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September Season Opens for Resident Canada Geese
Details on this year’s waterfowl hunting days are given in the “2025-2026 Syllabus of State and Federal Hunting Regulations for Migratory Birds in Vermont” that is available HERE.
Press Release
For Immediate Release: August 18, 2025
Media Contacts: Andrew Bouton 802-622-4823; David Sausville 802-324-4206
Vermont’s Resident Canada Goose Season, Sept. 1-25
Vermont’s resident Canada goose hunting season will be held September 1 through September 25 to help control Vermont’s resident Canada goose population prior to the arrival of Canada geese migrating south from Canada according to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.
The season will be open statewide with a daily bag limit of five Canada geese in the Connecticut River Zone and eight in the rest of Vermont.
A second Canada goose hunting season for resident and migrant birds will be held October 11-November 9 with a daily bag limit of one Canada goose in the Lake Champlain Zone and Interior Vermont Zone.
In the Connecticut River Zone, the second Canada goose season will be October 13-November 11, and November 27-December 26 with a daily bag limit of two Canada geese.
For a fourth year, a late Canada goose season will be held targeting resident birds. Within the Lake Champlain and Interior zones, the season will be held from December 1 to January 19, with a five-bird daily bag limit. The season will run December 27 to January 15 in the Connecticut River zone and applies only to the lands of the zone, not Connecticut River waters.
A hunting license is required, and a waterfowl hunter 16 or older must carry current federal and Vermont duck stamps. Federal stamps are sold at post offices, federal refuges and on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website. Vermont is not one of the states where you can buy an electronic federal duck stamp, but you can purchase one from any state that sells them.
Vermont duck stamps can be added to your hunting license on Vermont Fish and Wildlife’s website and through license agents. The hunter must sign the federal duck stamp.
All migratory game bird hunters must also be registered with the Harvest Information Program (H.I.P.). This can be done on Vermont Fish and Wildlife’s website or by calling toll-free 1-877-306-7091. After providing some basic information, you will receive your annual H.I.P. registration number, which you then need to record on your hunting license.
A printable copy of migratory bird hunting regulations can be downloaded from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife website under “Hunt” – “Waterfowl.”
