How do you hunt snow geese over water?
How do you hunt snow geese over water?
Snow Geese Over Water
- Don’t Forget the Windsocks. Hunting water means using floater decoys, but snows tend to require a sizeable spread and you can only pack so many in a boat.
- Downsize the Decoys.
- Stretch Your Spread.
- Scout the Fields.
- Easy on the Calling.
Will snow geese land on water?
And the answer is quite simply… WATER. The vast majority of my successful migrator hunts have been over water in some way, shape, or form. As I’ve stated before, snow geese migrate over countless cornfields in search of water.
Can you hunt geese on water?
You can have a good goose hunt with as few as four or five floaters, especially on smaller waters. On rivers and bigger marshes, set up 12 to 18. If you put out lots of decoys, set them in a U or J pattern that leaves a landing zone open in front of the blinds.
When should you water geese for hunting?
I would consider the afternoon hunt to be between 11am to about 3pm. Early afternoon can be a good hunting time as the geese come off their morning feeding spots and head back to their resting area. If they see an attractive spread of decoys in a field the geese may stop in if they are still hungry.
How many snow goose decoys do you need?
Set out a minimum of 500 decoys (1,000 to 1,500 is better). Supplement shell and silhouette decoys with lighter, less expensive white rags or white plastic bag decoys. Wear camouflage or white if snow covers the ground.
What time do geese go back to water?
The geese would normally leave their roost pond at sunrise or no later than 30 minutes past. They would feed until 9:30am and they would usually returned to the water where they roosted. During their evening feed with the sun shining, they would leave between 7 and 8pm and stay out as late as 10pm.
How do you attract geese to your field?
How to Attract Geese to your yard?
- Mow your Lawn. Geese really love munching on grass, but they do believe in too much of a good thing.
- Water. Geese are large and travel with many other geese, so a simple birdbath will not catch the attention of the local goose population.
- Cracked Corn.
- Worms.
- Grape Salad.
- Oats.
Do geese roost on water or land?
In the wild, geese mostly sleep on the water. Only when they feel secure from the predators that they can roost on land as well. In the meantime, farm geese can sleep anywhere they feel comfortable but usually tend to return to the same spot every night.
Can you shoot geese at night?
The use of a firearm to kill any wild bird or animal is not permitted between sunset and sunrise on any day unless acting under and in accordance with the terms or conditions of a licence.
What time of day do geese come out?
How to make a snow goose hunting spread?
Since this snow goose hunting spread works for water and field you will want to use both floating and field decoys to make up the spread. The first part of the spread consists of several decoys in the water.
What kind of decoy to use for snow goose spread?
Since this snow goose hunting spread works for water and field you will want to use both floating and field decoys to make up the spread. The first part of the spread consists of several decoys in the water. The type of decoy that you use will depend on how deep the water is.
Where to go snow goose hunting in Washington?
The guided goose hunting and duck hunting experiences at Pacific Wings are second to none. Over 100,000 birds migrate through our privately owned and operated hunting waters and fields each fall. Pacific Wings has exclusive hunting rights on lands stretching from throughout Eastern Washington.
Is the snow goose Conservation Order still in effect?
The Conservation Order is closed Saturday, Feb. 6, with the regular snow goose hunting season reopening for one day when regular snow goose season bag limits and hunting regulations apply. Legal shooting hours are a half-hour before sunrise to a half-hour after sunset.
