Perchinjon

I agree with longspurs. been a good year. I hunt wayne, ontario,and cayuga counties. Only shot my limit 2 times but none the less had some great hunts saw good amounts of birds considering weather and temps. Hunted 21 days of the possible 40 so far in my zone. I don't measure good hunting by what i kill anymore as i just enjoy being out and knowing the sport is still available. I've been hunting for waterfowl for 32 years and going with myth my dad since i was 4 maybe even younger. As long as there is still a season I will go as much as possible reguardless of how many birds there are. mallards mergansers redheads goldeneyes wood ducks it does not matter to me what i chose to shoot. The limits are set and i eat everything i kill and enjoy the taste of all waterfowl as i spend the time to cook them correctly.The age old arguement on eating certain waterfowl will continue and the same people that use the excuse that merganser have mercury in it also smoke a pack of cancer sticks a day. I've been eating what i shoot for a long time and that sometimes includes mergs. So keep passing them up if you don't eat your doing the right thing. Split season will be a great one as the forecast will have the birds here for 2 weeks with no pressure before we get to hunt them maybe longer as i saw good amounts coming here yesterday. Good luck and be safe we are all brothers and sisters of the sport.

so far this season has been awesome!