The northern push of snow, blue and Ross geese into South Dakota last week has reversed into a southern retreat from recent snow fall. The approaching Arctic Clipper weather system will likely push concentrations of geese back into Nebraska and Missouri over the next few days. Expect geese to move as far south as the lowest southerly dip in the jet stream.
Light Goose hunting remains good to excellent along north-central portions of the Missouri and Platte River Corridors — in Nebraska, northern Missouri and southern South Dakota.
Goose numbers are on the rise in southwestern Iowa and hunter success is fair to good in most areas. Light goose hunting along the Mississippi River Valley is poor from northeastern Arkansas up to west central Illinois. Very few snow geese remain in Oklahoma and Kansas and hunter success is poor overall in both states.
