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DEC Announces 2019-2020 Duck Season Dates

February 22, 2019 04:45 p.m.
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    Press Release from NYS DEC:

    DEC Announces 2019-2020 Duck Season Dates

    Bag limits to be announced in April

    The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today
    announced the results of a two-year scientific study to determine optimal duck
    hunting seasons for the coming years. DEC selected the duck season dates by
    implementing a process that maximizes duck hunter inclusion, is rooted in
    scientific data, and balances factors in duck abundance and specific zones of the
    state.

    These waterfowl hunting seasons are the results of a two-year collaboration
    between DEC's Bureau of Wildlife and Cornell University. DEC asked a group of
    waterfowl hunters, known as the Waterfowl Task Force, to identify options for
    optimal duck season dates in each waterfowl zone. DEC and Cornell University's
    Center for Conservation Social Sciences then surveyed approximately one-third
    of the duck hunters in New York State (roughly 6,000 hunters). Finally, biologists
    incorporated the most recent zone-specific duck abundance and migration data.

    In all waterfowl zones, hunters felt the most important consideration was the
    opportunity to pursue mallards and black ducks, followed closely by the
    opportunity to pursue any duck or a diversity of species. Duck hunters like to see
    a variety of duck species when they hunt. DEC paired this information with new,
    zone-specific data on duck abundance and migration. Through this process,
    DEC identified season dates that best fit the values of duck hunters in each zone.

    Barring changes to season length, duck seasons in New York will be open for
    the following dates in 2019-2020:

  • Western Zone - Beginning the third Saturday in October, running 23 days,
    ending on a Sunday; a second split beginning on the last Saturday in
    November, running 37 days, and ending on a Sunday (e.g., Oct. 19, 2019 -
    Nov. 10, 2019 and Nov. 30, 2019 - Jan. 5, 2020). Western Zone Structured
    Decision-Making Analysis and Results
  • Northeastern Zone - Beginning on the first Saturday in October, running
    for 23 days, ending on a Sunday, and a second split beginning the first
    Saturday following the closure of the 1st split, running 37 days, and ending
    on a Sunday (e.g., Oct. 5, 2019 - Oct. 27, 2019 and Nov. 2, 2019 - Dec. 8,
    2019). Northeastern Zone Structured Decision-Making Analysis and Results
  • Southeastern Zone - Beginning the third Saturday in October, running for
    44 days, ending on a Sunday, and a second split beginning the first
    Saturday following the closure of the 1st split, running 16 days, and ending
    on a Sunday (e.g., Oct. 19, 2019 - Dec. 1, 2019 and Dec. 7, 2019 - Dec. 22,
    2019). Southeastern Zone Structured Decision-Making Analysis and Results
  • Long Island Zone - Beginning on the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving,
    running for 9 days, ending on a Sunday, and a second split running for 51
    days, opening on a Saturday, and ending on the last Sunday in January (e.
    g., Nov. 23, 2019 - Dec. 1, 2019 and Dec. 7, 2019 - Jan. 26, 2020). Long
    Island Zone Structured Decision-Making Analysis and Results