2023-2024 Season dates

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2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Ericdc » Tue May 09, 2023 10:38 pm

East Zone:
Nov. 11 Youth and Veterans
Nov. 18 - Dec. 3
Dec. 16 - Jan. 28
Feb. 3 Youth and Veterans

West Zone:
Nov. 4 - 5 Youth and Veterans
Nov. 11 - Dec. 3
Dec. 11 - Jan. 7
Jan. 13 - 21


December 11th is a Monday
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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Rick » Wed May 10, 2023 4:20 am

All the same to me, but sucks for the weekend-only folks, which ain't right.
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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby DComeaux » Wed May 10, 2023 7:57 am

Where did you get those dates? Below is what I find on from the LDWF. It's all Saturday openings with a Wednesday closing of the last split.

WEST ZONE:
NOV. 4 - NOV. 5 (YOUTH AND VETERANS ONLY)
NOV. 11-DEC. 3
DEC. 16-JAN 2
JAN. 13-JAN. 31
EAST ZONE:
NOV. 11 (YOUTH AND VETERANS ONLY)
NOV. 18-DEC. 3
DEC. 16-JAN. 28
FEB. 3 (YOUTH AND VETERANS ONLY)
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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Rick » Wed May 10, 2023 8:31 am

DComeaux wrote: It's all Saturday openings with a Wednesday closing of the last split.


Would be more reasonable.
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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Ericdc » Wed May 10, 2023 9:35 am

DComeaux wrote:Where did you get those dates? Below is what I find on from the LDWF. It's all Saturday openings with a Wednesday closing of the last split.

WEST ZONE:
NOV. 4 - NOV. 5 (YOUTH AND VETERANS ONLY)
NOV. 11-DEC. 3
DEC. 16-JAN 2
JAN. 13-JAN. 31
EAST ZONE:
NOV. 11 (YOUTH AND VETERANS ONLY)
NOV. 18-DEC. 3
DEC. 16-JAN. 28
FEB. 3 (YOUTH AND VETERANS ONLY)
I got those dates from Larry Reynolds and then confirmed with former commissioner Chad C.

Jason ( who has Larry's job now proposed the dates you posted, but commission went another way.

The proposal was made in March and they voted on it last Thursday.


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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Ericdc » Wed May 10, 2023 9:37 am

Rick wrote:All the same to me, but sucks for the weekend-only folks, which ain't right.
I agree. The 2nd split opener on that Saturday in mid December is the peak of the season for many folks, now those who can will shoot Monday through Friday and the birds will be thoroughly educated by Saturday December 16th.

On positive side, y'all get more days in November and December now.


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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby DComeaux » Wed May 10, 2023 10:17 am

With 60 days to work with in a 3 spilt system this is about the best you can do without hunting until the beginning of February.


West Zone:
Nov. 4 - 5 Youth and Veterans
Nov. 11 - Dec. 3
Dec. 11 - Jan. 7
Jan. 13 - 21
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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Ericdc » Wed May 10, 2023 10:22 am

I thought this would be a good compromise for west zone.

Thoughts?

November 11 - November 26

December 9 - January 21st


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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby DComeaux » Wed May 10, 2023 1:01 pm

I like that.
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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Ericdc » Wed May 10, 2023 2:26 pm

DComeaux wrote:I like that.
Probably makes too much sense then


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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Ducaholic » Wed May 10, 2023 2:55 pm

Ericdc wrote:
DComeaux wrote:I like that.
Probably makes too much sense then


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It makes sense for the EZ to mimic Arkansas and Miss. as close as possible as well but that never happens either.
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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Ericdc » Wed May 10, 2023 3:05 pm

Nov. 18-26, 2023
Dec. 9-23, 2023
Dec. 26, 2023-Jan. 31, 2024

Arkansas

Only thing we'd do different is not close for Christmas.


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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Ericdc » Wed May 10, 2023 3:08 pm

As far as Mississippi, they don't open until after thanksgiving, and that's too late.


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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Darren » Thu May 11, 2023 9:11 am

Ericdc wrote:I thought this would be a good compromise for west zone.

Thoughts?

November 11 - November 26

December 9 - January 21st


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This would be the best for coastal area hunters, without a doubt. But nope, can't be that easy.

I don't like losing that second week of January on the coast, as apparently we're going to do now, but at least glad we're getting rid of keeping it fruitlessly open to the very last weekend of January.

As for the concern on the educating of birds from Mon till the weekend; I doubt all that many get to go such that its that impactful. It's not negligible, but surely not that huge of a difference. Hell I may go but one day that week since I try to hold on to my vac. days till week before and after Christmas. Nonetheless frustrating that it could be as simple as you showed above and we can't seem to align on that.
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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Ericdc » Thu May 11, 2023 9:16 am

Darren wrote:
Ericdc wrote:I thought this would be a good compromise for west zone.

Thoughts?

November 11 - November 26

December 9 - January 21st


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This would be the best for coastal area hunters, without a doubt. But nope, can't be that easy.

I don't like losing that first week of January on the coast, as they're proposing to stick to, but at least glad we're getting rid of keeping it fruitlessly open to the very last weekend of January.
I think a long split starting the Monday after thanksgiving would be very beneficial.

Arkansas closes for their split on that same day.

Thanksgiving week and weekend is probably the highest pressure event in Louisiana's season? So a split afterwards would allow birds to rest and early December migrators could filter in without being blasted on arrival.

I've always wished we could break after thanksgiving weekend in the east zone, but a 9 day first split in east zone just won't get approved again because it's such a productive time for the ag hunters and outfitters who have early water.


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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Ducaholic » Thu May 11, 2023 2:21 pm

Ericdc wrote:Nov. 18-26, 2023
Dec. 9-23, 2023
Dec. 26, 2023-Jan. 31, 2024

Arkansas

Only thing we'd do different is not close for Christmas.


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Nope we stay open while they are closed in the first split and we don't open when they do during the second split. So there is a two week disparity one week in each split.

As for Miss. the point is to be open when they are open. Closing for two weeks during the peak of the migrations is dumb for the average hunter.
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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Ericdc » Thu May 11, 2023 2:27 pm

I was stating the Arkansas dates and how we could change to match theirs.


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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Ducaholic » Fri May 12, 2023 7:04 am

Ericdc wrote:I was stating the Arkansas dates and how we could change to match theirs.


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Easily matched even without the Christmas split but not likely as you stated.
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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Ducaholic » Mon May 15, 2023 12:15 pm

I've always wished we could break after thanksgiving weekend in the east zone, but a 9 day first split in east zone just won't get approved again because it's such a productive time for the ag hunters and outfitters who have early water.


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That doesn't stop Arkansas and Miss. from doing it and they have as much if not more Ag land and outfitters as we do.
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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Ericdc » Mon May 15, 2023 12:32 pm

That's true, I am content with what we have though and don't want to deal with the 2 split ever changing drama that the west zone guys deal with.


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Re: 2023-2024 Season dates

Postby Ducaholic » Mon May 15, 2023 12:46 pm

Ericdc wrote:That's true, I am content with what we have though and don't want to deal with the 2 split ever changing drama that the west zone guys deal with.


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Likewise but it never hurts to try and influence to get what you think gives you the best options. :thumbsup:
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