Regular Goose Season and Youth Waterfowl Hunt
With Wisconsin’s first ever early teal season complete, waterfowl hunters are reminded that Wisconsin’s regular Canada goose seasons and youth waterfowl hunt will begin soon!
Regular season Canada goose hunting in the Exterior and Horicon zones opens Monday, Sept. 16, followed by a statewide two-day youth waterfowl hunt onSept 20 and 21.
Youth Waterfowl Hunt
The youth waterfowl hunt provides boys and girls age 12-15 (or those 10 or over hunting under the mentored hunting law) with an opportunity to learn valuable hunting skills from an adult without the pressure encountered during the regular season.
During the youth waterfowl hunt, normal season bag limits apply. All license and stamp requirements are waived, although participants still need to be HIP registered (free of charge). If youth hunters would like to hunt geese during the youth hunt, they will need to possess a goose permit for the zone in which they are hunting. Licensed adults may also hunt geese, since the regular goose seasons are open during these dates.
Exterior Zone Canada goose seasons
The Exterior Zone Canada goose season is as follows:
- Northern Zone - Sept. 16 to Dec. 16;
- Southern Zone - Sept. 16 to Oct. 12 and Oct. 18 to Dec. 21; and
- Mississippi River Subzone - Sept. 27 to Oct. 5 and Oct. 18 to Jan. 8.
It is important to note that the goose season is closed during the duck season split in both the South Zone (closed Oct. 13-17) and Mississippi Subzone (closedOct. 6-17).
Horicon Canada goose season
The Horicon zone Canada goose season has two time periods:
- Horicon Period 1 - Sept. 16 to Nov. 2; and
- Horicon Period 2 - Nov. 3 to Dec. 16.
The daily bag limit for Canada geese in the Horicon Zone remains at two, but in 2014 the season harvest limit has been increased to 12 total Canada geese.
New in 2014, the Horicon Zone boundary has changed. Areas west of Hwy 73 and north of Hwy 23 are no longer part of the Horicon Zone, and are included within the Exterior Zone. Also new for the Horicon Zone, hunters who harvest a goose must punch/slit the permit for the date of kill with the total not to exceed the season limit.
Hunters are required to report each goose harvested in the Horicon Zone within 48 hours, by calling 1-800-99-GOOSE (1-800-994-6673). This system is similar to reporting in the Exterior Zone and the Early Canada goose seasons.
For more information regarding youth waterfowl and Canada goose hunting in Wisconsin, search keywords “youth hunt” and “waterfowl” respectively.
To find out more information or if you have any further questions please contact:
Taylor Finger
Phone: (608) 261-6458