2019/20 limit on Canadian Geese will be 1

pbharvey · Nov 15, 2018

2019/20 limit on Canada Geese will be 1

Bummer

Better than none by a long shot though

https://deltawaterfowl.org/atlantic...ortened-mallard-limits-reduced-for-2019-2020/

Canada goose hunters in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia face a limit of one bird daily, while the rest of the flyway’s Atlantic population zones will be permitted two daily. The move was largely spurred by poor Canada goose production in spring 2018, plus a 30 percent decline among Atlantic population Canadas in the most-recent breeding population survey.

“Atlantic Flyway biologists estimate it was the worst Atlantic population Canada goose production in 22 years,” said John Devney, Delta’s senior vice president, who attended the Atlantic Flyway Council meeting. “The collaborative Atlantic population banding effort accounted 30 juveniles for the 3,000 geese banded. That is abysmal.”

Atlantic population goose regulations are governed by a three-year average population estimate. The threshold for conservative regulations is 150,000 birds, and while this year’s estimate was 155,000, poor goose production compelled the Atlantic Flyway Council to act.

outrider58 · Nov 15, 2018

Canada geese. They don't have passports

Archeryrob · Nov 15, 2018

Mallards are going to be 2 and limit 1 hen also. Leases are going to seem mighty expensive.

rseymorejr · Nov 15, 2018

Well, that sucks

Bertfish · Nov 15, 2018

Why even go hunt?

Racer Doug14 · Nov 15, 2018

Bertfish said:
Why even go hunt?

When I go, i don't impact the flock at all!

Clovis · Nov 15, 2018

Racer Doug14 said:
When I go, i don't impact the flock at all!

SVD686 · Nov 15, 2018

At least it doesn't mess with the 2018-19 season.

engineerbrian · Nov 15, 2018

Bertfish said:
Why even go hunt?

Pretty much. Especially if your paying a guided. Thats an exspensive goose :sad20:

Racer Doug14 · Nov 15, 2018

I've bought stamps for the past 3 years, but only went once. Been focused on whitetail season. Not as fun, but way more convenient. My friends have lost interest in waterfowl.

pbharvey · Nov 15, 2018

Bertfish said:
Why even go hunt?

Racer Doug14 said:
My friends

Goose hunting is a team sport. The worst part about the one bird limit is having your hunt end almost as soon as it starts. We had a few hunts last year where 4 of us had 6 birds early but things stretched out for a good while before we finished off. That’s the best hunt when you have birds so there’s no pressure of getting skunked and then you can relax and hang out. Driving a couple hours, putting decoys out for almost an hour and then ending the hunt on the first or second group would be a little anticlimactic.
I’m sure all I’m going to hear this year in the pit is “wow next year we’d already be done.”

metalman3006 · Nov 15, 2018

I had heard this was coming, we luckily transitioned almost fully to duck hunting a couple of years ago and just picked up a diver spot on the Honga.

teratos · Nov 15, 2018

I gots kids to feed!!!!!

Qbeam · Nov 15, 2018

So, eventhough they are above the threshold, they are going to limit? Why not run another year and then check the average?

Q

pbharvey · Nov 15, 2018

Qbeam said:
So, eventhough they are above the threshold, they are going to limit? Why not run another year and then check the average?

Q

Maybe because the drop was so severe?

Qbeam · Nov 15, 2018

Maybe, but with such a low value, I would have wanted a additional survey. I am not a wildlife biologist, but I would be looking for causes of the massive dropoff.

Q

Racer Doug14 · Nov 15, 2018

I think these geese have gotten lazy. The resident population seems to get bigger every year.

akalma · Nov 15, 2018

Racer Doug14 said:
I think these geese have gotten lazy. The resident population seems to get bigger every year.

Time to switch to resident! Any good outfitters?

magnumpi · Nov 15, 2018

Will the resident season limits change?

3paul10 · Nov 15, 2018

Funny, theres about 1,000 of them in my parking lot....

2019/20 limit on Canadian Geese will be 1

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