According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon’s goose harvest in 2006 was approximately 78,800 birds. 14,400 goose hunters averaged 5.6 days afield. That’s a lot of hunters educating a lot of geese. The ones that don’t graduate to the freezer and dinner table go on to get advanced degrees in hunter avoidance. Get a jump on them this year by hunting the September goose season.

