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2008-2009 Seasons and Bag Limits

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Early September Goose Season

Season Dates
Upper Peninsula and Huron, Tuscola, and Saginaw Counties: Sept. 1 - 10
Lower Peninsula (except Huron, Tuscola, and Saginaw Counties): September 1-15

Bag Limits
Statewide: 5 daily, 10 possession

More early goose season information.

Regular Goose Season (excluding local Goose Management Units)

Season Dates

North Zone

September 22-November 5

Middle Zone

October 4-November 10, November 27-December 3

South Zone

October 11-November 13, November 27-December 7

Bag Limit
2 daily, 4 possession

Links to Maps and Legal Descriptions of Goose Management Units
(hold mouse over lower right hand corner and click to zoom in on maps)

Local Goose Management Unit Seasons 

(No harvest quotas)

Allegan County GMU
Dates: November 8-November 10 and December 20-January 30, 2009

Muskegon County Wastewater GMU
Dates: October 14-November 13 and December 2-December 15

Saginaw County GMU
Dates: October 11-November 13, November 27-December 7, and January 3-February 1, 2009

Tuscola/Huron GMU
Dates: October 11-November 13, November 27-December 7, and January 3-February 1, 2009

Bag Limit
2 daily, 4 possession

Links to Maps and Legal descriptions of Goose Management Units
(hold mouse over lower right hand corner and click to zoom in on maps)

Late Goose Season

South Zone (excluding local Goose Management Unitss)
Dates: Jan. 3 to Feb. 1, 2009

Bag Limit
Bag Limit: 5 daily, 10 possession

Map and legal descriptions of Waterfowl Hunt Zones

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