geese

Does anyone on here know the estimated populations in Ontario of Giant Canada geese [what most refer to as local birds], the Hudson Bay and James Bay populations [which are both smaller geese] --it seems to me that in 1996 the Giant Canada poplulation in Ontario was about 400,000 -- if it has jumped to 800,000 with all the hunting pressure that's truly remarkable --even more remarkable is that in the 1970's it was in the 100s

Last figure I remember seeing was that in 2012 there were 80,000 breeding pairs of Temperate Breeding Large Canada Geese (nuisance or "local" birds)

That's 160,00 adult birds.

IMHO 800,000 isn't a stretch when you factor in non-breeding birds, juvies and old birds.

FYI - in 2010 there were 100,000 breeding pairs so the control methods are working to bring the population within management objectives

interesting numbers! I also think there are more people hunting geese then before.

Updated info here

http://www.ec.gc.ca/rcom-mbhr/defaul...n&n=B2A654BC-1
As recently as 1970, Canada Geese did not commonly nest in southern Ontario. However, results of the Southern Ontario Waterfowl Plot Survey show that the population south of the French and Mattawa rivers has grown since the 1970s to just over 83 000 pairs (5-year average since 2009; Figure 37). Increasing at a rate of 9.4% annually from 1971 to 2013, population growth has slowed down, with an average annual increase of 1.9% since 2003 (Table 1a). A relatively small but increasing number of geese also breed north of the surveyed area but south of the range of Ontario’s two sub-arctic breeding populations. The 2013 fall flight for the Ontario temperate-breeding population is estimated to be around 500 000 individuals. In 2013, 3525 temperate-breeding Canada Geese were banded in southern and central Ontario.

Would that possibly be 800,000 local geese and 200,000 total shot of all migrating birds?