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Minnesota proposes alternative three-duck limit option
Hunters could choose the new limit when buying licenses as officials seek to recruit more waterfowl hunters without hurting duck populations.
- The Minnesota DNR is proposing an optional 3-duck daily bag limit to help recruit new waterfowl hunters, allowing participants to harvest any sex and species of duck.
- Nathan Huck, the DNR's migratory game bird consultant, noted that recruitment is challenging as traditional hunters age and fewer new hunters replace them, with many individuals lacking family hunting connections.
- Currently, a 6-duck daily bag limit exists, but identifying duck species and sex can be difficult for new hunters; the proposal allows hunters to select either the current 6-duck count or the simpler 3-duck limit.
- Seeking public input, the department scheduled a webinar on Aug 6 and an online questionnaire until Aug 17; if Minnesotans agree, Huck said the new proposal will take effect in fall 2027.
- Preliminary evaluations show new hunters favor the 3-duck limit, which reduces pressure on species with lower bag limits; Huck aims to recruit, retain and reactivate hunters while maintaining stable waterfowl populations.
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