The average bag of waterfowl for the Wister Unit of the Imperial Wildlife Area for Wednesday jumped up into the very good range compared to Sunday’s slightly improved poor average numbers. Gadwall climbed into first place for the most numerous bird harvested with Pintail and Widgeon tied for the second position. The Wister Staff reported that the results for Wednesday, 10/30/19 were as follows:
60 adult hunters and no junior hunters bagged 6 Northern Shoveler, 12 Mallards, 51 Gadwall, 29 Widgeon, 29 Pintail, 3 Green Wing Teal, 13 Cinnamon Teal, 3 Redheads, 4 Ring Necks, and 3 Blue Wing Teal. Once again, no Geese or Coots were downed at Wister on Wednesday. This resulted in an average of 2.55 ducks per gun and, of course, with no Geese or Coots to work into the totals, 2.55 waterfowl per hunter. Out of 104 reservation cards issued 22 hunters showed up on time to pick their spot.
Wister is open for waterfowl hunting on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays only. You can put in for reservations online 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 the night before at 10:30 pm, with sign-up for the drawing between 7:30 and 10:30 pm. The ALDS can be accessed through the DFW website 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 arrival at the refuge. These can be purchased online via the ALDS system also, however, you will have to wait for the DFG 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 this season. 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 Wister Staff at 760-359-0577.
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