From the Duluth News Tribune
published Sept. 21, 2008
Wisconsin’s waterfowl season opens Saturday and the state’s hunters will have the maximum 60-day season allowed by federal regulations.
“Wisconsin waterfowlers should have a good hunting season,” said Kent Van Horn, migratory game bird ecologist for the state Department of Natural Resources, in a prepared statement. “Overall, populations of waterfowl game species are healthy and abundant.”
The duck hunt in the northern zone opens at 9 a.m. Saturday and continues through Nov. 25.
The two main changes this year are a closed season for canvasback ducks and dual framework for scaup, also called bluebill, with a daily bag limit of one scaup for 40 days and two scaup for 20 days, according to a Wisconsin DNR news release. In the northern zone, the daily bag limit is two scaup from Oct. 18 through Nov. 6.
Other than on opening days, the hunt begins a half hour before sunrise.
The daily bag limit for the full 60 days is six ducks, not to include more than four mallards, of which only one may be a hen; three wood ducks; one black duck; two redheads; one scaup for 40 days and two for 20 days as noted above; and one pintail.
Many of the ducks harvested in Wisconsin come from birds that breed in the state’s wetlands, according to the news release. The four most abundant ducks in Wisconsin’s fall hunting harvest are mallards, wood ducks, green-winged teal and blue-winged teal.
Licenses and stamps required include a Wisconsin small game license, a Wisconsin waterfowl stamp and a federal migratory bird stamp. The $15 federal stamp can be purchased at a post office.
Bass League winners announced
The Duluth Area Bass League held its 10th summer tournament event on Sept. 4 at Island Lake.
First place went to the Hawg Hunters, Al Ansell and Doug Pirila, with a five-fish limit weighing 17.8 pounds. Second went to the River Rats, Roger Olson and Steve Gutz, with five fish weighing 8.75 pounds. Third went to Hawghammer, Mike Lebsack and Jacob Lebsack, with three fish weighing 6.45 pounds.
Youth gundeer hunt set
The seventh annual Wisconsin Youth Gun Deer Hunt will be Oct. 11-12, according to a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources news release.
Youth hunters ages 12 to 15 who have successfully completed a hunter education program and possess a gun deer hunting license may participate in the hunt. Youths must be accompanied by an adult 18 years of age or older. Adult mentors may not hunt with firearms and cannot accompany more than two youth hunters. Qualified hunters may harvest one buck deer using a Gun Buck Deer Carcass Tag and additional antlerless deer with the appropriate carcass tag.
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