Early seasons...to hunt or not to hunt?

OhioDuckHunter · 08-14-2003, 08:08 PM

Just a point to ponder or give input on.

A coworker of mine told me that he never hunts the early " apartment duck" season. He said that die hard duckhunters only hunt the late season.

Personally, when I caught the bug for waterfowling I found that I couldn' t get enough. I like the early season as well as the late one.

What do you all think?

Ohio Duck Hunter
Bob

coolbrze0 · 08-15-2003, 05:51 AM

I' m with you on that. We don' t have an early duck season in VA, but we do have a Sept. goose season and I' ll be out there!

TYLEETESS · 08-15-2003, 06:31 PM

I think the early season is a great time to take a new hunter.

LouisianaHunter56 · 08-16-2003, 04:19 PM

Here in Louisiana we have an early Sept. Teal season which is just around the corner. I' m ready for it to.

Full Rut · 08-16-2003, 07:05 PM

True diehard hunters will be out every chance they get. Hot or cold.

trailer · 08-17-2003, 06:41 AM

Nothing wrong with the early season. I hunt it all the time.

theREALsilvermallard · 08-17-2003, 08:56 AM

I hunt early Teal season and dove season. I do not hunt early goose seasons. It' s just too hot and goose hunting is a lot of decoy work...too much crap to carry, etc. It' s hard on the dogs to haul the big birds in that heat, too.

Apartment ducks? WTF? Teal are about the LEAST " domesticated" of all ducks.

As for " diehards," I don' t know ANY diehards that don' t hunt early seasons. We used to sit in swimming trunks, old tennis shoes, and a camo T-shirt and kill Teal in the swamps of East Texas in 100 degree heat with Cotton Mouths and Alligators swimming around us. So let' s talk about " diehards." LOL

JimPic · 08-18-2003, 09:57 PM

I love the early waterfowl seasons-shoot ' em while they' re stupid.

FroMan · 08-19-2003, 11:29 AM

With the past few duck seasons been as they are here in Arkansas...I go hunt em whenever I get a chance, early or late season...

Carpn · 08-20-2003, 02:44 AM

I always look forward to Late season when the apt. ponds and parks freeze up and chase the birds onto the rivers....By that late in the yr. all the ducks know whats goin on...