{"id":9104,"date":"2015-09-21T10:35:59","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T14:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=9104"},"modified":"2017-04-14T16:07:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T20:07:14","slug":"permit-only-sites-on-the-eastern-shore-to-open-to-goose-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2015\/09\/21\/permit-only-sites-on-the-eastern-shore-to-open-to-goose-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Permit-only Sites on the Eastern Shore to open to Goose Hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hunters Can Apply through Lottery Drawing<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Marylanders can now apply to take part in permit-only migratory Canada goose hunting days at Sassafras Natural Resources Management Area<\/a> (NRMA), Tuckahoe State Park<\/a> and Wye Island NRMA<\/a>. All permits will be issued through a lottery drawing, with one application per hunter, per park permitted.<\/p>\n

At Sassafras NRMA,<\/strong> the hunting dates are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, from Nov. 21-27 and Dec. 15- Feb. 3 (excluding Jan. 9). To get an application, download it here<\/a> or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Sassafras NRMA Goose Hunt c\/o Tuckahoe State Park, 13070 Crouse Mill Road, Queen Anne, MD 21657.<\/p>\n

At Tuckahoe State Park, <\/strong>hunting dates are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from Nov. 21-27 and Dec. 15-Feb. 3. To get an application, download it here<\/a> or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Tuckahoe State Park, 13070 Crouse Mill Road, Queen Anne, MD 21657.<\/p>\n

At Wye Island NRMA, <\/strong>hunting dates are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from Dec. 15-Feb. 3. To get an application, download it here<\/a> or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Wye Island NRMA, 632 Wye Island Road, Queenstown, MD\u00a0 21658.<\/p>\n

Migratory goose hunting applications must be received at their respective \u00a0offices by 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 16 to be accepted. Permits will be selected by a random drawing for Tuckahoe State Park and Wye Island NRMA on Oct. 20 at 1 p.m. and for Sassafras NRMA Oct. 21 at 1 p.m. Permit recipients will be notified of their hunting date and pit location by mail; results of the drawing will not be given out over the telephone.<\/p>\n

Participants must hunt from their assigned pit only. Parties are limited to four hunters maximum, and all members must possess a valid hunting license and\u00a0Managed Hunt Permit. Hunting hours are from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. Waterfowl harvested at these sites will be considered part of the daily and season bag limit. Bag limits and season dates a can be found in the\u00a02015-2016 Maryland Guide to Hunting and Trapping<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hunters Can Apply through Lottery Drawing Marylanders can now apply to take part in permit-only migratory Canada goose hunting days at Sassafras Natural Resources Management Area (NRMA), Tuckahoe State Park and Wye Island NRMA. All permits will be issued through a lottery drawing, with one application per hunter, per park permitted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"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":[957,3172,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","category-parks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9104","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9104"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9127,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9104\/revisions\/9127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}