Getting Ready for the Goose Hunting Early Season

If you plan on hunting goose in the early season yourights to it long before the season starts. You might
should scout in order to find out which zones theconsider helping the owner with some work around
birds prefer to rest in and which areas have thethe place or by dropping a few birds every time you
crucial food sources needed before the seasonleave the area in order to obtain exclusive rights.
begins. If you plan on hunting on water be sure toUnfortunately, some times the only way to do is to
check which of the surroundings wet waters havelease the land. If the price is too high and you can't
water in them and which of these wet areas theafford it the advisable thing to do is to get a few
geese use for resting.friends and secure a lease. If you gather a large
If you are going to hunt on land don't forget tonumber of hunters every year, then we recommend
check the nearby fields in order to find out whata longer-term lease. A few things that you can do in
crops are growing in them. You must keep in mindorder to obtain exclusive rights is to write a leas
that farmers usually rotate their crops, for examplerequest, a few birds as a present or a gift certificate
last year corn, this year beans, rice or wheat thefor dinner for the owners of the land might do the
next year so it is highly recommended to know intrick.
advance which of the fields have the right crops.Once you have obtained exclusive rights to the land
If you plan on hunting geese always remember tobe sure to place " No Hunting " signs if the landowner
choose a feeding area as these locations are veryallows you. In order to maintain a good relationship
populated, remember to ask for permission from thewith the owner, make sure you close all the gates,
landowner so you won't have any unpleasantpick up all the shotgun shells, don't leave any garbage
surprises. If unfortunately the feeding area has beenlaying around. Be sure not to leave blinds or decoys in
already leased to someone else or the owner won'tthe field where they may get damaged by the farm
allow anyone to hunt on his land it is advisable to getequipment or worse, the decoys/blinds might wreck
the nearest available land. The closer the spot is tothe farm equipment and we are certain that you
the feeding area, the better.wouldn't like that to happen.
Due to the fact that goose hunting as well as duckAll in all, make sure you finish all the arrangements
hunting is getting more and more popular, it is gettinglong before the season starts so you won't have any
harder and harder to find an available place to hunt (unpleasant surprises. Take things step by step and
especially for goose ). If you are aware of a goosewe assure you that your hunting days will be both
feeding area we recommend that you secure huntingexciting and fruitful.