The bird per gun average at San Jacinto Wildlife Area for this Wednesday turned back up about a half bird from Saturday’s average under cloudy skies threatening rain. Shovelers were the number one bird taken just barely beating out Widgeon for first place with Green Wing Teal only one bird behind Widgeon for third spot on Wednesday. Tom Trakes, from San Jacinto Wildlife Area, reported that the results for Wednesday, 11/20/13 were as follows:
138 adult and 1 junior hunters bagged 53 Northern Shovelers, 50 Widgeon, 12 Bufflehead, 1 Canvasback, 31 Cinnamon Teal, 30 Gadwall, 49 Green Wing Teal, 5 Mallard, 16 Pintail, 4 Redheads, 19 Ring Necks, 1 Scaup, 1 Goldeneye and 6 Ruddy Ducks. Once again no geese were taken at San Jacinto on Wednesday. 6 coots were also bagged on Wednesday. The average waterfowl count per hunter came out to 2.04 birds. Tom advised that out of 52 reservation cards 25 showed up on time.
San Jacinto is open for waterfowl hunting on Wednesdays and Saturdays only. You can put in for reservations on-line through the DFW Automated License Data System (ALDS). Your reservation request has to be to the ALDS system 17 days in advance to get in on the drawing or you can get in on the daily “sweatline” drawing for the remaining blinds after the reservations are taken care of. Reservation spots are given out starting at 3 AM and the “sweatline” drawing is done after that. The ALDS can be accessed through the DFW web site at the below link –
https://www.ca.wildlifelicense.com/InternetSales/
Don’t forget that all licenses and 1 day, 2 day or season passes must be purchased at a DFW Office or a license agent before your arrive at the refuge. These can be purchased on-line via the ALDS system also, however, you will have to wait for the DFW to mail you’re the actual licenses and passes which can take up to 15 days. If you purchase your license and passes in person at a DFW office or license agent you immediately get them without the wait for the mail. No licenses or passes will be sold at the check stations. You can also show up for an afternoon refill hunt but the last refill is at 2 PM. For more information, contact the staff at San Jacinto at 951-928-0580.
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