# It's duck season! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600 "2008-10-19T02:34:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/1 "2008-10-19T02:34:19Z")
As of today, in Ohio, it is now officially [duck season](http://www.muirnet.net/?p=1033). ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/2 "2008-10-19T02:40:13Z")
No, it’s Wabbit season! ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/3 "2008-10-19T02:41:06Z")
Duck season! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/4 "2008-10-19T02:59:20Z")
Aflac! ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/5 "2008-10-19T03:11:27Z")
I’m a fiddler crab! Why don’t you shoot me? It’s fiddler crab season! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/6 "2008-10-19T03:15:12Z")
> [@Marlitharn](#): > > I’m a fiddler crab! Why don’t you shoot me? It’s fiddler crab season! It is not! It’s hermit crab season! Why can’t you all leave me alone? _Slams shell shut_ ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/7 "2008-10-19T04:37:08Z")
It’s Baseball Season! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/8 "2008-10-19T05:04:49Z")
It’s squirrel season! Well, it should be… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/9 "2008-10-19T07:53:03Z")
It’s tourist season! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/10 "2008-10-19T08:30:18Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > No, it’s Wabbit season! Superb juxtaposition of username and post. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/11 "2008-10-19T09:01:43Z")
It’s true, doc. Would you like to shoot me now, or wait until you get home? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/12 "2008-10-19T12:02:48Z")
> [@robot arm](#): > > it’s true, doc. Would you like to shoot me now, or wait until you get home? shoot him now! Shoot him now! ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/13 "2008-10-19T14:20:45Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > It’s tourist season! Does that mean it’s legal to shoot them now? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/14 "2008-10-19T18:31:38Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Duck season! Duck season FIRE! ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/15 "2008-10-19T18:36:56Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Duck season FIRE! Shhhhh!!! Be vewy vewy quiet… ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/16 "2008-10-19T18:38:44Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Duck season FIRE! _Points double-barreled Remington at **Auto** _ BLAM!! ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/17 "2008-10-19T18:58:00Z")
Duck season… How about Sage, a little salt and pepper… orange? Mmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/18 "2008-10-19T19:03:28Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > _Points double-barreled Remington at **Auto** _ > > BLAM!! Let’s try that again. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/19 "2008-10-19T19:45:08Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > It’s true, doc. Would you like to shoot me now, or wait until you get home? I’d rather not shoot you at all, instead tagging you and releasing you back into the wild. There is much we don’t know about the migration and mating habits of the robot arm. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600/20 "2008-10-19T19:50:46Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > Does that mean it’s legal to shoot them now? It is, but you wouldn’t BELIEVE the paperwork! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-duck-season/468600.md?page=2)