Goose hunting next week Southern Ontario?

[USP]

Anybody have tips on what time of day to go? Are we talking the usual predawn setup then blast them? Or is midday ok this time of season? Shooting from a blind over decoys, will be on land near some ponds.

 

[Turkeyslayer 1300]

Hunt them the same way you would in the fall. Scout them and hunt the X.

Let the birds tell you when to hunt them. If they are using a field in the morning hunt them then.

 

[USP]

Yeah its a question of do I have to get up at 4am...or if I sleep in is going at lunch time ok. Up north I found that it was either first light or last light, nothing in between unless I became a cursed road hunter on the beach!

 

[meatsticks]

If its mild, its an early am thing. If its minus 15 then you can sleep in till 8 and set up for 10am. They dont move early when its really cold!!

 

[mgcolley]

Crap I just re read the regulations and realized this season is only for WMU's that have no sunday gun hunting? This is correct? and I am assuming still cannot hunt sundays lol...?

 

[USP]

Yeah I believe so.

 

[fuse]

Sorry USP, they've all been flying into Norfolk. Steady droves from the east.

Seriously, they have been flying here between 8 - 9:30am. Today was an early day. And they have been going to the fields late. 30 - 60 min before sundown.

 

[tracker]

Make sure you run at them to get them to fly. They are not that smart in late season and are already sitting on iced ponds waiting for nesting. I gave it up after the one year's late hunt when they just swam away on the river instead of flying plus they stink more.