Illinois goose hunt

[DMurphy]

Anyone know of a good goose outfitter in Illinois, preferrably southern Illinois? Wanting to take my son for something different and we have never before hunted geese. Any info would be appreciated.

 

[Kurts86]

Southern Illinois hasn’t really been a goose hunting destination in a couple of decades. Most of the good goose hunting occurs adjacent to the Chicago suburbs where the geese roost on cooling lakes at night and field feed during the day. The migration just doesn’t go nearly as far south anymore. Rend lake was once the goose capital but it isn’t the case anymore for the majority of the migratory flocks.

 

[DMurphy]

Southern Illinois hasn’t really been a goose hunting destination in a couple of decades. Most of the good goose hunting occurs adjacent to the Chicago suburbs where the geese roost on cooling lakes at night and field feed during the day. The migration just doesn’t go nearly as far south anymore. Rend lake was once the goose capital but it isn’t the case anymore for the majority of the migratory flocks.

Thanks for this. Any places up there you recommend?

 

[Kurts86]

Thanks for this. Any places up there you recommend?

I have zero ideas, I’ve never done a guided hunt.

I just spent 2010-2018 banging my head against a wall trying to freelance ducks in Illinois.

 

[JBrew]

Not Illinois, but I'd look up Mitch Hughes in Maryland if I wanted a guided goose hunt in the Eastern US. Prairie Rock Outfitters in Nebraska would also be a great choice.

 

[yfarm]

Check NW (Mound City)Missouri for winter snow goose hunting. Used to have incredible snow goose hunting sw of Houston but lots of those birds remain in Missouri and Kansas now.

Light Goose Conservation Order

mdc.mo.gov

 

[DMurphy]

Check NW (Mound City)Missouri for winter snow goose hunting. Used to have incredible snow goose hunting sw of Houston but lots of those birds remain in Missouri and Kansas now.

Light Goose Conservation Order

mdc.mo.gov

Thank you for this. I will check them out.

 

[Smallie]

Mound City is now the snow goose capital I believe. If you’ve never hunted any geese before take a guide to go shoot snows somewhere instead of shooting Canadas. You can always shoot Canada geese in the Midwest with a couple floaters sitting on a small pond but snows require a ton of decoys and a lot more money. And for the same price guided for either hunt you will get more bang for your buck hunting snows. No limits in the conservation season compared to your usual 2 to 3 Canadas per day it’s a no brainer. Plus you get to see literally a million birds in a couple days so regardless if they are going to come into shooting distance it’s pretty incredible to watch those big spins

 

[DMurphy]

Mound City is now the snow goose capital I believe. If you’ve never hunted any geese before take a guide to go shoot snows somewhere instead of shooting Canadas. You can always shoot Canada geese in the Midwest with a couple floaters sitting on a small pond but snows require a ton of decoys and a lot more money. And for the same price guided for either hunt you will get more bang for your buck hunting snows. No limits in the conservation season compared to your usual 2 to 3 Canadas per day it’s a no brainer. Plus you get to see literally a million birds in a couple days so regardless if they are going to come into shooting distance it’s pretty incredible to watch those big spins

Right on. Thank you!

 

[KurtR]

Right on. Thank you!

If you go the snow goose route vet your guide lots of fly by nights down there. Nothing beats a spin of 10000 snows maple leading down on you