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hunter to aid them in finding a great adventure in our great
Canadian prairie outdoors.

Our Favorite Places for Goose Hunting

Location: Duck Lake


Comments: During the spring snow goose migration, snow geese seem to gather in the fields around duck lake and Rosthern.
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Location: Yellow Grass


Comments: In the area between Wilcox and Yellow Grass, the snow geese seem to pause during their spring migration in this area. You will find 100,000+ geese at a time.
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Location: Warman


Comments: On the west side of the river, in the late fall, the Canada Geese will use the river as their water roost and fly up to feed in the nearby fields.
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Location: Lavoy


Comments: Canada Geese
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Location: Langham


Comments: Snow geese can often be found W of Langham in the thousands.
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Location: Edmonton


Comments: East of Edmonton there are a good number of large bodies of water that make for good roosting water in the fall migration for Canada geese and ducks.
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Location: Roleau


Comments: This land is flat flat flat. It is the site of of the fictional town Dog River in the TV show Corner Gas. Stay low as there is very little cover and your silhouette will be sure to spook low flying birds. If possible use some long grass to hide your blinds in.
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Location: Taber


Comments: The fields south of Taber are great for early season Canada goose shoots. Get up early! They start flying by 5:30 am.
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Location: it is in ontairo


Comments: the location is gore bay Ontairo on Manitoulin Island.
look for the just cut feilds!!!
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Location: it is in ontairo


Comments: the location is gore bay Ontairo on Manitoulin Island.
look for the just cut feilds!!!
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Location: Bradwell


Comments: Late October afternoons are great for snows in the fields

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Location: Saskatoon


Comments: Just got back from a morning field shoot with my golden retriever Bones. We knocked down six big Canada’s but we only came home with 4. The four were adult birds and the largest weighing in at 10.5 pounds a good weight for this time of the year. I had four dozen shell decoys out and was using SuperMagnum decoy to hide in. I had some big Canada’s land only 20 yards from me so it was a great morning. I called that flock right in and then missed with my first shot. I am once again not happy with the steel shot but I will have to get used to it. I knocked two more big birds down only to have them get up and fly away when the dog approached them the geese are not even well feathered yet. I am shooting the remington 3″ shells loaded with BB, I thought that it would have the knock down power I guess I was wrong with those two geese the other three were stone dead. I had to ring one neck. I would like to hear from other people from Saskatchewan that have been out. I know that it
is early but any info would be appreciated.
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Location: Bruce Lake


Comments: If you are up north of Calgary Alberta this is the place to be you can get out on a point and ducks will be flying from every where. It was the best shoot of my life me and my dad each got 2 Canada geese and 8 pintails. A lot of work but it made a lot of good meals. But if you go there make sure it’s not windy for some reason the ducks won’t fly there in a wind some geese but no ducks.

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Location: Anywhere


Comments: In early September, and through to freeze over, when the geese start to travel south, you can find them in almost any field within 10-15 kms of any sizeable body of water. For the real hot spots, find a major flight path, such as the Swift Current to Kindersley corridor. North & south of Regina is also very promising.
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Location: Colonsay


Comments: At any given time, you can see up to 10 separate flocks, each with 50 to 200 birds.
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Location: Davidson


Comments: The big Snows really seem to gather up around Davidson in mid-October.
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Location: Lanigan


Comments: East of town you’ll find flocks of hundreds of Canada’s and Snow Geese. Many Mallards around as well.
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Location: Youngstown


Comments: Get up early in the morning and lie low behind some well set up bales in the fields. Make sure you have a few decoys set up as well. They will land in an occupied field more readily than an empty field. You only need about 6 decoy to convince them to land.
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Location: Wynyard


Comments: There’s lots of natural blinds and bush surrounding the many ponds and small lakes and sloughs. Bring plenty of ammo. Make sure you know your bag limits! You’ll fill ’em.
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Location: Westburne


Comments: Lots of Snow Geese and Canada Geese this morning (Oct 12, 2002).
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Location: Winnipeg


Comments: Just South of Winnipeg, in the many grain fields, the Canada’s come to feed. Daytime and at night they like the many small ponds and man-made lakes in the city then cruise a few miles out to the fields in the morning and evening to feed.
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Location: Saskatoon


Comments: The South Sask and North Sask rivers usually have enough current in late fall to keep them clear of ice through November. This keeps some of the geese around for a late season shoot. This year, 2002, I have seen flock of 10 (many) to 200 (few) all the way up to Dec 1. They don’t range far, no more than a couple of kms from open water.

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Location: Bassano


Comments: For late season Canada Goose, try the area around Bassano, Alberta. The water stays open around the Bosano Dam and several flocks stick around until late December if the the snow cover is light enough so that the geese can still find food.

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Goose Hunting Pictures and Stories from The Campfire

2023-11-05
A few of many geese nocked down over a few days of hunting in Saskatchewan
Sask


2023-11-05
A few more for the pile
Sask


2017-09-18
Out in the prairies of Manitoba learning to call in the ducks and geese.
Westbourne Manitiba


2017-05-02

Manitoba


2017-05-02

Manitoba


2017-05-02

Stanley Goose Camp – Manitoba


2017-05-02

Stanley Goose Camp – Manitoba


2017-05-02

Stanley Goose Camp – Manitoba


2017-05-02

Stanley Goose Camp – Manitoba


2016-11-02

Saskatchewan


2016-11-02
Happy hunters back at camp after knocking down some big Canada Geese.
Saskatchewan


2016-10-07
Knocked this down while hunting with Prairie Rose Outfitters. Great Hunt.
SK


2016-10-07
Our first hunt of Canada Geese and Ducks with Prairie Rose Outfitters.
SK


2016-10-07
Great hunt for Canada Geese with Prairie Rose Outfitters
SK


2016-05-03
Spring snow goose hunting 2016
Quill Lakes, SK


2016-05-03
Spring snow goose hunting 2016
Quill Lakes, SK


2016-05-03
Going hunting with my office assitant
Quill Lakes, SK


2016-01-07
When you find a field like this, you know your spotting is done.
Saskatchewan


2015-09-24
Had a great shoot of Canada’s, Specks, and Snow Geese
Saskatchewan


April 2015
Spring hunting for Snow Geese. Evening hunt. We left our decoys in the field and returned to hunt after a good morning. Not quite as good a shoot as the morning but we did get one banded bird.
SK


2015-05-03
Some more good spring hunting. A limit shoot in the morning.
SK


2015-05-03
Day 3 of spring snow goose hunting.
SK


2015-05-01
Shot a banded snow goose today.
SK


2015-05-01
This is a very nicely coloured blue phase snow goose.
SK


2015-02-18
A pile of birds after a waterfowl hunt
SK


2014-09-15
Another great waterfowl hunt with Prairie Rose Outfitters this morning. In the first 2 hours of the hunt, we averaged shooting a bird every two minutes.
East of Saskatoon


2014-05-16
My girl Koda with a banded snow from a 80 bird hunt in central saskatchewan.
Saskatchewan


2014-05-07
Spring snow goose hunting in SK. Shot about 50 a day.
Lanigan, SK


2014-05-07
Hunting is about the time you spend in the field. Spend it with friends and the kill is less important, even though we did kill 50 snow geese today.
East of Saskatoon


2014-03-10
After a successful waterfowl hunt, still a few thousand birds jumping around the fields.
East of Saskatoon


2013-12-02
If we had 10 hunters with us today, we would have killed 200 birds. We shot our limit of 20 snow geese each in just over an hour. This was one slough of 5 within a couple miles that the birds were jumping between. Each slough had 20,000 to 50,000 snow geese on or around it.
Saskatchewan


2013-10-17
A pre-season hunt with the guides from Prairie Rose Outfitters
Quill Lakes, SK


2013-10-02
Maddux retrieved this snow goose that sailed after being hit. She found it in a slough about 300 yards from the blinds.
Saskatchewan


2013-09-22
The goose hunting dogs with 4 of the 62 birds from this morning.
Saskatchewan


2013-09-22
Picking em up!
Saskatchewan


2013-09-22
Picking em up!
Saskatchewan


2013-09-22
Geese flying at sunrise
Saskatchewan


2013-09-16
Some big Canada Geese that came in low and slow to our decoys.
Saskatchewan


2013-09-10
Snuck up on a slough and popped this Canada goose.
SK


2013-07-03
A flock of snow geese from our spring hunt this year.
Quill Lakes, SK


2013-06-28
A shot during the action, the camera crew of Ducks Unlimited TV films some goose hunting in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan


2013-06-21
Shooting some eagleheads in Spring 2013
Quill Lakes


2012-11-05
3 of us hunting this morning. Best Canada hunt of the year so far…..done by 10:30…. 24 greaters….
Saskatoon, SK


2012-11-02
12-13 pound Canada Geese. We shot a mix of greater and lesser Canada’s. 13 Greater and 12 Lesser for a pretty good morning shoot.
Saskatoon, SK


2012-11-01
This big greater Canada goose was shot while hunting with Prairie Rose Outfitters.
Saskatchewan


2012-06-14
A friend of ours called and said he had spotted a field with 100,000 snow geese. We jumped at the chance and after setting out 1000 snow goose decoys we had a great shoot. This was one of the four snow goose tornadoes of the morning. There were a few small flocks of specks around as well.

Some video from the day

Central Saskatchewan


2012-06-02
This banded snow goose was shot while hunting with Prairie Rose Outfitters.
Near Quill Lakes, SK


2012-06-02
2nd Banded Snow Goose of the week with Prairie Rose Outfitters
Near Quill Lakes, SK


2012-02-23
Over in PEI for an excellent goose hunt
Prince Edward Island


2012-01-09
Waiting in the decoys with our ghillie jackets on.
Saskatchewan


2011-12-04
We shot a bunch of snow geese this day and we also managed to lure in a flock of specks and dropped a few of them.
Central Saskatchewan


2011-11-07
A picture is worth a thousand words, i’ll let it speak for itself
Alberta


2011-10-24
Some nice specks we knocked down this fall.



2011-10-24
Take a close look at the goose on the left in the picture. This is a Quill Lakes Goose. It has a white band across it’s chest and a white stripe down the underside of the neck and white feathers on the leading edge of the wings.
Saskatchewan


2011-10-02
Shot this grater Canada goose while out hunting with Prairie Rose Outfitters. This was part of the limit of Canada geese we shot in just over an hour that morning.
East of Saskatoon


2011-09-01
Me and Maddux (dog) went out for a few opening day shots. Shot one Canada and 4 ducks.
Saskatoon


2011-07-07
This is a picture taken after a Canadian Geese hunt, what a hunt!!
Grimshaw, Alberta


2011-07-04
Jager retrieves a Canada Goose
Vonda, SK


2011-05-01
Hunting spring snow geese with Prairie Rose Outfitters in Saskatchewan. 45 birds on Thursday morning and 60 birds on Friday morning.
Saskatchewan


2011-01-16

TExas


2010-11-06
Calling geese in
Mentone, Indiana


2010-11-06
Getting ready
Mentone, Indiana


2010-11-01
We were hunting snow geese on a cold and foggy morning in late October. The fog was thisck, we couldn’t see the birds until they were within 200 yards.
Esk, SK


2010-10-30
Hunting snow geese in the cold and wind and fog in late October.
Esk, SK


2010-09-29
Jared Brown Group shot 135 birds with Prairie Rose Outfitters, Sept 2010
Quill lakes


2010-09-29
Field Shoot for snow geese with Prairie Rose Outfitters.
Quill Lakes


2010-09-28
Here are some pictures of my sons 1st waterfowl hunt this past Saturday. We set up decoys on a field out near Allan and boy did they come! We ended up shooting 45 geese and 20 ducks between the 3 of us. Needless to say he had a blast! I didn’t mind too much either!
Allan, SK


2010-09-28
Story: Here are some pictures of my sons 1st waterfowl hunt this past Saturday. We set up decoys on a field out near Allan and boy did they come! We ended up shooting 45 geese and 20 ducks between the 3 of us. Needless to say he had a blast! I didn’t mind too much either!
Allan, SK


2010-09-23
My buddy and I, both teenagers, were hunting a public lake in early goose season this year, and happened to get 4 bands out of 9 birds! Couldn’t believe it when my Yello Lab Sage brought them back!



2010-04-25
April Snow Goose Hunting, if we could shoot better, there would be a lot more birds in this picture.
Watson, SK


2010-04-25
Ready for the snow geese
Watson, SK


2010-04-25




2010-03-06

Watson, SK


2010-03-06

Saskatchewan


2010-03-05

Saskatchewan


2010-03-05

Dafoe, SK


2010-03-05

Dafoe, SK


2010-03-05

SK


2010-03-01

Lanigan, SK


2010-01-25

New Brunswick


2009-09-20
It’s nice that Saskatchewan finally allows hunting on Sundays. Went out yesterday morning and dropped a couple of Canada geese by sneaking up on a dugout.
SK


2009-09-21

Near Saskatoon


2009-09-03

Quill Lakes, Saskatchewan


2009-05-06
A few of the 50 birds we knocked down on this hunt.
Watson, SK


2009-05-06
Here’s a handful of 4 snows, 3 of them in blue phase.
Watson, SK


2009-05-06
Brett wrung this one a bit to aggressively and turned a snow goose into a swan.
Watson, SK


2009-05-06
A nice snow and a blue phase snow.
Watson, SK


2009-05-06
We took a few pics before we cleaned all the 50 geese we shot last night and today.
Watson, SK


2009-05-06
We knocked down 50 snow geese between our evening hunt and our morning hunt. If it would have been legal to shoot Ross’s we would have easily had another 10 to 12 birds down. Could have had some canada geese as well.
Watson, SK


2009-04-24
Spring Snow Goose hunting near WAtson. We set out over 500 decoys, mostly wind socks. In the evening shoot and morning shoot we took about 50 snow geese.
Watson, SK


2008-10-25
Pass shooting at first light. We saw about a 100,000 geese this morning. Most were flying too high but these two were just right. should have got the triple.
Quill Lakes, Sk


2008-10-24
Knocked down about 30 Canada geese this afternoon.
Lanigan, SK


October 2007
Snow Goose Hunting near Esk, Saskatchewan. The birds didn’t decoy really well this day but we managed to get about 20 snows and 10 or 12 ducks in the morning.
Esk


Oct 2007
This speck was one of the many we saw this day, but the only one we put down.
North of Jansen, SK


Sep 9 2006
Today we shot 105 birds, a mix of ross geese, snow geese, and eagleheads. The ducks never showed up or we might have had more.
Quill Lakes


Sep 9 2006
Two of the hunters from our 106 bird morning.
Quill Lakes


Sep 9 2006
Father and Son and a pile of snow geese.
Quill Lakes


September 2006
We were hunting in a field just off the Quill Lakes when we shot this video. In total, we shot 105 birds that day. The decoy layout and electronic calls really worked.

click for video Raining Geese
Quill Lakes


Fall 2005
We had just set up our decoys and a flock of 10 to 12 sandhill cranes came for a look. We grabbed our guns and jammed a few shells in just in time. Dave go two on the first pass. We tried calling them back but they veered off at 100 yards and never came back
Dafoe, SK


September 2005
Goose, duck and sandhill crane hunting near Quill Lakes
Quill Lakes, Saskatchewan


September 2005
Goose, duck and sandhill crane hunting near Quill Lakes
Quill Lakes, Saskatchewan


October, 2000
Reg Aupperle Saskatoon, SK October, 2000 Just got back from a morning field shoot with my golden retriever Bones.  We knocked down six big Canada’s but we only came home with 4. The four were adult birds and the largest weighing in at 10.5 pounds a good weight for this time of the year. I had four dozen shell decoys out and was using Super magnum decoy to hide in. I had some big Canada’s land only 20 yards from me so  it was a great morning. I called that flock right in and then missed with my first shot. I am once again not happy with the steel shot but I will have to get used to it. I knocked two more big birds down only to have them get up and fly away when the dog approached them the geese are not even well feathered yet. I am shooting the remington 3″ shells loaded with BB, I thought that it would have the knock down power I guess I was wrong with those two geese the other  three were stone dead. I had to ring one neck. I would like to hear from other people from Saskatchewan that have been out. I know that it is early but any info would be appreciated.
Saskatoon, SK


October, 2000
Reg Aupperle Saskatoon, SK October, 2000 Just got back from a morning field shoot with my golden retriever Bones.  We knocked down six big Canada’s but we only came home with 4. The four were adult birds and the largest weighing in at 10.5 pounds a good weight for this time of the year. I had four dozen shell decoys out and was using Super magnum decoy to hide in. I had some big Canada’s land only 20 yards from me so  it was a great morning. I called that flock right in and then missed with my first shot. I am once again not happy with the steel shot but I will have to get used to it. I knocked two more big birds down only to have them get up and fly away when the dog approached them the geese are not even well feathered yet. I am shooting the remington 3″ shells loaded with BB, I thought that it would have the knock down power I guess I was wrong with those two geese the other  three were stone dead. I had to ring one neck. I would like to hear from other people from Saskatchewan that have been out. I know that it is early but any info would be appreciated.
Saskatoon, SK

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