Resident Canada goose season begins in late August or early September for most US states. A resident Canada goose is known as a goose breeding locally and residing regionally. Sources indicate US resident Canada goose population continues to expand for 2009 with statewide distribution. Most golf courses, parks, farm fields, waterways both wild and suburban, are over populated with them. You can't hunt in all the places, but some you certainly can.
Sometimes goose hunters simply pattern the daily movements of these birds for success, targeting feeding and loafing locations. Sometimes they hunt them in other traditional ways that combine food and setting up with goose decoys. Sometimes it works and sometimes not. If not, try to figure out why it is happening. If geese flare at your calling, stop calling. Sometimes the site of your decoy spread is all it will take, to bring in the birds.
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Goose hunters new to an area can find feeding geese by looking for high ground somewhere near roost water. Use your binoculars and vehicle to follow birds out in the mornings and afternoons.
Jump-shooting river, stream, and creeks can offer an alternative when resident geese aren't moving. Storms might push waterfowl into sheltered areas provided by skinny waters, where they hold, waiting out the weather. Even bluebird days with preferred food sources might plant them there. On such outings consider jump-shooting resident geese.
In the US migratory game bird hunters must have a valid hunting license, for the state they are hunting in and are required by federal law to register for the National Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP). This includes all who hunt ducks, geese, snipe, woodcock and coots. Separate HIP permits are usually needed for each state. Waterfowl hunters must also obtain a federal duck stamp which can be purchased at any US post office.
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In New York Snow goose season officially begins on Oct. 8-Dec. 29 and the brant season also begins on Oct. 8 but ends on Dec. 6. There is a limit of three brant geese per day and a possession limit of six.
Goose hunting in WI will be closed Sept. 16-19 and reopened Sept. 20 when regular season rules take effect. All duck and goose hunters must possess a federal waterfowl stamp ($15), state waterfowl stamp ($7) and small-game license ($18). Only approved non-lead shot may be used.
Geese which reside year-round in Oklahoma have become such a nuisance that state wildlife officials are trying to get more hunters interested in the resident season, which runs through Sept. 10.
But resident Canadas are a tough nut to crack. You’d think they be an easy bird to bag, but that’s not the case.
I’ve seen resident Canada geese startled by decoys — as if their little brains had not been programmed to flock. I have a theory that resident geese must first develop that instinct to flock, and they do that in September. Of course, I have little to base my theory on, but I did sleep in a Holiday Inn Express once or twice.