Youth waterfowl day set for Saturday

September 10, 2014 at 1:30AM
Trevor Lenzen, left, and Nelson Brothers, participated in Minnesota's Youth Waterfowl Day in 2012. This year the 19th annual event is Saturday. ORG XMIT: MIN1401081655010047
Trevor Lenzen, left, and Nelson Brothers participated in Minnesota’s Youth Waterfowl Day in 2012. The 19th annual event is Saturday this year. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Minnesota's 19th annual Youth Waterfowl Day is Saturday. Its purpose is to give kids a taste of waterfowling, with the hope that some will take up the sport. An estimated 5,000 youngsters usually participate.

Waterfowl hunters ages 15 and under may take regular-season bag limits when accompanied by an adult, age 18 or older. The accompanying adult can't hunt that day and does not need a license.

Hunting hours are a half-hour before sunrise to 4 p.m. Motorized decoy restrictions are in effect. Five geese may be taken statewide.

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