Vermont’s spring snow goose hunt will be held from March 11 through April 23. Since 2009, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has annually issued a “Conservation Order” to allow the reduction of the ...

A good combination of adult bird profiles and juvies in each pack will sell the story better than the hunter next door. Bulk up your numbers with full-body feel and wind-driven motion while saving ...

Standing on wingtips and flipping onto their backs to spill air, the flock of snow geese seemed to shatter, fall, and reform itself 30 yards lower as it bore down on the decoy spread. Surely this was ...

Some hunters and anglers may be in a slight lull as many hunting seasons have ended or will end soon. Many of us will be determining where and how to fish according to current weather or preparing for ...

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

Hello, friends. This past week I headed down to southern South Dakota with my friend, Randy Norton, and his 12-year-old black lab, Conner, for my first snow goose hunt. To be perfectly honest, I had ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Laying on cold, damp ground is usually a recipe for misery. But in this case I think it was a feature ...

"The good old days are now." — Tom Clancy I used to get tired of hearing about the good old days. Older hunters and fishermen are the world's worst when it comes to relating how great it was in the ...

Snow goose hunters that invest in thousands of decoys are some of the most passionate hunters in North America. The substantial cost of decoys is just the start. You need a trailer to haul all those ...