Quick Question Regarding Youth Early Season

[Browning83]

This Saturday coming up is Youth Waterfowl day and we are taking two youngster hunting where we've been goose hunting lately. Every morning in the area we get a good number of mallards and wood ducks that work our spreads before the geese arrive. Well the question I have is we want these younger boys to get in on their first ducks and we/non-youth hunters would like to hunt geese after the ducks have stopped coming in. What our plans are that we will keep our guns in the truck while the younger guys shoot at the ducks and after a few flocks of geese start working we will bring the ducks back to the truck and then grab our guns to hunt just canada geese. IS THIS LEGAL?

[broken_line]

REMBER dont shoot a duck till 9 am.. i would think it would be legal to have your guns there while the youngns shoot.. long as you dont shoot a duck i see no harm..

[123fish]

broken line that is not real good advice. Shooting starts at one half hour before sunrise. This is Youth Waterfowl Day not the Opener. The adults can't have guns with them while the kids are hunting ducks. Browning I would think you would be O.K. as long as the ducks are in the truck and the kids are done. There is no law against hunting geese with kids on YWD as long as the kids aren't hunting ducks. Call the DNR to be sure.

[Gordie]

it is not a 9:00am opener it is one half hour before sunrise until 4:00pm thats what it states in the regs and the youth can take 5 geese state wide there are no licence requirements except thatages 13 to 15 must have a firearms saftey cert or apprentice hunter validation in their possession

[dukhnt]

What our plans are that we will keep our guns in the truck while the younger guys shoot at the ducks and after a few flocks of geese start working we will bring the ducks back to the truck and then grab our guns to hunt just canada geese. IS THIS LEGAL?

I would get an answer from the DNR. I know I wouldn't chance it. I am just looking forward to taking a day off of shooting, letting the youngster do the hunting while I snap pictures. Should be a fun day. Good luck everyone.

[Browning83]

Just got an email back from the DNR and they say it is fine to have the youth hunters hunting ducks only if the adults are not hunting them as well. He says its a good idea to keep the guns in the truck until we stop duck hunting and no ducks can be harvested after we return to hunt. I cant wait to see the smiles on these guys faces when those first mallards come in or when that string of 20 honkers are about to land on us at about 5 yards.

[Bowfin]

Forget shooting the geese for the day. Let the kids have their day and shoot at the ducks and the geese.

[cutter08]

Im with bowfin on this one. Let the kids do the shooting for the day. You have the rest of the season to hunt.