Hunting season shows mixed results
Posted By Angela Brown, Central Plains Herald Leader
Updated 25 days ago
Staff photo by Angela Brown...Wade Duncan, from MacDonald's Sporting Goods Ltd., inspects a rifle for big game hunting season, which is getting underway, at his store in Portage la Prairie on Friday.
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While the duck and geese season is just ending, there have been various reports of hunting participation as being either up or down, in the Central Plains and area.
Bill Lavallee, head guide at Sports Afield Lodge near St. Ambroise, said this year was a good duck hunting season with about 78 hunters participating at his lodge, visiting from the United States. Duck hunting started Sept. 28 and is now wrapping up,
"It was up quite a bit," he said of the numbers. "We had another 20 hunters more than last year."
Lavallee attributes increased numbers at his lodge basically due to more aggressive advertising in the United States.
However, he did not see many local hunters taking part.
"The only reason I can see is things are too expensive, not everybody can afford to buy a licence, and the shells are expensive ..., " he said.
Wade Duncan, of MacDonald's Sporting Goods Ltd. in Portage la Prairie, said there is a good supply of deer for hunting this year in parts, just as duck and geese hunting are about ready to wind down for the season.
For deer hunting, muzzle-loader rifle season opened Oct. 19 and runs until Nov. 8, while centre-fire rifle season starts Nov. 9 and continues to Nov. 29.
abrown@cpheraldleader.com.
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