SPRING SNOWS

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SNOW GEESE ARE HEADED TO NEW YORK. HERE’S HOW TO GREET THEIR ARRIVAL.

By Rick Bach

Biologists estimate that the current snow goose pop-ulation in North America is somewhere between 10 million and 20 million birds—more than twice as many as the estimated 7 million Canada geese on the continent. Every spring, thousands of these birds fly through New York’s airspace as they mi-grate from their wintering grounds in Delaware and Maryland back to their Arctic tundra breeding grounds where they’ll spend the summer. As they fly overhead, they provide an incredible opportunity for hunters to have amazing days in the field. SHIFTING MIGRATIONS Joe Austin, owner of D.O.A. Outfitters (doaoutfitters.com), started hunting snow geese when he was 24 years old. Now 70, he has accumulated almost 50 years of experience. Austin says he’ll typically start seeing big flocks of snows move through New York in early March. “I…

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