"Canada geese—many of which are non-migratory in Pennsylvania—account for about half of the total harvest of waterfowl within the state of Pennsylvania, however, we know very little about how resident ...

Snow goose hunting season is not far off and can't come soon enough. Duck season is either over or nearly over for most of us. Canada geese are already closed in most states. What better cure for ...

To inform management, a Penn State research team studied how hunting affects waterfowl behavior and habitat selection on WMAs ...

providing sufficient spatial refuge for geese may help buffer the effects of hunting. "Canada geese—many of which are non-migratory in Pennsylvania—account for about half of the total harvest ...

The study found that most Canada geese did not abandon the WMAs during the hunting season and were least 165 times more likely to choose to be on the WMAs than off the WMAs, regardless of goose ...