A trip to Birdtail Waterfowl isn’t complete without experiencing our outstanding Canada goose hunting. Encounter swarms in numbers too high to count, making memorable goose hunts a big part of your experience at any time of the season.
Goose Hunting Season & Limits
- Resident and Non-Resident (Canadian): September 1st to December 6th
- Foreign Resident (US Citizen / International): September 24th to December 6th
- Dark Goose limits are 5 daily and 15 in possession (includes Greater/Lesser Canada geese & Specklebellies)
- Goose hunts are ‘morning only’ for the first half of our season.
- All day Dark Goose hunting is available on the second Monday in October.
- We hunt Canada geese from mid-September until early November.
- Legal shooting times are ½ hour before sunrise to ½ hour after sunset.
Hunt Departure
- Guests will meet their guide at the change house.
- Morning departures can be from 4:15 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. Afternoon departures can be from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Departure times will vary based on season and travel times. Guides will confirm departure times before each hunt.
Hunt Logistics & Set-Up
- Guests are transported to and from the field in crew cab trucks with enclosed trailers.
- Hunting groups are 4 to 5 guests with one guide for the morning hunt and one guide for the afternoon hunt.
- Hunts take place in pre-scouted fields (wheat, barley, oats or peas).
- Full body, DOA Canada Goose decoys, and mobile blinds with natural cover are used.
- We do not use coffin style layout blinds.
- Guests help with decoy and blind set-up.
- Guides manage the hunt and call the shots.
- Morning hunts will usually conclude around 11:00 a.m., afternoon hunts will conclude prior to sunset.
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