Snow Geese

[Gman]

Have the snow geese made a comeback in their numbers for hunting seasons? I remember during a guided hunt in Arkansas back in the '80s that they weren't legal to take. He told us a story where the guide's chocolate lab took off into the fog and he heard a great commotion. The dog came back with a snow goose in his mouth that he had killed with his teeth. The guide was worried because he had this restricted dead goose in his possession with multiple puncture wounds that looked like it was taken with a shotgun.

[whitewalrus]

Have the snow geese made a comeback in their numbers for hunting seasons? I remember during a guided hunt in Arkansas back in the '80s that they weren't legal to take. He told us a story where the guide's chocolate lab took off into the fog and he heard a great commotion. The dog came back with a snow goose in his mouth that he had killed with his teeth. The guide was worried because he had this restricted dead goose in his possession with multiple puncture wounds that looked like it was taken with a shotgun.

There is a conservation order now that allows most of the restrictions on their hunting lifted. During the normal goose season the limit has been 50/day and you have to use the normal methods to hunt geese. They are overpopulated now.

From the CO small game brochure (https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Ru...aterfowl.pdf):

IN LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER SEASON:Recorded or electronically amplified calls are allowed. Shotguns that hold more than 3 rounds in the chamber and magazine may be used in this season only. Hunting is allowed one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. A federal migratory bird stamp is not required, but a Colorado waterfowl stamp is.