OHIO Waterfowl season off to great start

COLUMBUS -- Ohio's waterfowl hunters are having one of the best season starts in years due to some great duck hunting weather.
Cold, wet, windy weather across the upper Great Lakes states caused early migration and brought good numbers of ducks to Ohio, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.
The duck hunting season in the north zone has a second split season opening Dec. 7 through 23 with a closed season on canvasbacks.
In the south zone, the second split of duck season (except pintails and canvasbacks) is open Dec. 14 through Jan. 19, 2003. The south zone season for pintails closed Nov. 2, with a second split season opening December 14 through January 4, 2003.
The daily bag limit for ducks is six, which may not include more than three mallards (only one of which may be female), one black duck, one pintail, two wood ducks, two redheads or three scaup. The season is closed on canvasbacks.
Possession limits after the first day are twice the daily bag limit. Information is available in Publication 295, Waterfowl Hunting Regulations, available from hunting license vendors, Division of Wildlife district offices, or by calling 1-800-WILDLIFE.
Waterfowl hunters can find updated waterfowl abundance information from the biweekly waterfowl survey which is available at Ohiodnr.com.
The 2002-2003 hunting licenses and wetland stamps are on sale now and remain valid through Feb.28, 2003.