Goose Hunting Facts

The New York State Canadian goose season has been open. It is a very good time to practice your shooting skills while having fun killing some geese. In the southern part of New York there are 4 different seasons. The first one starts September 1 and goes through September 25. This is a good season for people that don’t enjoy the cold weather as much. The next season goes from October 26 until December 18. This is the main season where the most birds are killed. This is mainly because the birds are flying more. Then there is a season that goes from December 28 to January 12. This season is also a good season to kill a lot of birds. The finale season starts March 1 and ends March 10. This season is shorter because there are not many birds that are killed. In the September season you are allowed to kill 15 geese a day. In the regular seasons you are allowed to kill only 5 geese a day.  You cannot shoot the geese with a toxic load but any other load is game. Most people will lay in fields and use specially made blinds that the geese with have a hard time seeing. Some hunters also hunt is the swamps or over ponds. Geese have very good eye sight to the point where if you are wearing a different color than the actual color in the field they will most likely pick that out and not come in for the shot. Also you have to set up the decoys almost perfectly or else they will not come in. To set up the decoys properly make sure you have at least 1 to 2 look outs and that the point of the “v” is pointing into the wind. When you set up your spread make sure you are in the middle of the field and not close to a tree line. If you can do all these things correctly you will have some success killing geese.