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A Good Snow Goose Jacket – A Overlooked Piece of Equipment

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:04:19 +0000

As much as we hunters spend on goose decoys, guns, ammo, hunting trips, waders, and goose calls - we often overlook one of the most important peices of equipment - OUR CLOTHING. Lets face it the conditions for hunting waterfowl are not like hunting doves in Argentina. The air is usually damp and wet and the air temperature can be fridgid at times creating the ideal environment to be cold.

A goose hunting jacket can make you much more comfortable while hunting in the field or over open water. What should a goose hunter look for in a good snow goose hunting jacket. First, look at the grams of insulate. Since you are hunting snow geese in late fall and early spring the jacket should be rated for at least 20 degree weather - preferably warmer. Another great feature in a jacket is layers - many of the great jackets have a inner and outer layer allowing you to hunt in a much wider range of temperatures. Next, look at the camo pattern - not all camo patterns are created equal -- Especially in snow goose hunting where the combination of white and dark can give you away for miles. The camo pattern needs to closely match your conditions, concealment is a key feature. Finally, flexibility and motion are crucial point to choosing a jacket. When in the store, grab a gun when wearing the jacket and see if you can move around to shoot. Lack of mobility will cause you to be uncomfortable and make the hunt less enjoyable.

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The Importance of Snow Goose Hunting

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:27:21 +0000

Snow goose hunting in both the spring and fall has become a very popular sport in many parts of the country. The reality is that the sport has grown in popularity the importance of snow goose hunting is extremely important for both ecological reasons and financial reasons.

A fact is that is that the blue/snow goose population has grown substantially over the past decade for many reasons. The decline of predators in both the artic and migtration routes. Abnormally warm winters allowing for warmer than normal breeding seasons and longer breeding seasons has allowed more than normal snow geese to survive the hard winter conditions. The population has grown so much that the geese have actually started to destroy their own breeding grounds. From an ecological reason it is important for hunters to curb the population of this growing species.

For a financial reason, the snow goose hunt has added a substantial amount of revenue to the coffers of the state DNR organizaitons. Many of the plains states and east coast states have a special spring hunt that gives hunters another chance to get out and spend money and participate in their hobby. Even with these extra hunts the number of birds continues to grow. In fact, New Jersey state Fish and Wildlife Division will allow hunters to kill an unlimited number of snow geese from March 11 to April 18 in an attempt to control the growing population. These geese are now destroying farm lands in addition to their breeding grounds.

For hunters, snow goose hunting can be a fairly low cost alternative to canadian goose hunting. Some of the low cost means are to use shell snow goose decoys or the old Texas Rag decoy (white rag on a stick). Hunters can use a white sheet to conceal themselves in the snow - the key is always is picking a good location. However, if you do pick a good location it is not unreasonable to see 200-300 snow geese at a time to land in your decoys.

Snow Goose Decoy Spread – How Many Decoys Should I Use?

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:34:32 +0000

Ever talk to a avid snow goose hunter and discuss the topic of decoy spreads? Chances are the hunter will have told you at some point in the conversation that you need as many decoys as humanly possible when building your decoy spread.

As it turns out this is very good advice - lets explore why. When snow geese migrate they travel great distances. As I pointed out in a previous post - snow geese travel from the artic all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. Only the artic turn migrates further than the snow goose on the North America continent. To travel that great of a distance, it requires a tremendous amount of energy and food supply. To conserve energy snow geese take advantage of the jet stream currents and migrate at tremendous heights and in great numbers to take advange of drafting. An average flock of snow geese migrate at heights of 2000 - 5000 feet in the air. In addition, once a flock decends to feed - the whole flock will come down to feed. Snow geese feed for long periods of time in the same location, because it takes a lot of energy to ascend to the heights that they migrate.

Thus it makes sense to use a huge amount of decoys - so that they can see them from that height. The objective is to attract as snow geese into our spreads as possible. The larger the snow goose spread - the bigger the flocks that will land in the spread.

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