Wabbit season. No, duck season.

March

If you’re a duck hunter, the state Department of Environmental Conservation wants to hear from you. Specifically, the agency is looking for your thoughts on when the 2009/2010 waterfowl hunting seasons should open, close, etc.

New York State is divided into five waterfowl hunting zones: Western, Southeastern, Northeastern, Lake Champlain, and Long Island. DEC recently appointed task forces for each zone (except Lake Champlain, see below) to make recommendations for the Fall 2009 hunting seasons. Each task force includes representatives from the New York State Conservation Council, established waterfowl hunting organizations, and individual waterfowl hunters who were chosen to provide a broad range of input.

Task force members act as representatives of all duck hunters in each zone and collectively recommend season opening and closing dates (and split seasons if desired) and dates for a Youth Waterfowl Hunting Weekend that best satisfy the diverse interests in their zone. The recommended dates must be within federal guidelines established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). For Fall 2009, DEC biologists expect the USFWS to allow a 60-day duck season, split into no more than two segments per zone, opening no earlier than Sept. 26, 2009, and closing no later than Jan. 31, 2010.

Suggestions can be sent to any task force member by April 3. Names and contact information can be found here.

As for this post’s headline, that’s a reference to the Elmer Fudd-Bugs Bunny-Daffy Duck routine.

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 26th, 2009 at 11:10 am by Mike Risinit.
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One Response to “Wabbit season. No, duck season.”

Steve C. March 27th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
actually itsalmost rabbit season. I make coniglio cacciatore every easter.

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