She jokes, sometimes, that she can’t remember the first episode of Girl Meets Soccer Ball. And it’s not going to be long until life takes Girl in one direction, and Soccer Ball in another.The 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.
