Rick Pierce
Well-known member
For all of you who venture to Arkansas to brave crazy rednecks, mosquitos, snakes, ivory-billed woodpeckers, and Mack's Prairie Wings in pursuit of a few ducks in the trees or the rice, the Game & Fish Comission set our season dates last week. We get three wood ducks this year again, and two pintails.
Duck season dates are Nov. 20-Nov. 28, Dec. 7-Jan. 17 and Jan. 22-Jan. 30. The youth waterfowl hunt will be Feb. 5-6. Duck bag limits will be no more than six ducks consisting of:
4 mallards
3 wood ducks
2 redheads
1 black duck
2 pintails
1 canvasback
1 mottled duck
2 scaup
The Commission also set the northwest Canada goose zone season for Sept. 25-Oct. 4 with a bag limit of two geese. The statewide Canada goose season will be Sept. 1-15 with a bag limit of five geese and Nov. 20-Jan. 30 with a bag limit of two geese.
White-fronted goose season will be Nov. 20-Jan. 30 with a bag limit of two geese.
Snow, blue and Ross’ goose season is Nov. 6-Jan. 30 with a bag limit of 20 geese.
The Snow Goose Conservation Order will be Jan. 31-Feb. 4 and Feb. 7-April 25 with no bag limit.
I am going to get confirmation on the Canada season, because this would be the first time I can remember that it runs concurrently with duck season instead of starting around January 1st. They torqued a lot of the in-state hunters by a. NOT closing over Christmas (first time I can remember this) and b. closing for four or five days in January, when most people down here want to be out.
Best to all,
Rick
Duck season dates are Nov. 20-Nov. 28, Dec. 7-Jan. 17 and Jan. 22-Jan. 30. The youth waterfowl hunt will be Feb. 5-6. Duck bag limits will be no more than six ducks consisting of:
4 mallards
3 wood ducks
2 redheads
1 black duck
2 pintails
1 canvasback
1 mottled duck
2 scaup
The Commission also set the northwest Canada goose zone season for Sept. 25-Oct. 4 with a bag limit of two geese. The statewide Canada goose season will be Sept. 1-15 with a bag limit of five geese and Nov. 20-Jan. 30 with a bag limit of two geese.
White-fronted goose season will be Nov. 20-Jan. 30 with a bag limit of two geese.
Snow, blue and Ross’ goose season is Nov. 6-Jan. 30 with a bag limit of 20 geese.
The Snow Goose Conservation Order will be Jan. 31-Feb. 4 and Feb. 7-April 25 with no bag limit.
I am going to get confirmation on the Canada season, because this would be the first time I can remember that it runs concurrently with duck season instead of starting around January 1st. They torqued a lot of the in-state hunters by a. NOT closing over Christmas (first time I can remember this) and b. closing for four or five days in January, when most people down here want to be out.
Best to all,
Rick