In the early 1990s when DEC established the September goose hunting season, New York’s resident Canada goose population was estimated to be around 130,000 birds. Today the population is more than ...

AUSTIN Abundant population numbers and above average rainfall during the summer months is a confidence booster for hunters preparing for the start of the new waterfowl hunting season. Texas Parks and ...

SOUTHERN Ill. (KFVS) - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced new zone lines in southern Illinois for the 2026 waterfowl season. According to IDNR, for the 2026-2030 seasons, the ...

IDNR updates Illinois South Zone waterfowl season (2026-2030) with split dates and youth hunt day, improving family and youth hunting experiences.

The unofficial start to Pennsylvania’s 2025-26 hunting season arrived Sept. 1, when dove season and the early Canada goose season opened. It’s the unofficial start because, technically, the season ...

Other than mallards, no North American waterfowl species have been banded more than Canada geese. If you hunt honkers often, shooting one sporting a piece of jewelry isn’t as rare as you might think.

I'm not much of an early bird. Generally speaking, if I'm awake before 6 a.m., I'd better have a shotgun slung across my shoulder looking out across the brown fields of the Grand Prairie, or standing ...