Kentucky waterfowl seasons for both ducks and geese open Thanksgiving Day statewide. Duck numbers are at all time highs. They will provide excellent hunting opportunity this season as will the burgeoning population of Canada goose in Kentucky.
By Lee McClellan, Kentucky Afield Outdoors
The holiday commercials already swamping our collective brains along with winds straight from the North Pole remind us that short-sleeve weather is now months away. Winter is here.
Waterfowl hunters don’t see these developments as bad news. They are getting their bags of decoys out of storage, cleaning and oiling shotguns and practicing their calling. Waterfowl season, for both ducks and geese, opens Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27.
Waterfowl habitat across Kentucky is in good shape and the recent cold snap shouldn’t greatly impact the upcoming opener. “It is dried out a little bit, we could use some more rain, but everything still looks good,” said Rocky...