45 day season, 4 bird limit. Forget the baiting, extra shells. The birds are here. Wait 2 weeks after the season when all the rubberheads and skybusters go home and you will see birds everywhere. I checked out a park the other day and in the far corner of the lake there were hundreds of ducks. Now why would all these birds be rafted up in a nice quiet, restful place where no dumbass can bother them? Some folks don't realize that a lot of these birds have been shot at for nearly 6 months! The season opens in late August in parts of Canada, and they get hammered all the way down.