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LANSING--The early September Canada goose hunting season in Michigan will run from September 1 through September 15 in the Lower Peninsula and September 1 through September 10 in the Upper Peninsula. This season was established to help control an increasing population of resident giant Canada geese. The daily bag limit will remain at five.
For the first time since 1987, Saginaw, Tuscola, and Huron counties will be open this year during September 1 through September 10. Greg Soulliere, Wildlife Division^s Wetland and Waterfowl Specialist said "Michigan waterfowl hunters and wildlife professionals alike deserve credit for the experimental early season in the Saginaw Bay three-county area. Through years of parts collection surveys, spring goose population surveys, and extensive leg-band recovery analysis, Michigan waterfowl managers were able to convince the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service that the impact of this season would be minimal on migrant geese." The daily bag limit will be two geese.
Most game and wildlife areas in other counties will be open for the early goose season, as will many of the state parks. Some state parks and recreation areas will not open until the day after Labor Day. Hunters are urged to check with local DNR offices for local information and maps. Additional early September Canada goose hunting information is now available in the 2000 Hunting and Trapping Guide carried by license agents. There will no longer be a separate early goose season pamphlet.
Hunters are reminded that the Labor Day holiday is the last big weekend for swimming and boating on lakes. Therefore, hunters should show respect to other lake users. Goose hunters are being asked to provide goose parts again this year. Goose parts are needed from the early season only in the Tuscola, Huron, and Saginaw counties experimental area. Goose parts will be requested from hunters in the rest of the state during the regular and late goose seasons. The assistance provided by goose hunters with the parts collection survey has been essential in developing proposals to expand special goose seasons in Michigan. Goose parts are used to determine the composition of resident and migrant geese in the harvest. See the 2000-2001 Waterfowl Hunting Guide, available in early September, for details on how to participate in goose parts collection.
Uploaded: 8/15/2000
Uploaded: 8/15/2000