October and the geese will be getting ready to head south.. in two or three weeks the pond will be frozen over and they will be gone... A funny thing about it all is Ducks Unlimited buy or makes arrangement for natural habit for the ducks and geese... Hunters have to stay quite a distance from them which is ok... We raise them and have a limit of up to 5. that's total position including what is in your freezer... now when watching hunting from the states there is way higher limits and about 500 times more hunters.... In recent years Hunting is on a big decline in Alberta... Big Game hunting has dropped also but hunters coming in from out of province has really increased... I look back at this and I used to do it all, just couldn't wait till fall... If you really want satisfaction shoot them with a camera, more rewarding....