- (1) A person must obtain a Migratory Game Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP) registration number to hunt migratory game birds.
- (2) A person may register online as published in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking migratory game birds to obtain their HIP registration number. A person must write their HIP registration number on their current valid hunting license.
(3) Any person obtaining a HIP registration number will be required to provide their:
- (a) hunting license number;
- (b) hunting license type;
- (c) name;
- (d) address;
- (e) phone number;
- (f) birth date; and
- (g) information about the previous year's migratory game bird hunts.
- (4) Lifetime license holders will receive a sticker every three years from the division to write their HIP number on and place on their lifetime license card.
(5) Any person hunting migratory game birds will be required, while in the field, to possess a hunting or combination license with the HIP registration number recorded on the license, demonstrating they have registered and provided information for the HIP program.
R675-9-4. Stamp Requirements.
- (1) Any person 16 years of age or older must obtain a federal migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp before hunting waterfowl, and must have the physical stamp or proof of electronic stamp in possession when hunting waterfowl.
- (2) A physical federal migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp must be validated by the hunter's signature in ink across the face of the stamp.
- (3) A electronic federal migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp does not need to be signed.
- (4) A federal migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp is not required for any person under the age of 16.
- (5) Federal migratory bird hunting and conservation stamps are non-transferrable.
KEY: wildlife, birds, migratory birds, waterfowl
Date of Last Change: June 23, 2026
Notice of Continuation: June 2, 2026
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 23A-2-304; 23A-2-305; 50 CFR part 20