Tim Heffron had been an avid golfer for almost 30 years, but he’d been too busy to play in about a year when his wife brought him a newspaper clipping in 2011, telling him about the new Mulligan Tour, which had come to Fort WayneItThe Indiana Department of Natural Resources said today it is again offering a late season for hunting Canada geese.
The season runs Feb. 1 to 15 in 30 Indiana counties -- Steuben, LaGrange, Elkhart, St. Joseph, La Porte, Starke, Marshall, Kosciusko, Noble, DeKalb, Allen, Whitley, Huntington, Wells, Adams, Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Hendricks, Marion, Hancock, Morgan, Johnson, Shelby, Vermillion, Parke, Vigo, Clay, Sullivan, and Greene.
The late season helps control the population of the breeding “giant” subspecies of Canada geese around urban areas, the DNR said in a statement.
Indiana hunters harvested 6,500 Canada geese during the 2011 late season, 800 more than in 2010, according to estimates from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
In addition to a valid hunting license, Indiana waterfowl stamp privilege, signed federal duck stamp, and a Harvest Information Program number, a free late-season Canada goose permit is also required, the statement said.
It said the free permit is available at hunting.IN.gov , by phone (317-232-4200) or at any state Fish & Wildlife Area, field office or reservoir during regular hours in January.
