N.Y.'s Canada goose hunting season opens Sept. 1

RAY BROOK | New York's Canada goose hunting season opens in the North Country Wednesday, Sept. 1. "Resident Canada goose populations are high in many parts of New York, offering goose hunters significant opportunities to help DEC manage their populations," Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos said in announcing the season-opening. "The September Canada goose season is an opportunity to focus harvest on overabundant resident Canada geese when less abundant migratory Canada geese have not yet arrived in New York." The September goose hunting season is designed to help reduce or stabilize resident Canada goose populations. Resident Canada geese are those that breed in the United States and southern Canada, unlike migratory populations that breed in northern Canada. Typically, resident geese are the birds commonly associated with nuisance situations in urban and rural areas. Over the past 25 years, New York's resident Canada goose population has grown from an estimated 80,000 birds in 1995, to more than 340,000 today. As the population has grown, season lengths and bag limits have been liberalized and hunters have successfully stabilized the population. The September season is an important opportunity for hunters, as regular Canada goose seasons have been restricted to 30 days and bag limits reduced to one bird in most areas to protect the more vulnerable migratory geese. Resident geese look the same as migratory geese, making it difficult for the public to distinguish between the two populations. The September Canada goose season occurs in all goose hunting zones except the Western Long Island zone. All upstate areas are open from Sept. 1 through Sept. 25. Additional details on licensing requirements, waterfowl hunting regulations, season dates, hunting area boundaries, and bag limits can be found on DEC's website at www.dec.ny.gov/press/123685.html.

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N.Y.'s Canada goose hunting season opens Sept. 1

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