chop123 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Can someone explain to me why the waterfowl seasons get split up?I live in Virginia, the Northern Neck,Northumberland County,and right now it is out.Duck comes back in on the sixth and goose not until the ninethteenth,I am going crazy.And why only two geese ,I see way more geese than i do ducks.plus in the September season they gave you ten resident geese,they dont leave, hense the name.Why not up it to three or four,since they mix up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 While the abundance of resident geese don't leave, the migratory birds do come and go. In essence, you are hunting (or could easily shoot) a completely different animal than you do in September. The seasonal splits allow migrating birds to move in and out unmolested and it allows them to rest. After two solid weeks of hunting, I welcomed this week in VA, but here it is Tuesday and I'm already looking forward to Saturday I don't know if other states do splits like this or not. Others can chime in on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMAC Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 In Wisconsin we do a split season also, that and we have a seperate Northern zone and Southern zone opener just to complicate matters a little more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Here it's East/West with I95 as the dividing line. You can draw a swan permit in the west, but you gotta drive to the other side of I95 to shoot them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillieP Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 We have a split here in Ohio also. I live in the south zone and our early season is 15 days and our late season is 45. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckht183 Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 In California, 3 years ago, we had a split season for the first time. At first it looked like it was gonna be a pain in the ass but it ended up being a great season. The time between the 2 seasons allowed the ducks and geese to move back into the area making for very good shooting throughout the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftyone Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Split season here as well, unfortunatly the early season is during deer season, not happy about that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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