River Currents
by Gary Engberg
©2010 Gary Engberg Outdoors
Big tom turkeys, like this one, will soon lure hunters to the woods.
Where did the summer of 2010 go? I’m sure that many of you have thought the same, but this summer for whatever reason just seemed to just fly by! It seems like just a short time ago, I was writing about spring walleye fishing on the Wisconsin River and this week is the beginning of many fall hunting and fishing (sturgeon) seasons. September, October, and November are the favorite months of the year for hunters and fishers who have been looking forward to these months since last fall. September brings the early Canada goose season, the opening of the mourning dove season, the fall bear season, the deer bow season, the fall turkey season, and the sturgeon fishing season on the Wisconsin River.
The morning dove and the early Canada goose season both open September 1 in Wisconsin and mark the beginning of the fall hunting season. The early goose season runs from September 1 through September 15 statewide and requires the hunter to buy a $3.00 early Canada goose permit. This early season targets Canada geese that breed in Wisconsin and whose numbers are constantly increasing with a resident population of almost 166,000 Canada geese. This is an increase of 12% from 2009 according to DNR migratory game bird ecologist, Kent Van Horn. Van Horn expects a good early season, but advises hunters that Canada geese will often change their feeding and movement as the hunting season begins in September. He also suggests that hunters do some scouting before hunting and stay mobile for the best success. The daily bag limit is 5 geese and 10 birds in possession.
The mourning dove season opens September 1 and runs till November 9. The daily limit is 15 doves statewide. The dove population in Wisconsin is stable with a 10 year trend of less than a 1% increase. The DNR reports that over 14,000 hunters harvest about 140,000 doves each year. Scouting, like for geese, can greatly improve a hunter’s success by finding where the doves fly between their roosts, feeding locations, and watering spots. [click to continue…]
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