Question about daily bag limit (new hunter)

[Ajj828]

I'm having trouble understanding the daily bag limit. There isn't anything about the American wigeon or teals. Does this mean you can get as many wogeon and traps as you want? I went hunting last weekend and I got one duck and I believe it was a wigeon.

[Ajj828]

Sorry for the typos....didn't mean traps....stupid autocorrect I meant teals and wigeons

[JLS]

Daily bag limit is 7 ducks.  They can be all teal, or all wigeon, or a combination thereof.  The individual limits, such as 2 hen mallards applies to the total daily limit of 7 ducks.  I.e, you can shoot 2 hen mallards and then 5 other ducks and still be within compliance.

Make sense?

[Ajj828]

Daily bag limit is 7 ducks.  They can be all teal, or all wigeon, or a combination thereof.  The individual limits, such as 2 hen mallards applies to the total daily limit of 7 ducks.  I.e, you can shoot 2 hen mallards and then 5 other ducks and still be within compliance.

Make sense?

Yes thank you for the reply, I usually hunt with my other friends who know what they are doing but this weekend I am going on my own for the first time. Just don't want to break any rules.

[Dan-o]

Good for you for asking.

It can be a little daunting when you first get started, but it gets easier,

Happy hunting!

[cougforester]

Also notice the 2 pintail per day limit! They have a knack for knowing when you've already shot the two you're allowed per day, then really start piling into the decoys

[Stein]

Hopefully you will get somewhere near 7, today was extremely slow.  15 minutes before shooting time I had multiple flocks in my decoys then when legal time turned over it was like someone flipped a switch and the morning flight was over before it began.

Warm calm days are not helping.

[Ajj828]

Yeah they don't seem to fly when it's warm out. I went last weekend and missed so many shots the first hour. I could of had like 7 ducks but only came out with 1. I'm going to go pattern my gun tomorrow so I know how it shoots. I was missing birds flying straight infront me landing in my spread!

[JLS]

Yeah they don't seem to fly when it's warm out. I went last weekend and missed so many shots the first hour. I could of had like 7 ducks but only came out with 1. I'm going to go pattern my gun tomorrow so I know how it shoots. I was missing birds flying straight infront me landing in my spread!

What choke are you shooting?  I typically shoot I/C over decoys on the water.

[Bill W]

Yeah they don't seem to fly when it's warm out. I went last weekend and missed so many shots the first hour. I could of had like 7 ducks but only came out with 1. I'm going to go pattern my gun tomorrow so I know how it shoots. I was missing birds flying straight infront me landing in my spread!

Welcome to duck hunting.  If we understand half our misses we are doing good.   If I was a guessing man I'd say you missed the ones landing in front of you by shooting over them.