Season Dates
I emailed Larry about my concerns for the season and he had some very insightful reasons as to why the seasons are set forth as such:
1) The Coastal Zone always opens on the 2nd Saturday in November. This year it happens to be November 8th with the way the calendar fall. It has either been the 8th or 14th for the past 20 years.
2) By federal regulations duck seasons are not allowed to run into February. Only way that is permissible is if the season ends of January 31 and that day happens to be a Sunday.
3) State records show that more birds are killed in the first 3 weeks of the duck season in the Coastal Zone than in the last 5 weeks combined.
4) Seasons here open up earlier than states in the North because a majority of Northern states harvest Mallards and Canada Geese which are late migrants Our season allows Louisianians to harvest a variety of species of ducks.
5) If anyone is interested in reading the emails or would like to see the proof Larry sent PM me and I would be glad to forward them to you.
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