This splitting the season is so so stupid. I’ve never seen so many ducks in my part of the state. It’s unbelievable. The geese finally decided to make it down south and there’s a lot of them this weekend too. Man this needs to be changed.
I agree. I wish the season just started 2 weeks later. If a split is required, make it the first week of deer rifle. The second week is when birds pour in.
This is the first time in almost 20 years where the first half was really good in the nw part of the state. I'd gladly swap the split for consecutive days that ran to the end of January......meaning just start the entire season 3 weeks later. Even February would be great, and I've always been told that it was a Federal rule about not hunting in February, yet this year there's one youth day on the first Saturday of February.
Okie4570,
Wife and I constantly see deer while banging away in the duck blind. It got to the point that during rifle season we sometimes tote a rifle with us to the stand!
Wife and I constantly see deer while banging away in the duck blind. It got to the point that during rifle season we sometimes tote a rifle with us to the stand!
Yeah, I see deer while duck hunting a lot, as well. Was just thinking about public land run ins if duck was split so rifle hunters didn't get so pissy during the 9 days they get, if there must be a split.
I've heard there's a federal rule about how many consecutive days duck hunting is allowed, hence the split? Any truth to that?
We've barely had any birds until the last 2 weeks and even then, it's only a few handfuls.
I've heard there's a federal rule about how many consecutive days duck hunting is allowed, hence the split? Any truth to that?
We've barely had any birds until the last 2 weeks and even then, it's only a few handfuls.
I don't want the split because there's birds here during these two weeks, and not during the first half of the split. The days before the split are a waste for the most part. My comment had nothing to do with deer season. We see deer from blind often and the shotguns don't seem to bother them.
Look at that High Plains unit season length! I counted 95 days there. Zone 1 in Oklahoma is 73 if I counted correctly, Zone 2 should be the same.
KANSAS
DUCKS, HIGH PLAINS UNIT
- Season: Oct. 7, 2017-Jan. 1, 2018 and Jan. 20-28, 2018
- Area open: High Plains Zone (see map)
- Daily bag limit: 6
- Possession limit: Three times the daily limit
- Stamps Required: Kansas HIP Permit, State Waterfowl Stamp, Federal Waterfowl Stamp
- Season: Oct. 7-Dec. 3, 2017 and Dec. 16-31, 2017
- Area open: Early Zone (see map)
- Daily bag limit: 6
- Possession limit: Three times the daily limit
- Stamps Required: Kansas HIP Permit, State Waterfowl Stamp, Federal Waterfowl Stamp
- Season: Oct. 28-Dec. 31, 2017 and Jan. 20-28, 2018
- Area open: Late Zone (see map)
- Daily bag limit: 6
- Possession limit: Three times the daily limit
- Stamps Required: Kansas HIP Permit, State Waterfowl Stamp, Federal Waterfowl Stamp
- Season: Nov. 11-Dec. 31, 2017 and Jan. 6-28, 2018
- Area open: Southeast Zone (see map)
- Daily bag limit: 6
- Possession limit: Three times the daily limit
- Stamps Required: Kansas HIP Permit, State Waterfowl Stamp, Federal Waterfowl Stamp
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So 3 of 4 zones in Kansas have splits, not all being the same length...weird and dumb. Can't we simplify game laws and seasons?
