When it comes to waterfowl hunting perhaps nothing is more spectacular than the spring migration. Sure we are all used to being out in the goose blinds when the fall migration happens and it can be impressive at times, but the spring one is so much more compact and in terms of sheer numbers is hard to beat.
With the burgeoning snow goose population it has become acceptable and mandated to hunt in the spring for the past decade or so. Snow goose hunting the spring migration is a fun and exciting way to extend your hunting season. Once you go you will not be disappointed.
In addition to having hefty bag limits (20 to 50 birds per day is common for bag limits up the flyways) the size of the flocks that you see are truly impressive. Flocks of 50 are considered small and upwards of 10,000 not uncommon at all.
And keep in mind that while you can only shoot light geese (snows, blues and ross geese) you will see a crazy amount of other waterfowl in the air. From Canadian geese to mallards, pintails and your standard ducks it is truly a thing of beauty.
The thing to remember if you decide to hunt the spring snow goose migration by yourself instead of hiring a guide to get you onto the birds is that you are going to need a LOT of snow goose decoys.
It just isn’t natural to see a set of snow geese in a field with less than 400 to 600 birds in it. If you only have 150 snow geese in your spread you are not going to attract much attention. One other thing, make sure you bring plenty of ammo!
It is not uncommon for a person to shoot 4 to 8 boxes of shotgun shells in a full days worth of hunting. In fact, if you really get into them heaven knows how many times you will shoot. This is only consternated by the fact that you can use unplugged guns and really lob the steel towards them.