Wyoming Waterfowl Season 2025-26
Wyoming waterfowl season dates start with Sep 27, 2025-Jan 12, 2026. The table below keeps every listed waterfowl row together with zones and notes where available.
Quick answer
Wyoming's listed 2025-26 waterfowl season runs Sep 27, 2025-Jan 12, 2026.
General Coots opens Sep 27, 2025 and closes Jan 18, 2026.
General Dark & Light Geese opens Sep 27, 2025 and closes Jan 1, 2026.
The tables below keep the rest of the listed seasons together by species, with source links back to Wyoming Game & Fish.
Waterfowl
Canada Goose
Early
Sep 1-8, 2025
Early Canada Goose.
Zone: Pacific Flyway
Coots
General
Sep 27, 2025-Jan 12, 2026
Two sub-periods: September 27–December 1, 2025 and December 13, 2025–January 12, 2026.
Zone: Central Flyway Zone C2
Coots
General
Sep 27, 2025-Jan 18, 2026
Two sub-periods: September 27–October 14, 2025 and November 1, 2025–January 18, 2026.
Zone: Central Flyway Zone C1 & C1A
Dark & Light Geese
General
Sep 27, 2025-Jan 1, 2026
Zone: Pacific Flyway
Dark Geese
General
Sep 27, 2025-Feb 16, 2026
Three sub-periods: September 27–October 5, November 1–24, and December 6, 2025–February 16, 2026.
Zone: Central Flyway Zone C1
Dark Geese
General
Sep 27, 2025-Feb 16, 2026
Two sub-periods: September 27–October 8, 2025 and November 15, 2025–February 16, 2026.
Zone: Central Flyway Zone C1A
Dark Geese
General
Sep 27, 2025-Jan 21, 2026
Two sub-periods: September 27–December 7, 2025 and December 20, 2025–January 21, 2026.
Zone: Central Flyway Zone C2
Ducks and Mergansers
General
Sep 27, 2025-Jan 12, 2026
Two sub-periods: September 27–December 1, 2025 and December 13, 2025–January 12, 2026.
Zone: Central Flyway Zone C2
Ducks and Mergansers
General
Sep 27, 2025-Jan 18, 2026
Two sub-periods: September 27–October 14, 2025 and November 1, 2025–January 18, 2026.
Zone: Central Flyway Zone C1 & C1A
Ducks, Mergansers, Coots
General
Sep 27, 2025-Jan 9, 2026
Zone: Pacific Flyway
Light Geese
General
Sep 27-Dec 31, 2025
Also listed: February 7–15, 2025 (likely a typo for 2026 in source).
Zone: Central Flyway