# 50 CFR § 92.20: Methods and means

> Federal · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-92.20

## Section

- **Citation:** 50 CFR § 92.20
- **Heading:** Methods and means
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries > CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR > SUBCHAPTER G—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS > PART 92—MIGRATORY BIRD SUBSISTENCE HARVEST IN ALASKA > Subpart C—General Regulations Governing Subsistence Harvest

## Text

You may not use the following devices and methods to harvest migratory birds:
(a) Swivel guns, shotguns larger than 10 gauge, punt guns, battery guns, machine guns, fish hooks, poisons, drugs, explosives, or stupefying substances;
(b) Shooting from a sinkbox or any other type of low-floating device that affords the hunter a means of concealment beneath the surface of the water;
(c) Hunting from any type of aircraft;
(d) Taking waterfowl and other species using live birds as decoys, except for auklets on Diomede and St. Lawrence islands (Use of live birds as decoys is a customary and traditional means of harvesting auklets on Diomede and St. Lawrence islands.);
(e) Hunting with the aid of recorded bird calls;
(f) Using any type of vehicle, aircraft, or boat for the purpose of concentrating, driving, rallying, or stirring up of any migratory bird, except boats may be used to position a hunter;
(g) Having in possession or using lead or other toxic shot while hunting (Approved nontoxic shot types are listed in § 20.21(j) of subchapter B.);
(h) Shooting while on or across any road or highway;
(i) Using an air boat (Interior and Bristol Bay Regions only) or jet ski (Interior Region only) for hunting or transporting hunters;
(j) Using private or chartered aircraft for hunting or transporting hunters, except for transportation between community airstrips (Unit 18, Yukon/Kuskokwim Delta Region only); or
(k) By the aid of baiting, or on or over any baited area, where a person knows or reasonably should know that the area is or has been baited, as provided at 50 CFR 20.21(i) and 16 U.S.C. 704(b).
[68 FR 43028, July 21, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 17327, Apr. 2, 2004; 70 FR 18248, Apr. 8, 2005; 71 FR 10408, Feb. 28, 2006; 72 FR 18323, Apr. 11, 2007]

## Nearby sections

- [50 CFR § 92.1 § 92.1 Purpose of regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-92.1.md)
- [50 CFR § 92.2 § 92.2 Authority.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-92.2.md)
- [50 CFR § 92.3 § 92.3 Applicability and scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-92.3.md)
- [50 CFR § 92.4 § 92.4 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-92.4.md)
- [50 CFR § 92.5 § 92.5 Who is eligible to participate?](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-92.5.md)
- [50 CFR § 92.6 § 92.6 Use and possession of migratory birds.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-92.6.md)
- [50 CFR § 92.10 § 92.10 Alaska Migratory Bird Co-management Council.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-92.10.md)
- [50 CFR § 92.11 § 92.11 Regional management areas.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-92.11.md)
- [50 CFR § 92.12 § 92.12 Relationship to the process for developing national hunting regulations for migratory game birds.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-92.12.md)
- [50 CFR § 92.20 § 92.20 Methods and means.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-92.20.md)
- [50 CFR § 92.21 § 92.21 Emergency closures.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-92.21.md)
- [50 CFR § 92.22 § 92.22 Subsistence migratory bird species.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-92.22.md)
- [50 CFR § 92.30 § 92.30 General overview of regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-92.30.md)
- [50 CFR § 92.31 § 92.31 Region-specific regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-50-92.31.md)

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