{"id":25259,"date":"2018-11-13T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=25259"},"modified":"2018-11-09T16:05:25","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T21:05:25","slug":"atlantic-population-canada-goose-season-begins-nov-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/11\/13\/atlantic-population-canada-goose-season-begins-nov-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic Population Canada Goose Season Begins Nov. 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Split-Season Hunt for Migrating Waterfowl<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/2\/1484\/24746570589_947362d212.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Canada geese in flight\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Larry Hindman<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Maryland\u2019s migratory Atlantic Population Canada goose hunting season begins Nov. 17, and is split into two segments: Nov. 17 through Nov. 23, 2018, and again from Dec. 14, 2018 through Feb. 2, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eregulations.com\/maryland\/hunting\/migratory-game-bird-seasons-limits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">daily bag limit<\/a>\u00a0is two geese a day in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/huntersguide\/Documents\/Goose_Hunt_Zones_Map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada Goose Hunting Zone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cHunting geese during gives waterfowl hunters a chance to spend time in the field with friends and family as they attempt to harvest a goose for the table,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildlife and Heritage Service<\/a> Director Paul Peditto said. &#8220;The sights and sounds of a goose hunt, complete with decoy placement, hard working retrievers and the camaraderie of the blind, are what bring Maryland goose hunters back year after year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The possession limit for all migratory game birds is three times the daily bag limit. More information on waterfowl seasons, regulations and license requirements is available\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eregulations.com\/maryland\/hunting\/migratory-game-bird-hunting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online.<\/a> Licenses, stamps, and permits may be purchased\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/compass.dnr.maryland.gov\/dnrcompassportal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online,<\/a>\u00a0by phone at 855-855-3906, at a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/service_centers.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regional service centers<\/a> or at any one of the more than\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/service_agents.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">250 retailers<\/a>\u00a0statewide.<\/p>\n<p>Hunters with questions may call 410-260-8540.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Split-Season Hunt for Migrating Waterfowl Maryland\u2019s migratory Atlantic Population Canada goose hunting season begins Nov. 17, and is split into two segments: Nov. 17 through Nov. 23, 2018, and again from Dec. 14, 2018 through Feb. 2, 2019. The daily bag limit\u00a0is two geese a day in the\u00a0Canada Goose Hunting Zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3172,13],"tags":[3107,3076,2945,3030],"class_list":["post-25259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","category-wildlife","tag-atlantic-population-canada-goose-hunting-zone","tag-canada-goose","tag-paul-peditto","tag-waterfowl"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25259"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25272,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25259\/revisions\/25272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}