What are the best ways to hunt snow geese during the late winter season?
As in the fall, hunters shoot geese by pass shooting, following feeding flocks and by decoying. Decoying is by far the most consistent producer. The best days are usually during warm fronts (south wind) when birds are migrating. On those days hunters can be successful in nearly any harvested cornfield on the Missouri River flood plain or within a few miles of the East and West Nishnabotna Rivers. Many flocks pass through on those warm front days so hunters have many opportunities to try to call birds to within shooting range. During cold fronts (north wind) very few birds will be migrating. On those days it is more important to be hunting closer to the Riverton or Forney Lake refuges. Shooting activity will most likely be limited to trying the work the refuge oriented birds when they fly out to feed each morning and afternoon. Success is usually lessened during cold fronts because hunters have fewer opportunities to work flocks of geese and the size of the flocks is usually much larger
