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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1978
Page
4
Outdoor columnist Ken Sullivan guides readers through a preseason routine as dawn breaks. preparations include checking shotgun action, patching waders, reassembling calls and decoys, loading shells, and ensuring the boat and gas, running lights, and dog are ready for early morning waterfowl hunts.
The article outlines Iowa duck and goose seasons starting Sunday at 6 33 am with a week to hunt ducks until Oct 8 and a closure Oct 9 to Oct 20. Goose season runs continuously to Dec 9. Daily duck bag is determined by a point system reaching 100 points with a 10 bird daily max. point values include Canvasback 100 and Hen mallard wood duck at 70.
The Iowa Conservation Commission projects fair to good numbers of blue winged teal and wood ducks with pintail widgeon and mallard also expected. Duck season runs concurrently with cold season. Daily bag 15, possession 30. Goose daily bag five, possession five. Closed canvasback and redhead on the Mississippi. Steel shot required in Fremont Mills areas and Upper Mississippi River Refuge. All hunters need Iowa migratory waterfowl stamp and 16 plus require Federal stamp.
Dr. Allen Farris of the Iowa Conservation Commission reports a generally bright hunting outlook for Iowa. Pheasant counts are flat from last year and quail and waterfowl show mixed regional changes. Deer hunting may be strong with 52,000 shotgun hunters and rising bow hunting participation, while geese and ducks reflect better water but weaker geese production due to late snowmelt.
Deer season begins Oct. 7 for bow hunters with hours from sunrise to sunset through Dec. 7. Last year's bow harvest reached 13 000 licensed hunters taking 2 400 deer, while firearms hunters logged 75 000 licensed with 12 800 deer. Rules outline two Dec dates for firearms and archery scoring standards align with Boone and Crockett and Pope and Young. Eligible racks scoring thresholds include Typical and Non-typical classes for both archery and firearms.
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