Duck Season Closes January 15

Waterfowl hunters need to make the most of it: Saturday, January 15, is the last day of the Idaho duck season. Managers would rather set a season that runs through the last day of a weekend, but the federal framework allows only 106 days of duck hunting in Idaho. Public comments have consistently favored opening on a Saturday, and letting the closing fall where it may. Chukar and gray partridge hunters must also hang it up after January 15. The only game seasons remaining open will be for cottontail and pygmy rabbits, which closes February 28, and for snowshoe hares, which closes March 31. The cottontail season was set for a 2-year period in 1998 using the standard closing date. The fact that the "last day of February" is the twenty-ninth this year does not extend the season.