---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 32.26"
title: "50"
number: "32.26"
heading: "Connecticut."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/32.26"
---

# §32.26. Connecticut.


The following refuge units are open for hunting and/or fishing as governed by applicable Federal and State regulations, and are listed in alphabetical order with additional refuge-specific regulations.

- (a) **Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge—**
  - (1) **Migratory game bird hunting.** We allow hunting of migratory game birds on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
    - (i) **We allow refuge access 1 1/2 hours prior to legal sunrise until 1 1/2 hours after legal sunset.**
    - (ii) **We allow the use of dogs consistent with State regulations.**
  - (2) **Upland game hunting.** We allow hunting of upland game on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following condition: The conditions set forth at paragraphs [(a)(1)(i)](#a-1-i) and [(ii)](#a-1-ii) of this section apply.
  - (3) **Big game hunting.** We allow hunting of big game on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following condition: The conditions set forth at paragraphs [(a)(1)(i)](#a-1-i) and [(ii)](#a-1-ii) of this section apply.
  - (4) **Sport fishing.** We allow sport fishing on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
    - (i) **The condition set forth at paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this section applies.**
    - (ii) **We prohibit launching of motorboats from the refuge.**
    - (iii) **We prohibit the use of reptiles and amphibians as bait.**
- (b) **Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge—**
  - (1) **Migratory game bird hunting.** We allow hunting of duck, coot, merganser, brant, sea duck, and goose on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following conditions:
    - (i) For the Great Meadows unit, we will limit hunt days to Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays during the regular duck, sea duck, and brant seasons.
    - (ii) **We allow the use of dogs consistent with State regulations.**
    - (iii) We allow the use of temporary tree stands and blinds, which must be removed at the end of each day's hunt (see [§ 27.93](/cfr/50/27.93.md) of this chapter).
  - (2) [Reserved]
  - (3) **Big game hunting.** We allow archery hunting of white-tailed deer and wild turkey on designated areas of the refuge subject to the following condition: The condition set forth at [paragraph (b)(1)(iii)](#b-1-iii) of this section applies.
  - (4) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[85 FR 54106, Aug. 31, 2020]

### Source

Source: 84 FR 47675, Sept. 10, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 460k, 664, 668dd-668ee, and 715i; Pub. L. 115-20, 131 Stat. 86.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 5064, Jan. 19, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[85 FR 54106, Aug. 31, 2020]