Well there you have it, split the state then.
chriss’ post said that he can find birds into DEC. from St. Cloud on down—no field required. This is a never ending battle in the marsh, forum, ect., etc. But I don’t like hunting in 50 degree weather, like I did last week in ND.
Also, it gets really frustrating watching mallards bombard our goose spread during the late-season goose hunt!
LARS
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But I don’t like hunting in 50 degree weather
Huh??? why not???
Call me a 
, but I’d rather shoot mallards when it’s 50deg than when it’s 10deg………being cold SUCKS!!!! 
That being said, I can’t wait for the next 6 days 
……Split the State and Split the season!!!! PLEASE!!!! 
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But I don’t like hunting in 50 degree weather
Huh??? why not???
Call me a , but I’d rather shoot mallards when it’s 50deg than when it’s 10deg………being cold SUCKS!!!!
That being said, I can’t wait for the next 6 days ……Split the State and Split the season!!!! PLEASE!!!!
Chriss,
I struggle with this one every year.
Reason being, our weather and the migration are different every year.
I agree with everyone’s comments regarding warm weather hunting, its not for me.
But…
The justification for our early start is to pacify the youngsters and the wood duck and teal hunters 
.
I happen to be quite fond of the way hunters disperse and disappear after MEA weekend . This would likely change if we did not start the season until the 1st or 2nd full weekend of October 
.
I very much agree with the comments about our “Minnesota mid-season lull”, but here is another unpredictable.
If we did a split season, that was based on the calendar, you know as often as not, the migration lull would not coinside with the scheduled close/split 
.
The weather in Minnesota often restricts the waterfowl hunting as much as the “season dates” do on any given year.
There are alot of us hard-core guys that have been chasing ducks/geese over the past week or two. But, I bet we probably make up less than 25% of the total waterfowl hunters afield this fall.
My point is that you can’t please all of the people all of the time.
I Probably had my best season in ten years this year.
We started our 60 day season hunting in shorts and t-shirts. The season just closed yesterday and based on my travels, the birds have by and large passed through the northern 2/3 of the state. Not to mention the fact that the weather gods could not have been kinder.
Most all of the lakes, flowages and accesses in the northern 2/3 are no longer huntable anyhow.
I would love to see our 60 day reason work out exactly the same way every year.
Waite a minute, that is not why I live in Minnesota. Nothing is that predictable around here, so obviously we can not perfectly plan a season around something as unpredictable as Minnesota weather.
Great discussion, but no perfect answers……….
cheers
Chriss,
I struggle with this one every year.
Reason being, our weather and the migration are different every year.
I agree with everyone’s comments regarding warm weather hunting, its not for me.
But…
The justification for our early start is to pacify the youngsters and the wood duck and teal hunters .
I happen to be quite fond of the way hunters disperse and disappear after MEA weekend . This would likely change if we did not start the season until the 1st or 2nd full weekend of October .
I very much agree with the comments about our “Minnesota mid-season lull”, but here is another unpredictable.
If we did a split season, that was based on the calendar, you know as often as not, the migration lull would not coinside with the scheduled close/split .
The weather in Minnesota often restricts the waterfowl hunting as much as the “season dates” do on any given year.
There are alot of us hard-core guys that have been chasing ducks/geese over the past week or two. But, I bet we probably make up less than 25% of the total waterfowl hunters afield this fall.
My point is that you can’t please all of the people all of the time.
I Probably had my best season in ten years this year.
We started our 60 day season hunting in shorts and t-shirts. The season just closed yesterday and based on my travels, the birds have by and large passed through the northern 2/3 of the state. Not to mention the fact that the weather gods could not have been kinder.
Most all of the lakes, flowages and accesses in the northern 2/3 are no longer huntable anyhow.
I would love to see our 60 day reason work out exactly the same way every year.
Waite a minute, that is not why I live in Minnesota. Nothing is that predictable around here, so obviously we can not perfectly plan a season around something as unpredictable as Minnesota weather.
Great discussion, but no perfect answers……….
cheers
Being from Wi I like the split but didn’t like the 7 day they did in Wi this year(go back to 5 day). I would have loved to hunt that 2nd weekend when our season had closed. (remember we had a cold front that pushed lots of Gads into the area and I had to watch Mn shoot away)I’ve been chasing them for the last week with limited success. seen very few birds around. Walking the creeks has produced a few birds but a lot of duck are south. Still plenty of geese around. Good luck with your split. Hard to please everyone.
Whatsa
Being from Wi I like the split but didn’t like the 7 day they did in Wi this year(go back to 5 day). I would have loved to hunt that 2nd weekend when our season had closed. (remember we had a cold front that pushed lots of Gads into the area and I had to watch Mn shoot away)I’ve been chasing them for the last week with limited success. seen very few birds around. Walking the creeks has produced a few birds but a lot of duck are south. Still plenty of geese around. Good luck with your split. Hard to please everyone.
Whatsa
how about this? Start season on 1st sat. of oct. Close 2nd sat. then reopen on the 3rd sat.
Usualy “not always” but usualy the 2nd weekend of duck season is slow. local birds have been shot up real bad!! New birds usually are not here yet. The guys that like the early season start get it and the guys that like the late season get one more week
It’s a win win 
how about this? Start season on 1st sat. of oct. Close 2nd sat. then reopen on the 3rd sat.
Usualy “not always” but usualy the 2nd weekend of duck season is slow. local birds have been shot up real bad!! New birds usually are not here yet. The guys that like the early season start get it and the guys that like the late season get one more week
It’s a win win
A start might be the split, like WI.
A start might be the split, like WI.
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