The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has established Jan. 31 and Feb.1 as Youth Waterfowl Hunting Days to help pass on the duck hunting tradition.
This opportunity also provides a chance for experienced waterfowl hunters to take youths afield to teach them duck hunting techniques [...]
January 20, 2009 | Posted in
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Good duck hunting still ahead; goose seasons extend into February
PRATT — Avid Kansas waterfowl hunters never worry about the post-holiday blues. For them, January and February mean some of the best hunting of the year. Late-migrating mallards are often abundant when shallow waters freeze, and mallards concentrate on rivers and reservoirs. In much of the [...]
January 15, 2009 | Posted in
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Waterfowl hunters will have 30 days of Canada goose hunting and two days of duck hunting across most of southern Michigan beginning Saturday, Jan. 3, the Department of Natural Resources announced today.
The two-day duck season corresponds to the opening weekend of the late Canada goose season, as it has for the last several years.
The late [...]
December 30, 2008 | Posted in
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Current and approaching seasons in Arkansas:
Deer:
Archery – All zones: Oct. 1, 2008 to Feb. 28, 2009.
Modern Gun – Zone 4A, 5A, 13, 14 and 15: Nov. 8-Dec. 7.
Zones 9 and 12: Nov. 8-Dec. 14.
Zone 16, 16A and 17: Nov. 8-Dec. 25.
Muzzleloader- Zones 1, 2, 3, 4A, 5A, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15: [...]
December 17, 2008 | Posted in
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Current and approaching seasons in Arkansas:
Deer:
Archery – All zones: Oct. 1, 2008 to Feb. 28, 2009.
Modern Gun – Zone 4A, 5A, 13, 14 and 15: Nov. 8-Dec. 7.
Zones 9 and 12: Nov. 8-Dec. 14.
Zone 16, 16A and 17: Nov. 8-Dec. 25.
Muzzleloader- Zones 1, 2, 3, 4A, 5A, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14 and [...]
December 10, 2008 | Posted in
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Current and approaching seasons in Arkansas:
Deer:
Archery – All zones: Oct. 1, 2008 to Feb. 28, 2009.
Modern Gun – Zone 4A, 5A, 13, 14 and 15: Nov. 8-Dec. 7.
Zones 9 and 12: Nov. 8-Dec. 14.
Zone 16, 16A and 17: Nov. 8-Dec. 25.
Muzzleloader- Zones 1, 2, 3, 4A, 5A, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 15: [...]
December 3, 2008 | Posted in
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The 2008-2009 late waterfowl season will soon get underway with the first segment opening on Wednesday, Nov. 26 running until Sunday, Nov. 30.
Changes in regulations include an increase in the wood duck bag limit from two to three, a hybrid daily bag limit for scaup, and a closure of the canvasback season. This season will [...]
November 21, 2008 | Posted in
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Current and approaching seasons in Arkansas:
Deer:
Archery – All zones: Oct. 1, 2008 to Feb. 28, 2009.
Modern Gun – Zones 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11: Nov. 8-30.
Zone 5: Nov. 15-16.
Zone 4A, 5A, 13, 14 and 15: Nov. 8-Dec. 7.
Zones 4B and 5B: Nov. 8-16.
Zones 9 and 12: Nov. 8-Dec. 14.
Zone 16, 16A and [...]
November 19, 2008 | Posted in
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Current and approaching seasons in Arkansas:
Deer:
Archery – All zones: Oct. 1, 2008 to Feb. 28, 2009.
Modern Gun – Zones 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11: Nov. 8-30.
Zone 4: Nov. 8-9.
Zone 5: Nov. 8-9 and Nov. 15-16.
Zone 4A, 5A, 13, 14 and 15: Nov. 8-Dec. 7.
Zones 4B and 5B: Nov. 8-16.
Zones 9 and 12: [...]
November 12, 2008 | Posted in
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by Lowell Washburn
With incredible weights attaining 10, 12, and rarely even 15 pounds, its easy to see where Iowa’s homegrown, corn fed giant Canada goose [Branta canadensis maxima] gets its name.
But when it comes to determining the proper name of our smallest subspecies of Canada goose, the water becomes more cloudy. Commonly referred to as [...]
November 7, 2008 | Posted in
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