Pennsylvania Game News - March 2014 - 50

Special snow goose season begins
TO participate in the snow goose conservation hunt, hunters must obtain
a free snow goose conservation hunt
permit and report cards from the Game
Commission.
In the Atlantic Population Goose
Zone, the special snow goose conservation season opened on Jan. 27 and
runs through April 25. In the Southern
James Bay Population Goose Zone,
the special snow goose conservation
season opened on Jan. 25 and runs
through April 25. The Resident Population Goose Zone special snow goose
conservation season will run March 1
through April 25.
To obtain the required permit,
hunters can access the "Snow Goose
Conservation Hunt" page by clicking
on the appropriate icon in the center
of the agency's website (www.pgc.state.
pa.us) and then follow the instructions.
By completing the application online,
hunters will be able to print off the
permit and report cards immediately.
For those individuals with no online access, permits and the required
report cards can be obtained by calling
the Game Commission at the Harrisburg headquarters (717-787-4250)

and asking for the Bureau of Wildlife
Management. However, this process
will require mailing the permit and
report cards to the applicant, so be
sure to allow a minimum of one week
to obtain a permit.
As part of the special snow goose
conservation hunt, electronic calls
and decoys are legal, and legal shooting hours are from one-half hour before sunrise until one-half hour after
sunset. All other waterfowl shooting
hours close at sundown, except for the
September Canada goose season. Electronic calls and decoys are not legal for
any other waterfowl season.
Participating states are required by
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to
monitor and assess hunting activity
and harvest.
Along with the permit, hunters must
possess a general hunting license, migratory game bird license and a federal
duck stamp (for those 16 or older).
The permit holder will be required to
maintain records specifying hunting
activity and daily harvest. All permit
holders must submit a report to the
Game Commission, even if they did
not hunt or harvest any birds.

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