A little more than half of our annual duck harvest occurs during the first week of the season. |
Hunters felt the need to improve hunting prospects. We're the only state that I'm aware of in the Mississippi Flyway to accept a lower bag limit than the feds offered. |
Hunters felt the need to improve hunting prospects. We're the only state that I'm aware of in the Mississippi Flyway to accept a lower bag limit than the feds offered. It's unprecedented. |
They showed up on state wildlife management areas. Their use was pretty persistent throughout the season. |
We had safety concerns (about an early dawn start). Rather than have hunters open the season in the dark, we chose a time where people can see where other hunters are set up. We didn't want people fighting for position at 1 a.m. |
We've had restrictions on motorized decoys for several years. This was the first year they could not be used on private hunting areas for the first week of the season. |
What's troubling to me is some of the grassland losses in South Dakota, where there are some of the highest densities of pintails. I'm from South Dakota, and a lot of those grasslands are soybeans now. |