SDGFP Proposes Early Goose Hunting Season and August Management Take

By Justin Stakes

Pierre, SD -(AmmoLand.com)- The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission proposed the 2016 early goose hunting season with two changes from 2015; changing the start date of the season from Sept. 1 to the first Saturday in September and to modify the boundaries of Units 1 and 2 by adding portions of Yankton, Clay and Union counties near the Missouri River to Unit 2.

To view current and proposed unit boundaries, visit http://gfp.sd.gov/agency/commission/default.aspx.

Only areas in Unit 1 are open to the early fall Canada goose season, which would run from Sept. 3-30 in 2016 and Sept. 3-30 in 2017. This season has a proposed daily limit of 15 and a possession limit of 45.

The Commission also proposed to remove Brookings, Brown, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Hamlin, Hanson, Hutchinson, Grant, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, Marshall, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Roberts, Spink, Turner and Union counties from open areas for the August Management Take. This would leave Pennington County west of the Cheyenne River as the only open area to hunt Canada geese during the Aug. 20-31 dates.

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