Snow Goose Decoy Spreads

by Nick Roehl Snow goose hunting has been a love/hate relationship with me. Growing up in North Dakota we are invaded by these white devils each spring and fall. As a young hunter, I always marveled at the sheer numbers of snow geese that seemed like an endless string of white and blue specks from [...]

Fine Tuning Your Goose Decoy Spread

With Jason Mitchell The formation of the decoy spread and how the pocket is positioned contributes tremendously to how birds approach and drop into the spread.  Hunters as a rule worry about or place a heavy emphasis on many details that aren’t nearly as important as the shape and size of the landing spot which [...]

Customizing Your Shotgun

By Chase Moore In today’s world you can customize just about anything to personal preference and reap the benefits of increased functionality, reliability, precision, fit, and appearance. Every waterfowler knows this to be the case as waterfowl hunting has become no exception for the folks who desire to have the latest and greatest. It is [...]

Spring Goose Hunting Checklist

E-Call The spring snow goose season in North America is legal through a Conservation Order. This order allows hunters to use electronic calls to help them fool lesser snow geese. I have been hunting snow geese for eight years in the spring and I am convinced that an electronic call is a must for decoying [...]

Calculated Shotgun Shell Pellet Count

The pellet count in shotgun shells is useful information for hunters and reloaders. Sometimes manufacturers’ shot counts are hard to find. People commonly post on the DHC Shotshell, Reloading, Ballistics, and Choke Forum requesting pellet counts for various loadings. For my own use, I assembled the following tables which give the calculated pellet counts for [...]

What Snow Goose Decoys Should I Buy?

By Chris Hustad Getting snow geese feet down into your decoy spread is easier said then done I think snow goose hunters spend the most money out of all species of waterfowl hunters (excluding what some duck hunters pay for their boat/accessories). It seems that no matter how many decoys one owns, it’s never enough. [...]

Learning Goose Call Tuning

By Chad Haabala With some patience and know-how, you can learn to tune a goose call the way you prefer Ahhh Spring time. It’s wonderful isn’t it? The birds are coming back, the kids are able to play in the yard again without getting frostbitten, Gramps can finally get back on that lawn mower that’s [...]

Lanyard Instructions

By Erik Laing As waterfowlers, we are often the do-it-yourself types. After all, when it really counts our equipment needs to simply enough, work. It’s important when you’re trying to trick the wariest of opponents, protect us from Mother Nature, and keep us comfortable. It’s no wonder why most people don’t make or maintain a [...]

Duck Hunting Videos – Goose Hunting Video

Produced by Chris Hustad of DuckHuntingChat.com We’re going to soon launch an interactive waterfowl hunting video portion of the website, to give you an introduction of some of our videos – see those listed below. New Goose Hunting Video A snow goose hunting video showing some up close action in Saskatchewan. New Duck Hunting Video [...]

Canada Goose Hunting Tips

By Chad Haabala Each evening when I watch the sun sink down into Montana, I put another X on the calender and tally the number of days left. Not the number of days until my birthday, and no, not the number of days until Christmas, it’s something even better than that. I’m talking about early [...]

GPS and Hunting – A Primer Course

By Erik Laing (kiskadinna) Every year, without fail, there is a new gadget that comes along – designed to improve the lives of duck hunters. But in reality, many quickly fade in popularity because they just aren’t useful. However, every once in a while something comes along that truly does make our lives easier as [...]

Shotgun Shell Ballistics & Penetration

By Marvin McDonald ( J J Mac ) I have investigated the effect of shot size and velocity on penetration in waterfowl. I decided to publish the results because others might be interested as well. The recommendation most commonly encountered in the DHC Forums for adequate penetration for clean kills with steel shot is a [...]

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