Minnesota hunters can harvest snow geese this spring, including blue-phased snow geese and the smaller Ross' geese, under provisions of a federal conservation order. Hunting will be allowed from March ...

In case you missed it, North Dakota's spring light goose season opened Feb. 20, and no-it's not too early of a season. South Dakota's opened Feb. 15 and Minnesota's on Tuesday. I had the first reports ...

I hunkered down with my dog in heavy brush in a corner of the pond that the geese liked to use as an escape route. From my position I could not see the geese that were gathered at the far end of the ...

As I write this, there is snow falling from the sky and accumulating on the ground. Yes, the calendar reads April and North Dakota's spring light goose conservation ordered opened Feb. 17. The good ...

Nonresidents need a 2026 spring light goose conservation order license. The cost is $50 and valid statewide. Nonresidents who ...

It’s been a long, hard winter and, according to the woodchuck, we aren’t done yet. Well, I don’t know how much of that is true, but one thing I’m sure of is local waterfowl hunters are able to take ...

WATERLOO - For the casual goose hunter, getting spring snows and blues within shotgun range can be like trying to get the best of the Internal Revenue Service. It usually doesn't happen. Ken Seeley ...

With a speaker in the foreground, this was the author’s view of the decoy spread. (John Lawrence Hanson/correspondent) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some ...

Doug Leier is an outreach biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Reach him at dleier@nd.gov. WEST FARGO – I saw my first Canada goose of the year about 4 p.m. Feb. 7, a sunny Tuesday ...

Ducks and geese share webbed feet, a branch on the avian family tree, and overlapping habits and habitats. Sometimes you will have opportunities to take both ducks and geese on the same hunt, but more ...