Local hunter can't catch a break Nov 3, 2009
So, if youre looking for a change of pace from sitting in a deer stand to sitting in a duck blind, nows the time to give duck or goose hunting a try. However, its not easy, and it can get costly. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Duck hunting group not about to stop Oct 14, 2009
"We could have shot them but we didn't because we were goose hunting. We weren't thinking about ducks.". Sheley, Salie and Eveland could have gone on about their hunting excursions, but there was not time as they were planning to travel to North Dakota to go duck hunting for the opener which was Oct. 3. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Its time to administer CPR to CRP Oct 6, 2009
Yesterday the nonresident duck and goose hunting season opened in North Dakota so there should be more hunters in the sloughs ... There is some decent Canada goose hunting to be had but the duck situation is dismal. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Prep of the week: Kemp's athleticism electrifies L-M fans Sep 30, 2009
After Monday s practice concluded, Kemp, dressed in a camouflage coat, was headed to the field to do some duck and goose hunting before sunset. I love being out there, taking the weekends and just sitting back and relaxing, Kemp said. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
While fun to watch, geese leave a mess Sep 20, 2009
Except for opening relatively small areas of their parks to goose hunting, they continue to provide a habitat that causes the overpopulation in the first place. Canada geese prefer tightly mowed grasses because short grass doesnt hide predators very well. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Body of Longview man found in Columbia River Sep 16, 2009
Ringbom was presumed to have drowned after he went into the water Saturday while he and his son were goose hunting. He disappeared while trying to recover his boat as it drifted away from the island. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Are there more geese in Wisconsin than there used to be? Sep 15, 2009
The local geese have bounced back remarkably from historically low numbers that were held down in part by an early fall goose hunting season. It ended up putting a disproportionate amount of the hunting pressure on the locally breeding geese who spent all of the hunting season in state, Temple says. (Why Files)
Man missing and presumed drowned off Fisher Island Sep 13, 2009
Cowlitz County Sheriff s Deputies said that 38-year-old Ron Ringbom of Longview was goose hunting in the Willow Grove area with his son early Saturday morning. Around 7 a.m., dispatchers at the Cowlitz County 911 center received a call from the man s 15-year-old son. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Get Out Events, Hunting & Fishing Calendar: 9/6/09 Sep 6, 2009
Sept. 8-25 Goose hunting. Laurel Hill State Park, Picnic Areas 3 and 4 and Laurel Hill Lake. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Fall hunting in full swing Sep 5, 2009
Fall hunting should be in full swing now that squirrel, dove and early goose hunting is available. As soon as I get some more information, I;ll pass along the success stories. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Northwoods Notebook: World Musky Hunt sparks trouble in one boat Sep 5, 2009
My memory of goose hunting goes back many years to when our son, Craig, was in high school. He and I were hunting with the Dailey brothers. (Forest Republican, WI)
Fewer South Dakotans hunting waterfowl Jul 3, 2009
The Game, Fish and Parks Commission is proposing little or no change to duck and goose hunting seasons, but final decisions will be made in August after federal regulations set rules for the states. Story Comments. (Sioux City Journal)
Oregon Recreation Report (4) May 25, 2009
Remember some Klamath County and southwest Oregon counties west of Hwy 101 are closed to September goose hunting ... Pre-scouting goose movements is an essential part of goose hunting so if you did your homework, hunting should be good ... Nearly all goose hunting in the Umpqua Valley is on private property and hunters should obtain landowner permission before hunting. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Lifelong hunter puts his own touch on hobby of sporting clays May 3, 2009
He said he goes snow goose hunting in Canada every year with five or six other hunters, and, while hunting is his first love, he also enjoys taking photographs in the wild. In 2006, there were four of us, and our decoys were all set when, I would estimate, 30,000 to 50,000 birds came over us. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Bob Lamb: We’re on the lookout for bears Feb 26, 2009
flying with Department of Natural Resources pilots as they chase deer poachers in the dead of night, chatting with ice fishermen on Lake Onalaska or below the Dresbach Lock and Dam, searching for rattlesnakes on steep hills in Crawford County, turtle hooking in area streams in February, trout fishing in Vernon County, goose hunting near Tomah, hiking at Perrot Park in Trempealeau, looking for shed antlers in the deep of winter, or tracking timber wolves and elk with DNR pilots in northern... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
