GLASGOW — Dates have been set for the waterfowl blind drawings for Barren River and Green River Lake Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs).

The Barren River Lake waterfowl drawing will be Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Barren River Corps of Engineers office at the dam, off KY 252  from 7 to 9 a.m.

Hunters must be at least 18 years old and have a  2012-13 Kentucky hunting license, a Kentucky waterfowl permit and a federal migratory bird permit (duck stamp) at the time of the drawing.

The Green River Lake WMA drawing will be Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Corps office off KY 55, seven miles south of Campbellsville. Registration will be at  9 a.m. EDT, with the drawing at 10 a.m.

Hunters drawn for blinds on Barren River Lake and Green River Lake are responsible for locating, preparing and maintaining the blind site for the duration of the 2012-13 waterfowl seasons.

Each drawn hunter may have a co-owner of the blind for use in the absence of the hunter drawn.

The co-owner must be present at the drawing.

Hunters can build a permanent blind or use a boat or portable blind, but each blind site must be permanently pinned with a permanent marker identifying permit holders for the site.

Hunters selected have first rights for use of the blind site, but these blinds sites are open to public use if the selected hunters are not in the blinds by 30 minutes before shooting time.

 

Correction – In last week’s column, I listed incorrect times for the Masonic Tournament out of Port Oliver on Sept. 8.

This is a one-day tournament beginning at 6 a.m. and ending at 2 p.m. that Saturday. Register before 6 a.m. For info, call 678-5335, 670-7538, 646-2660, or 606-0112. My bad.

 

The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission proposed the 2012-13 waterfowl seasons at its quarterly meeting Aug. 17.

Beginning with the 2012-13 seasons, the opening day for both duck and goose season is now Thanksgiving Day, annually. This year, Thanksgiving Day is Nov. 22.



Duck, Coot and Merganser

• Duck season opens Nov. 22 and closes Nov. 25. The season opens again Dec. 3, and closes Jan. 27, 2013.

• Duck hunters may now take four scaup this year as part of their six duck daily bag limit. Previously, hunters could only take two scaup.

• Season dates for mergansers and coots are the same as the duck season dates for the 2012-13 seasons.

The daily bag limit for mergansers is five, only two of which may be hooded mergansers. The daily limit for coots is 15.

Canada Goose

• Western Goose Zone: Nov. 22, – Jan. 31, 2013.

• Pennyrile-Coalfield Goose Zone (including West-Central Canada Goose subzone): Nov. 22, – Jan. 31, 2013.

• Eastern Goose Zone: Nov. 22, – Jan. 31, 2013.

• Northeastern Goose Zone: Jan. 1 – 31, 2013.

White-fronted Goose, Brant

Statewide: Nov. 22, – Jan. 31, 2013.

Snow Goose

Regular season: Nov. 22, – Jan. 31, 2013.

 

In other business, commissioners set the number of quota elk hunt permits at 1,000 for the 2013 season, 100 more than the 2012 season.

 

If you’re at the state fair Friday, you may have the opportunity to meet Kentucky Afield host Tim Farmer. You may have seen Tim fishing for hybrids on Barren River Lake in last week’s Kentucky Afield TV segment.

He will be in the KDFWR booth from 6 to 7 p.m. (EDT) Friday. The KDFWR area is located in the south wing of the Kentucky Exposition Center. You should look for a large circular Kentucky Fish and Wildlife banner hanging from the ceiling.

 

Kentucky’s fall squirrel season, a 193-day split season that kicks off the calendar of fall hunting, is now open.  It opened last Saturday and runs through Nov. 9. The season re-opens Nov. 12 and closes Feb. 28, 2013.  The daily bag limit is six squirrels.