News Release Archives - August 2007
August 13 , 2007
Early Canada Goose Season Opens Sept. 1
North Dakota’s early September Canada goose season has been set and regulations are the same as last year.
The season will run from Sept. 1-15. Hunters will have a daily bag limit of five Canada geese and a possession limit of 10. Shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset daily. Limits and shooting hours are different from the regular season, as the proposed regular season bag is three daily and six in possession.
All migratory bird hunters must register with the Harvest Information Program prior to hunting. Hunters who purchase a license through the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s website (gf.nd.gov) or instant licensing telephone number (800-406-6409) can easily get HIP certified. Otherwise, hunters can call 888-634-4798 and record the HIP number on their fishing, hunting and furbearer certificate. Those who registered to hunt the spring light goose season in North Dakota do not have to register with HIP again, as it is required only once per year.
Normal licensing requirements for the regular season, including a federal duck stamp, apply to the September Canada goose season. Nonresidents who hunt in Sargent and Richland counties during the early season may do so without counting against their 14-day regular season license.
Waterfowl rest areas, closed to hunting during the regular season, will be open during the early September season. Most land in these rest areas is private, so hunters may need permission to hunt.
The purpose of the early season is to increase harvest of birds that nest and raise young in North Dakota and whose statewide population has grown considerably in recent years. The early to mid-September season promotes harvest of resident birds, as migrants do not usually begin filtering into the state until later in September.
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