The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission made a landmark decision Thursday, electing to eliminate the light goose conservation order. Texas is the first state to do so. “It’s a big victory for the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — One day recently, Alex Russo ambled into a field near his home in northeast South Dakota. With him were his son ...

Laying on cold, damp ground is usually a recipe for misery. But in this case I think it was a feature and not a bug. An uncomfortable body would at least be an alert body, alert for the arctic bound ...

Snow geese are one of the most abundant species of waterfowl in the world, with a breeding range extending from Wrangel Island, Russia, across the Arctic coast and islands of northern Alaska and ...

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) take advantage of the winter to build up their fat reserves. Intensive hunting of seals, a resource rich in fat, allows bears to store up enough energy to get through the ...

When you're on a goose hunt, your ears are every bit as important as your eyes. Due to peaks and valleys in the rolling countryside, you often hear flocks long before you ever see them. Lots of things ...

The only snow goose I ever saw growing up was from pictures of the white birds in the Audubon Society encyclopedias my grandparents got me for my birthdays. Heck, in the 1970s around here you didn’t ...

I hunkered down with my dog in heavy brush in a corner of the pond that the geese liked to use as an escape route. From my position I could not see the geese that were gathered at the far end of the ...

In an effort to reduce damage to fragile ecosystems caused by snow geese’s arctic breeding habits, and to reduce the waterfowl’s population in the state, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montana could join other states in allowing hunters to take snow and Ross’s geese in the ...

Local goose hunters will have a shorter season next fall, after the Pennsylvania Game Commission cut 15 days from the 2024-25 hunt. The regular hunt for Canada geese in Pennsylvania’s Atlantic ...