Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Minnesota's duck hunting season will open
a week earlier than usual.


Opening day shooting hours also will be earlier, and the annual
youth waterfowl hunt will fall on an earlier date this year. Bag
limits for wood ducks and hen mallards will be higher than last
year. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources also is adding
north and south hunting zones to give duck hunters more
opportunities.


DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr says waterfowl hunters supported
the changes. And with waterfowl hunter numbers at record lows,
Landwehr says the DNR doesn't expect the changes to hurt breeding
populations.


The 60-day, six-duck-limit waterfowl season opens Saturday,
Sept. 24. Opening day shooting will start a half-hour before
sunrise.


Youth waterfowl day will be Saturday, Sept. 10, two weeks before
the regular opener.

Minnesota duck season to open week early this year

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