Duck Season Split

[specktator]

Originally Posted by MarshRat89

I agree with you. We get more consistent fronts in December. I think that has alot to do with it. The Biologist is basing his suggestion on past harvest numbers. He broke down week by week the number of birds killed, and decided that we had better hunting during the first few weeks of this season. I believed this a very biased approach though. We kill more birds those first few weeks because #1 the birds aren't educated yet. Also you have alot more people itching to get out and there to hunt and the number of people in the field slowly starts to slack off. His own numbers that he showed us right before proved that.

So by looking at that pic you posted 54% of the people questioned are FOR it opening a week later?

[MarshRat89]

Originally Posted by specktator

So by looking at that pic you posted 54% of the people questioned are FOR it opening a week later?

Just for the random mail portion of the survey. They also did an Internet survey and another method which I can't remember. It showed the average all the way at the end of the screen which I couldn't catch. But the numbers were pretty close across the board. The majority of people are in favor of a late start and 14 day split. I would prefer the late start and 7 day split though. No matter how smart you hunt that last week is hard hunting. Those birds have seen it all by then.