MONTPELIER — Vermont’s resident Canada goose searching season shall be held Sept. 1 to 25 to assist management the state’s goose inhabitants previous to the arrival of Canada geese migrating south, in line with the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Division.
The season shall be open statewide with a every day bag restrict of 5 Canada geese within the Connecticut River Zone and eight in the remainder of Vermont.
A second Canada goose searching season for resident and migrant birds shall be held from Oct. 15 to Nov. 13, with a every day bag restrict of 1 Canada goose within the Lake Champlain Zone and Inside Vermont Zone.
Within the Connecticut River Zone, the second Canada goose season shall be from Oct. 4 to Nov. 6, and Nov. 23 to Dec. 18, with a every day bag restrict of two Canada geese.
New this yr is a late Canada goose season concentrating on resident birds. Throughout the Lake Champlain and Inside zones, the season shall be held from Dec. 1 to Jan. 21, with a five-bird every day bag restrict. The season will run Dec. 19 to Jan. 21 within the Connecticut River zone and applies solely to the lands of the zone, not Connecticut River waters.
A searching license is required, and a waterfowl hunter 16 or older should carry present federal and Vermont duck stamps. Federal stamps are bought at put up places of work, federal refuges and on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service web site fws.gov/birds/get-involved/duck-stamp.php. Vermont duck stamps could be added to your searching license on Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s web site (vtfishandwildlife.com) and thru license brokers. The hunter should signal the federal duck stamp.
All migratory recreation chook hunters should even be registered with the Harvest Info Program (H.I.P.). This may be completed on Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s web site or by calling toll-free 1-877-306-7091. After offering some primary data, hunters will obtain their annual H.I.P. registration quantity, which then must be recorded on their searching license.
A printable copy of migratory chook searching laws could be downloaded from the Vermont Fish & Wildlife web site below “Hunt” – “Waterfowl.” A printed model may also be obtainable from license brokers and put up places of work.