Photo courtesy of Keith Tidball
Hunting is encouraged for snow geese in New York state with the season extended until April 15, a bag limit of 25 per day, and no possession limit! According the the NYS DEC, there is an overabundance of Snow Geese on the Atlantic Flyway, increasing from about 50,000 birds in the 1960’s to over a million birds in recent years. The overabundance of snow geese is detrimental to fragile habitats. Thousands of geese can be found in Seneca County fields. So, stock up the larder and help with conservation efforts!
You can hunt them up to April 15? Wow.
Thanks for your comment Yeoman. Yes, they really need help getting the number of snow geese down. It is beautiful to see the huge flocks, but quite destructive to their feeding grounds.
We don't see them much here. In fact, they're very rare here. I think I've seen less than half a dozen my entire life.