowl days run Feb 6 to 7, 2027.

Waterfowl hunter setting goose decoys on a tidal flat with a retriever watching — Setting decoys with help. Photo: Rebecca Fabbri/USFWS. “Waterfowl hunter and dog” — Rebecca Fabbri / USFWS Alaska Region — Public domain

Geese

Goose seasons in Arizona

Geese, 2026-27

published

Goose season	Dates
White geese (snow, blue and Ross's) and dark geese (Canada, cackling, brant and white-fronted), statewide	October 23, 2026 to January 31, 2027

Dates read from 2026-27 Arizona Waterfowl and Snipe Regulations (Commission Order 21, AZGFD), accessed 2026-09-01.

Geese share the statewide general waterfowl season; open areas exclude municipal and county parks, airports, golf courses and posted water treatment facilities.

Canada geese dropping into a refuge wetland with wings set — Canada geese dropping into a refuge marsh. Photo: Jennifer Jewett/USFWS. “Canada Geese” by Jennifer Jewett / USFWS Mountain-Prairie, CC BY 2.0

The structure over the state

How Arizona’s dates get set: the Pacific Flyway

Waterfowl seasons are the most federal of all hunting seasons. Migratory birds cross every border, so the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publishes annual frameworks for each of the four administrative flyways, setting the earliest openers, latest closers and maximum season lengths, and each state then selects its own dates and zones inside its framework.

Arizona selects its dates inside the Pacific Flyway framework. The western corridor from Alaska down the coast states and Great Basin.

Large mixed flock of ducks and geese over water at sunset — A mixed flock of ducks and geese at sunset. Photo: Steve Hillebrand/USFWS. “A mixed flock of ducks and geese fly from a wetland area” — Steve Hillebrand, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — Public domain

Rules

Arizona waterfowl hunting regulations

Season windows are carried here with their source and read date attached. Everything else a hunter is bound by, including the federal duck stamp and HIP registration every waterfowl hunter needs, is set by Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD)and USFWS, and the regulations page is linked below.

Current Arizona regulations

Bag limits and species restrictions, shooting hours, duck stamp and HIP requirements, license rules, and youth or veteran season details for Arizona are set by Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD), are legally binding and change annually. Its current regulations page is linked here.

Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD): current regulations

Father and daughter in waders with a retriever in a duckweed marsh — Father and daughter on Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Photo: Tim Miller/USFWS. “Waterfowl Hunting (Upper Mississippi River NWFR)” — Tim Miller / USFWS Midwest Region — Public domain

Arizona waterfowl season questions

When is duck season in Arizona for 2026-27?

What about goose season in Arizona?

What is a flyway, and which one is Arizona in?

Waterfowl seasons are set in two steps: the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publishes annual federal frameworks for each of the four administrative flyways (Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, Pacific), setting the outside limits, and each state selects its season dates and zones inside its flyway's framework. Arizona selects its dates inside the Pacific Flyway framework. The western corridor from Alaska down the coast states and Great Basin.

Where are the bag limits, shooting hours and stamp requirements?

Can these dates change?

Wetland at sunset with a fallen snag and mountains on the horizon — Wood River Wetland, Oregon. The habitat the flyways run on. Photo: Greg Shine/BLM. “Wood River Wetland” — Greg Shine / Bureau of Land Management Oregon and Washington — Public domain

This page covers the 2026-27 season year with data as of September 2, 2026. Every season window is republished from the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) page linked beside it, read on the date shown; windows the agency had not yet published are labelled not yet published. Bag limits, legal methods, shooting hours, stamp and license rules are set by Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, whose pages are the final word on the day you hunt. See also the national waterfowl season guide.