Hunting the canada goose
There is no shortage of canadian geese (Branta canadensis) but they might be hard to hunt especially when many are in city parks and golf courses and school campi. The best place to harvest a canadian goose is probably through direct contact with the landowners of farmland.
Fred J. Aun of the New Jersey Star-Ledger offers some advice:
“…privately-owned harvested fields are the best places to find success hunting resident Canada geese in September, but farmers by now have likely given goose hunting permission to neighbors, friends and relatives.
“Harvested fields are at a premium this time of year,” said the biologist. He said the geese love to feed on kernels of sweet corn (not field corn) left after the harvest. “Boy, the geese get in there in a big way and very often those fields have weedy borders that they seem to relish,” Nichols said. “It’s really, really key for hunters to hook-up with those private landowners, but more times than not they’ve really got to do their homework and do that way ahead of time.”
Hunters that didn’t manage to scout a good field and secure permission to hunt there should try to figure out where the geese go to drink after they eat. These trips away from the feeding grounds usually take place in mid-morning when the day starts to warm…”
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