First duck of the season...

[buffett1]

Good for you! Keep up the good fun and work.

[RTF]

WOW Oct 1st opener [img]images/icons/confused.gif[/img] In the USA,.... thats early. I got to wait until Oct 12th for the southeast zone of NY to open.

Anyway, congrats on a fine kill [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[clayman]

Actually RTF, that's about average for the northern tier states. USFWS allowes states to open regular waterfowling season as early as September 21st. North Dakota, I think, opened on 9-21. But most other states listened to their hunters who wanted it to remain as close to the traditional "weekend closes to October 1st."

Minnesota considered the 9-21 opener, but after pressure and outcry from hunters held off a week and opened this past weekend on 9-28. Last I heard most of the neighboring states also opened on the 28th.

[Quacker-Wacker]

In western N.Y. we have to wait until Oct. 19th! [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img]