your Minnesota duck opener
here's the MN DNR information for the upcoming MN waterfowl season:
Duck season: Oct. 3-Dec. 1.
Bag limits: Six daily, with no more than four mallards (only one hen), two redheads, two scaup, two wood ducks, one black duck, one canvasback and one pintail. Possession limit is twice the daily limit.
Shooting hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. opening day only, one-half hour before sunrise to 4 p.m. daily through Oct. 10 and one-half hour before sunrise to sunset the remainder of the season.
Outlook: The Department of Natural Resources’ 2009 breeding waterfowl survey showed a 21 percent decline in mallard numbers from 2008 and a 19 percent drop from the 10-year average, but the population still was 6 percent higher than the long-term average of 224,000 breeding mallards. Blue-winged teal, with an estimated population index of 135,000, were down 11 percent from 2008, down 36 percent from the 10-year average and 39 percent below the long-term average. Populations of other ducks, excluding scaup, were down 41 percent from 2008, 10 percent lower than the 10-year average and 5 percent below the long-term average of 179,000.
Canada geese: Oct. 3-Dec. 11 statewide, Oct. 15-Oct. 18 and Oct. 24-Nov. 29 (West-Central zone), and Oct. 3-Dec. 1 (West zone). Bag limits two daily, four in possession throughout the season for all zones.
Snow, blue and Ross’ geese: Oct. 3-Dec. 28; bag limit 20 daily (combined) and 40 possession (combined).
White-fronted geese: Oct. 3-Dec. 27; bag limit one daily, two in possession.
Shooting hours: Same as for ducks.
More information: Check out the 2009 Minnesota Waterfowl Regulations supplement, available at DNR licensing outlets or online at http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/hunting/2009/waterfowl.pdf
Posted by: Doug Leier on 9/28/2009 at 6:47 | Comments (0) | Permalink
