From what I have heard, we are allocated a certain number of days to hunt waterfowl each year (120?). Waterfowl Heritage Days eat up 2 as they count against the number of days. That’s why we lose the last weekend.
There’s rumours Heritage Days are phasing out in favour of a different program so we may see duck season ending on sundays again in the future.
Our split goose season is also affected by this, the Nov. shut always occurs when migrating geese come into our area. Wish the spring cull hunt wasn’t included in our allocation of days as I have lots of opportunities that can’t be capitalized on after the November closure...