Snow Geese Feeding Patterns – A Key to Success!

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:06:07 +0000

With out a doubt the rise in popularity of snow goose hunting over the past couple years is extreme. As the population of snow goose hunters goes up; the hunting pressure will eventually make it much more difficult to find and hunt snow and blue geese. A key to snow goose hunting or any form of hunting is understanding the feeding patterns of the animal.

To understand the feeding patterns of the snow goose, we first must have a better understanding of where the goose lives, breeds and migrates. The snow geese breeding grounds are in the artic tundra area. The prevalent food source is grasses and marshes. The geese primarily hang out near the water edge and feed on the tundra grasses. When they migrate south the winter in the Gulf of Mexico area and feed on sea

Snow Geese Feeding

marshes and grasses as well. The only variation to their feeding pattern is that during the fall migration they have adapted to eating grains from the harvest. Since they migrate late they feed mostly on corn and soy beans during the migration south. On the migration north, they will forage through both the melting fields and feed at any open water spot. Some farmers will leave some grains specifically for the spring hunts. In particular early winter wheats can be a favorite of the snow goose. When scouting for spots to hunt these bird pay attention to these feeding patterns it will help you become much more productive.

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Snow Geese Feeding Patterns – A Key to Success!