With warm weather on tap, the light goose migration is heading into Canada at a break neck pace. But, with three more weeks, and enough birds still on “this side”, the hunting isn’t over just yet.
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Spring appears to be holding its ground. All across the country reports are coming in of nest initiations and a few early hatchlings have even been spotted in some of the mid and southern tier states. As the cycle of renewal ramps up, all eyes are on the breeding grounds. North America’s waterfowlers are keeping their fingers crossed that timely spring rains will lead to a bumper crop of ducks and geese for next fall.
So far, conditions on the breeding grounds are looking good, maybe not excellent, but good. With wide variation in conditions across the Prairie Pothole Region, cautious optimism is the gut feeling for early nesting conditions. Precipitation or lack thereof, over the next four to six weeks will be pivotal for this year’s nesting efforts.
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And now, on to the Light Goose Migration Report.
Spring has sprung and the light goose migration is in high gear. With temperatures across the upper tier of the Central Flyway roaming around the 70 degree mark and south winds pushing hard out of the lower flyway, the bulk of the migration is due across the Canadian border any day now.
The majority of US snow goose hunters have already packed up their gear and called it a season. But there are still enough birds around in the northern half of North Dakota, to make it worth a try.
While the overall numbers on the US side of the border are low, the lack of pressure and smaller flock size can make for some very good gunning as the season winds down. Even with the south wind and warm spring weather, there is a good chance scattered pockets of light geese will remain in the north and central, portions of ND for at least a week or two.
The real action, however, will be taking place in portions of Manitoba and Saskatchewan as the birds push hard to reach their tundra breeding ground. Reports out of Canada are too scattered to pinpoint the migration’s front line, but as more reports come in we will update this report.
So, if you are a Canadian snow goose chaser, or a US light goose fanatic roaming the Canadian back-roads, be sure to file a report and let us know where the white wave has reached.
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