If you hear gun shots in the fields and woods of Lancaster County today, don't be alarmed. Pennsylvania's 2000-2001 hunting season kicks off a half hour before sunrise today, with hunters pursuing Canada geese.
Doves become legal quarry at noon.
With roughly 40,000 licensed hunters in the county, the local hunting activity is expected to be high. Hunters are permitted to take five geese per day from today through Sept. 25. Hunting hours are a half hour before sunrise to sunset. The geese hunters pursue during this season are resident birds that live in Pennsylvania year-round. The migratory geese usually don't show up here until mid-October.