{"id":38014,"date":"2022-12-14T14:22:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T19:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=38014"},"modified":"2022-12-15T13:47:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:47:10","slug":"atlantic-population-canada-goose-season-begins-dec-17-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2022\/12\/14\/atlantic-population-canada-goose-season-begins-dec-17-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic Population Canada Goose Season Begins Dec. 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Split Season Ends Jan. 2, Resumes Jan. 13<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 369px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49178642183_8673ec4496.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of goose making a splash landing in water\" width=\"359\" height=\"239\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Vinod Thomas, submitted to the 2019 Maryland DNR Photo Contest.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced that Maryland\u2019s Atlantic Population Canada goose hunting season opens Saturday, Dec. 17. The season contains two segments, Dec. 17 through Jan. 2, 2023, and again from Jan. 13 through Jan. 31, 2023. (Please note these dates are corrected from a previous announcement.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The daily bag limit is one goose per day in Maryland\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/huntersguide\/Documents\/Goose_Hunt_Zones_Map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AP Canada Goose Hunting Zone<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The possession limit for all migratory game birds is three times the daily bag limit.\u00a0 More information on waterfowl seasons, regulations and license requirements, is available on the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/wildlife\/Documents\/Maryland_Guide_to_Hunting_and_Trapping_2020-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DNR website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCanada geese are one of Maryland\u2019s most iconic gamebirds,\u201d said Wildlife &amp; Heritage Service Director Paul Peditto. \u201cWith the decoys out, retrievers at the ready, and birds calling overhead, a Maryland Canada goose hunt is a great way for an experienced hunter to introduce a novice to the excitement and tradition of waterfowl hunting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Licenses, stamps, and permits may be purchased\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/compass.dnr.maryland.gov\/dnrcompassportal\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0by phone at 855-855-3906, at a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/service_centers.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Department of Natural Resources Service Center<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">or at any one of the more than<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">statewide<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hunters with questions may contact the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Wildlife and Heritage Service at 410-260-8540.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Split Season Ends Jan. 2, Resumes Jan. 13 The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced that Maryland\u2019s Atlantic Population Canada goose hunting season opens Saturday, Dec. 17. The season contains two segments, Dec. 17 through Jan. 2, 2023, and again from Jan. 13 through Jan. 31, 2023. (Please note these dates are corrected from<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2022\/12\/14\/atlantic-population-canada-goose-season-begins-dec-17-2\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38014","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=38014"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38042,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38014\/revisions\/38042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}