Sunday 16 June 2013

Useful Tips for an Adventurous Snow Goose Hunting

Going out for Snow Geese hunting gives great pleasure for waterfowl hunters. Getting into wetlands and rice fields for hunting waterfowl are the most exciting and remarkable experiences one can have. Tips on challenging snow goose hunting will allow you to increase your hunt harvest when you enter the wetlands next time.

- Picking the perfect place is an important factor that decides how successfully you’re hunt will be. A superb location is a supporting factor in hunting more geese. Choose a location having access to abundant food, under a migration route.

- Place the decoys at the right place where they can be easily viewed by waterfowl even from long distance. Avoid placing them near high grass and ditches which are areas where predators would frequent waterfowl tend to avoid these areas.

- Utilizing snow goose shells and full bodied decoys can also entice more geese, thus increase your hunt count. Whenever you place the decoys, make sure there are sufficient gaps between each decoy. This gives the migrating geese the appearance of a natural at ease flock increasing your chance for a great hunt.

- Remove signs of human activities like soda cans, shot gun shells, etc. Park your vehicles out of sight and away from the location. It’s believed that Snow geese have good memory and they will not return to a place, once they got shot at.

Hiring an experienced and passionate guide can help you achieve the very thrilling experience in your life. If you are new to the sport, guided snow goose hunting will be the right option you can make to enjoy goose hunting to its finest. You can also find lots of other hunting activates through guided hunting. For more details visit http://www.showmesnowgeese.com/

Wednesday 5 June 2013

Guided Snow Goose Hunting – Do’s and Don’ts

Guided Snow Goose Hunting – Do’s and Don’ts

Snow goose hunting requires shear will power and endurance. It needs early morning, hours of scouting, ungodly amounts of fuel and mileage, and moving thousands of decoys a day with small dedicated team of hunters all with one common goal. If you want to make use of the above arrangements effectively, then you should be aware of the do’s and don’ts during snow geese hunting. 

Do’s in snow goose hunting   

•    Hire an upbeat, passionate and experienced guide.

•    Have your license pre purchased on arrival and make the payment full in advance or upon arrival.

•    Ask your guide to carry a gun to help shoot cripples. You should expect to take 2-4 hours mid day break.

•    Have a group of six hunters. If you don’t have a group, ask the guide to place you with another group of hunters.

•    Be courteous to your fellow hunters and guide.

Don’ts in snow goose hunting

•    Never drink alcohol prior to or during the hunt.

•    Dodge shooting without the guide calling the shot. Also don’t over call; calls are most useful for calling in single goose or isolated pairs.

•    Never have more than 6 hunters in the field unless that has been addressed prior to the hunt.

•    Having expectations of shooting 100 snow geese per day is not likely on most days.

•    Don’t begin shooting while snow geese are still working. For maximum opportunity, wait until birds begin to land. 

Follow the above considerations and jumpstart your waterfowl season, extending it into spring turkey time. Have a happy hunting. For more details visit http://www.showmesnowgeese.com