MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has announced the 2022-2023 migratory game bird hunting season dates and bag limits.

A printable copy of the Migratory Bird Syllabus can be downloaded from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s website, www.vtfishandwildlife.com, under “Hunt” — “Waterfowl.” A printed version also will be available from license agents and post offices in August.

A statewide Vermont open hunting season for resident Canada geese will occur Sept. 1-25. The daily bag limit is five Canada geese in the Connecticut River Zone and eight in the rest of the state during this September season. The purpose of the September season is to help control Vermont’s resident Canada goose population prior to the arrival of Canada geese migrating south from Canada.

A second Canada goose hunting season for resident and migrant geese will be held Oct. 15-Nov. 13 in the Lake Champlain and Interior Zones with a daily bag limit of one Canada goose in each of those zones.

In the Connecticut River Zone, the second Canada goose season will be Oct. 4-Nov. 6 and Nov. 23- Dec. 18, with a daily bag limit of two Canada geese.

Duck season this fall opens on Oct. 15 in the Lake Champlain and Interior Vermont Zones and on Oct. 4 in the Connecticut River Zone. The Lake Champlain Zone has a split season (Oct. 15-23 and Oct. 29-Dec. 18). The Interior Vermont Zone has a straight season (Oct. 15-Dec. 13). The Connecticut River Zone has a split season (Oct. 4-Nov. 6 and Nov. 23-Dec. 18).

Scaup daily bag limits are a hybrid season this year. The first 20 days of the Lake Champlain (Oct. 15-23 and Oct. 29-Nov. 8) and Interior (Oct. 15-Nov. 3) zones allow the harvest of two scaup daily. The remainder of the season you are allowed only one scaup daily. Within the Connecticut River Zone, you are allowed only one scaup daily for the entire season.

Vermont’s youth waterfowl hunting weekend will be Sept. 24 and 25. Resident and nonresident hunters 17 years of age or younger on those dates may hunt ducks and geese within the Lake Champlain and Interior Vermont Zones during this weekend while accompanied by an adult 18 or older.

In the Connecticut River Zone, youth must be 15 years of age or younger on those dates. Both adult and youth must have Vermont hunting licenses. The adult may not hunt or carry a firearm. Youth ages 16 and 17 must have a Vermont Migratory Waterfowl tag and federal duck stamp.

Woodcock hunting season is Sept. 24-Nov. 7 statewide with a three-bird bag limit. In addition to a hunting license, a waterfowl hunter 16 or older must carry a current federal duck stamp and Vermont Migratory Waterfowl tag to hunt waterfowl in Vermont. Federal stamps are sold at post offices, federal refuges, or online at tinyurl. com/duck-stamp-VT-2022-2023. State Migratory Waterfowl tags are available on Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s website and from license agents. The hunter must sign the federal duck stamp.