MN/WI duck/reg goose open

[Lee Borgersen]

Minnesota’s duck and regular goose season, along with Wisconsin’s duck season, open Saturday.

                         Both states’ duck seasons will run for 60 days.


 





Minnesota’s duck season dates vary by zone.

* In the north zone, duck season is Saturday through Nov. 22.

* In the central zone, duck season is Saturday through Oct. 2, closes for five days, then reopens Oct. 8 through Nov. 27.

* In the south zone, duck season is Saturday through Oct. 2, closes for 12 days, then reopens Oct. 15 through Dec. 4.






Consult regulations for zone boundaries.

The daily bag limits for ducks remains at six. The daily bag may include no more than any of the following species: four mallards (two hen mallards), three scaup, three wood ducks, two pintails, two redheads, two canvasbacks, one black duck. Possession limit is three times the daily limit.


Shooting hours are a half-hour before sunrise to 4 p.m. from the opening day of duck season through Oct. 7, and until sunset thereafter.

Canada goose hunting:

Minnesota’s regular goose season will open in conjunction with the duck season statewide on Saturday with a bag limit of three dark geese per day the entire season. “Dark” geese include Canada geese, white-fronted geese and brant. Goose season will be closed in the central and south duck zones when duck season is closed.

Wisconsin waterfowl seasons:

Wisconsin’s regular duck season in the northern zone opens Saturday and runs through Nov. 22. (An early teal season was held Sept. 1-7.)


Daily bag limit is six ducks, to include not more than four mallards (one hen), three wood ducks, two redheads, three scaup two canvasback, two pintails and one black duck. For species of ducks not listed, such as teal and ring-necks, the combined total with all other species may not exceed six ducks.

Wisconsin’s Canada goose season opened Sept. 16 in the Exterior Zone and will continue through Dec. 16. Daily bag limit is two.

Shooting hours for ducks and geese in Wisconsin is a half-hour before sunrise to sunset.