I've started the chain emails to the Biologist

I'll tell you what I think is amazing . The fellow that started this post has only hunted waterfowl 8 years and he thinks he has all the answers. I've hunted waterfowl in Indiana since 1959 and I'm here to tell you that you have no idea when the season dates should be set.

The season dates in order the fall within the annual waterfowl migration need to be set after it freezes up and get snow covered up north. Now when will that be next year?

Sending a few emails will not Representative the majority of waterfowlers in Indiana

Thank you for your post. Well said.

Which zone are we talking about? As far as the south zone goes I don't think any dates earlier than Mid November are needed ( on Average) then run them from there however many days the Feds give us.

The point I was trying to make was that sending a few emails is not going to do it. But orginizing the Indiana waterfowler is a waste of time.

Olduck knows about trying to organize and motivate IN duck hunters. He campaigned and put in lots of time. It didn't work. He really worked hard: phone calls to lots of people, emails, meetings, more meetings, letters, more phone calls. He and I have talked numerous times on this topic. I've written letter after letter on his behalf. He's even lobbied the Sportsman's roundtable. The best way to do something: make sure you show up at the meetings on seasons.
Scott. BTW,I'm all for the later the better. Just make sure you are nice. The biologist is pro hunter, don't wear him down, he has just started.

Welcome John, I didn't know you had made it over here.
Yes, buddy, you are right. But, as you have seen time and time again, some of us young guys just don't get it.

bschwein, you have your opinion, and there are others that agree with you. I, like many others, have our own. IMO this State needs to be divide up much differently that it currently is. In the Eastern side of things, we really don't get a migration. In that sense, the October and November days before any weather hits is our biggest time to kill local ducks and geese. I've hunted migration areas, and yes the later the better. This year, we are having birds coming North early. If our hunting days were later, wouldn't we just be reducing the number of birds left to produce next years crop?

Letters, emails, and conversations with the right people are the only way to help mold our sport. With that said, they must include some sort of hard data that can be analyzed. Just saying you are unhappy and want a change will just go unnoticed.

First off this is my first post on this site and I mean no harm to anyone but want to add my 2 cents worth.If all anyone here cares about is the number of birds they kill then they are not worthy of being called a waterfowl hunter! It's not about how many! It's about getting up at 4:00 am and tripping over your chessy to turn off your alarm so you can get the coffee started. There is no better coffee than the coffee you drink in the duck blind.. It's about being with family, watching your buddy get just a little to deep and filling up his waders!! I guess what I am trying to say is that the only reason I hunt and I think and hope the only reason you hunt, is for the memories. You don't have to kill a limit to have a good time. Take a shell and fill it half full of feathers and slip it in your buddies gun. You'll talk about that 20 years from now, but will forget all about the day you shot your mallard limit!

Rumour has it that Brad Feaster is making the season decision this year. Hope he gives us duck days after Jan 15 in the south zone.