GFP Snow Goose Migration Update

[Jarrod32]

Taken from GFP's HSOforum...the updates are just starting...

Monday, March 15

There are large numbers of snow geese throughout both Turner and Hutchinson counties. Snow geese were landing on Silver Lake north of Freeman on Sunday afternoon. There were geese landing in a winter wheat field near Kaylor on Monday morning.

Many small flocks of snow geese seen while driving 10 miles west of Huron. Current foggy conditions have geese flying extremely low.

Flock of several thousand snow geese seen near Redfield just off Highway 281.

Flock of around 200 snow geese seen south of Mellette in Spink County.

There is a good number of snow geese in southern Union County in the southeast corner of the state. The main eastern migration right now runs from Vermillion through Davis, and in the Hurley and Parker area. There are good numbers of birds through this whole stretch.

Several large flocks of snow geese are moving through south of the Gayville area, between Yankton and Vermillion in southern Yankton County. There continues to be large numbers of geese moving through the area.

Sunday, March 14:

70-80 snow geese spotted about five miles west of Sand Lake Refuge

Saturday, March 13

Low flying flocks are coming in by the thousands near the Vermillion area. They are flying NW. a few hunters following the migration.

Sunday, March 7

A couple of flocks of snow geese reported between Tyndall and Tripp. One was flying north with between 25-30 geese, and the other had about the same number feeding in a field.

Friday, March 12

No reports of snow geese around Yankton but lots of other geese and ducks are filing in. There is still quite a bit of snow on the ground. There is already standing water in the fields with more to come. Hunters will need to be aware of conditions and work closely with landowners on access issues into these wet fields.

[carpshooterdeluxe]

i love how they will just print word for word the email reports from random people...some of this info is purposely skewed by the reporters who sent it in. i liked this report better when it was only the CO's who did the reporting....

[Jarrod32]

Yeah, I know. Maybe we can get some reports from random people here. I'm gonna try to get out this weekend...maybe tomorrow...and shoot a few geese. The skies are starting to fill with geese the past couple days...

And with all the flooding, we should have a lot of standing water again this year. Bad for the farmers, good for ducks and duck hunters...