Early Canada Goose Season Licensing

Doug Leier North Dakota’s early Canada goose season has been around for more than a decade and has gone through many evolution's since it started in 1999. The big change this year is that hunters of all ages, both resident and nonresident, will for the first time need a special license. It’s a specific effort to put additional hunting pressure on the rising population of giant Canada geese – the only goose species that nests and raises its young within the state. While at this time of year, from mid-August through mid-September, these big birds are typically the only Canada goose subspecies in ...

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Early Season Canada Goose Hunting Tips

By Jason Mitchell The early Canada goose seasons that are now available to hunters across the Country creates some tremendous opportunities for waterfowl hunters.  A number of states, which now have nuisance seasons or early resident goose hunting opportunities, stretch from the Midwest to the East Coast.  Most of these additional and liberal hunting seasons revolve around the abundance of Giant Canada Geese that typically weigh between ten to twelve pounds.  These resident populations of birds that have populated much of the northern tier of the Nation west of the Rocky Mountains ...

Motion Snow Goose Decoys – Dare to be Different

Dare to be Different How many snow goose decoy spreads have you driven past over the years? Seriously, think about it. What did you notice? I swear most snow goose decoy spreads are close to the same. They consist of 300-600 snow goose decoys (usually windsock type), around a 4-12 flyers and maybe a circling machine or two for motion snow goose decoys. And did you notice the blinds? More often then not you do, and believe me more often then not; so do the birds. When planning your snow goose decoy spread, you ...

Snow Goose Decoy Spreads

by Nick Roehl Snow goose hunting has been a love/hate relationship with me. Growing up in North Dakota we are invaded by these white devils each spring and fall. As a young hunter, I always marveled at the sheer numbers of snow geese that seemed like an endless string of white and blue specks from one horizon to the next. My first encounter was on a late fall afternoon in a blizzard. I was out pheasant hunting with my father and brothers. You couldn’t see more than a hundred yards in front of your face. This, along with monster snowflake’s hitting my ...