Show DUCK SEASON TO BE 15 DAYS LONGER THIS YEAR washington tile the biological survey has announced it ft increase by 15 days the hunting season this fall on ducks and other migratory fowl the season will start on oct on ducks geese jack jacksnipe snip and coot this will allow a 45 day season instead of the 30 days permitted the last three years tile the earlier and longer hunting huntin was authorized in an order ap proved by the president and secretary wallace and based upon a bureau investigation of waterfowl water fowl conditions the order proscribed prescribed the following seasons for ducks geese gecso jacksnipe jacks nipo and coot intermediate zone california colorado connecticut delaware idaho illinois indiana iowa kansas kentucky massachusetts missouri Alon montana tana nebraska nevada vad new jersey new york including 1 I irig lon long island ohio oklahoma or oregon e gon pennsylvania rhode island utah washington west virginia and wyoming october 15 to november the order also increased the number of ducks allowed in the hunters possession daily to two bags of 10 birds each instead of one bag of 10 birds each the restriction on the number of f waterfowl the hunter may kill in in one day continues a at 10 the bureau also announced announced the I 1 hunters would be able to shoot a few canvasbacks canvas backs ruddy red head and buffalohead ducks which nav hav been fully protected the past two years it is said that three of one of these species or three in UIL aggregate of the species could be ba shot in one day and twice that amount would I 1 be permitted in thi hunters possession |