Anybody after the spring goose this season?

You have to have a nuisance permit for geese in spring. Unless your talking snow geese but your a little too far west (or not far enough) for snow geese. Asuming you have a permit you are not allowed to call or use decoys as the point is to scare the geese, the favored technique here is getting stalking the geese using whatever covers around.
 
Turkeyslayer 1300 said:
You have to have a nuisance permit for geese in spring. Unless your talking snow geese but your a little too far west (or not far enough) for snow geese. Asuming you have a permit you are not allowed to call or use decoys as the point is to scare the geese, the favored technique here is getting stalking the geese using whatever covers around.
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Thanks for your reply!

I wasn't been hunting for the last 5 years due to our first baby boy's arrival and now he's 5 so I guess I can do a little hunting again.

I was browsing the ministry regulation and looks like it there is open season in Southern Ontario for geese between Feb 28 to Mar 7:

http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/publications/reg/index.cfm?prov=ont&lang=e
 
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I think that the February season is aimed at resident geese. I'd say patterning these guys is important, set up in a spot where they are feeding and you should be set. I would be interested to see how skittish the geese are given the regular season ended on the 11th of January. I would set up largish bunches of dekes as the geese are no longer in family groups. Good luck if you make it out.
 
Going to the range today we saw two flocks of geese bedded down on the snow in a standing corn field. The last time I hunted them in this late Feb season when it was a mild year and the rivers were open. I quit after a day of hunting? The geese just stood and looked at you and we had to run at them so they would fly. Most times they just swam away down river? They were not as spooky as in the fall?
 
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Going to the range today we saw two flocks of geese bedded down on the snow in a standing corn field. The last time I hunted them in this late Feb season when it was a mild year and the rivers were open. I quit after a day of hunting? The geese just stood and looked at you and we had to run at them so they would fly. Most times they just swam away down river? They were not as spooky as in the fall?
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Thanks for your post!

That's what I was thinking too: less spooky but lazy like hell didn't want to move around as much.

I notice they do gather in smaller flocks as well.......................guess it takes more time scouting / following their routine pattern if someone really wants to hunt them during that time for a week!!??!!................may be not worth it!:(
 
I would like to go, but I don't have a clue in Manitoba where to go other than Oak Hammock Marsh, and 100% of the hunt-able area requires private land owner permission.

Anyone in Manitoba know where there might be crown land to hunt on? I am anxious to get out for the spring season but I don't know where to start. Is there really snow gees hunting in southern Manitoba?

Thanks in advance.
 
The year I mentioned, it looked as some were in their nesting area as there was pairs along the river and quite a few domestic battles between pairs? I did not find it challenging? The last few years all our rivers here are frozen so the fielding hunting maybe different? With all this snow we will be chasing yotes?
 
Find some fields, when it's that cold they have to eat the corn or other high carb/protien. I always am able to find some fields that they are hitting during the feb/march season.

Hunting them on water then can be difficult in the area I hunt, boat launches closed/frozen. Most of them hang out at the marina's so obviously you can't hunt them there. But that is one of the best ways to find the fields around here. Drive down to your local harbour/waterfront and wait for them to head out to the fields and just follow them. Hopefully they lead you to a field that is legal to hunt.
 
ki11ercane said:
I would like to go, but I don't have a clue in Manitoba where to go other than Oak Hammock Marsh, and 100% of the hunt-able area requires private land owner permission.

Anyone in Manitoba know where there might be crown land to hunt on? I am anxious to get out for the spring season but I don't know where to start. Is there really snow gees hunting in southern Manitoba?

Thanks in advance.
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Yes there is and a big bonus is you can use electronic callers. Using them I have seen the same flocks of snow geese come back for repeated spankings over the deeks.
Biggest drawbacks are mud that you never imagined was possible and carrying everything in to set-up as the crops are just coming up and you can't drive on them.
 
ki11ercane said:
I would like to go, but I don't have a clue in Manitoba where to go other than Oak Hammock Marsh, and 100% of the hunt-able area requires private land owner permission.

Anyone in Manitoba know where there might be crown land to hunt on? I am anxious to get out for the spring season but I don't know where to start. Is there really snow gees hunting in southern Manitoba?

Thanks in advance.
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MB has excellent spring snowgoose hunting. I would pass on OHM and head west, as close to the SK border as possible. Getting permission on private land out there is generally very easy.
 
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