OFFICIAL 2011 HUNTTHENORTH.COM 
SPRING SNOW GOOSE MIGRATION REPORT

Reported that as of March 3, 2011 they have not had what they would consider huntable numbers of snow geese in the area for about 10 – 14 days now. They stated that they have seen a few high flying flocks moving through the area but no major concentrations on the ground for some time now. They feel that the migration has moved through the area for the year now.

Reported that as of March 3, 2011 they currently do not have any snow geese sitting on the refuge. They stated that they still have a few Canada geese and a few ducks hanging around but the snow geese have moved on.

Reported that as of March 28, 2011 that the numbers of snow geese on the refuge dropped down to 2,113 from 92,347 light on the refuge on March 21st. That number was down from 418,000 from their last count on March 17^th. At this point they feel that the main migration has moved through the region for the year.

Reported that as of March 24, 2011 they were only holding about 300 snow geese on the refuge and only a few small scattered flocks left in the region. That number is down from their last count of 1,500 snow geese on March 15^th – 19,500 on March 10^th and 128,000 on March 3^rd. At this point the main migration has pushed through the area for the year.

Reported that as of March 17, 2011 they are holding about 1,000 snow geese in the refuge area and another 3,000 snow geese in the adjacent areas. This number is down from 300,000 snow geese reported on March 3, 2011. They reported that hunter success has been poor this past week and there is no draw to hunt the Grand Pass Conservation Area at this time.

Reported that as of March 24, 2011 that from all reports across the state, most of the snow geese have now moved north through the state. They noted that there are still some smaller flocks of stragglers still moving through the state but no major concentrations have been reported for over a week now.

Reported that as of March 24, 2011 that from all reports across the state, most of the snow geese have now moved north through the state. They noted that there are still some smaller flocks of stragglers still moving through the state but no major concentrations have been reported for over a week now.

Reported that as of March 24, 2011 that although there are still a few small flocks moving up from the south each day, they have not seen any decent sized flocks of snow geese in the area for over a week now. They also noted that they did not see any geese migrating back south from the storm that went through South Dakota earlier in the week. They feel that the migration has passed through the area for the year at this point.

Reported that as of April 21, 2011 although they got about 6 – 7 inches of snow earlier in the week, most of that has already melted off and it did not do much for bringing back any snow geese into the area from the north. They stated that it has been at least a couple weeks now since they have seen any decent numbers of snow geese in the area and although there are still some small scattered, isolated flocks throughout the region there really are not any huntable numbers left that they have had reports of.

Reported that as of April 7, 2011 that they have no snow geese on the refuge at this time and that they have not had any significant numbers of snow geese in the area for a couple weeks now. They feel that at this point the migration is over in their area for the spring.

Reported that as of April 14, 2011 that the majority of the snow geese have now vacated the area. They stated that there have been reports of some smaller late migrating juvenile geese still staging in the Lake Thompson region but for the most part there are very few snow geese left in the southern half of the state now.

Reported that as of April 21, 2011 that although they did get hit with a little bit of the recent winter storm earlier this week, it did not do much as far as pushing any of the snow geese back into the area. They stated that they received about 1 – 2 inches of snow and that is melting quickly and they have not seen much of any snow geese in the area now for over a week.

Reported that as of April 21, 2011 they got about 6 – 8 inches of snow from the storm earlier in the week and with the cooler temps it has taken a few days for that to melt off. They reported that they did not see much of a reverse migration due to the weather though and that most of the snow geese have already migrated north and there are not too many left in the area at this point in time.

Reported that as of April 21, 2011 they are still seeing very good numbers of snow geese in the area. They stated that there are decent sized flocks currently feeding in the Leads / Cando area and the flocks are still pretty big. They also noted many flocks moving east and west feeding in area fields at this point as well. They noted that they did not get hit with the winter storm earlier in the week as it went to the south of them and they don’t have much for snow left in the area besides some drifts in the tree rows now. They also stated that all of the smaller lakes and sloughs are pretty open now although the big lake is still frozen over and the roads are very muddy and tough to get around still.

Reported that as of April 21, 2011 they were holding very good numbers of snow geese last weekend in the area especially around the Yellow Grass region to the NW of Weyburn. They reported that this week the majority of the geese have now continued their migration north and reports are now coming in of huge concentrations of snow geese showing up in the Saskatoon area. They did note that all of the lakes in the area are still frozen over and that to the north there is still a considerable amount of snow left in the fields but they are expecting some rain and warmed temps in the forecast and expect they will be seeing smaller flocks of snow geese migrating through the region over the next couple weeks from the states.

Reported that as of April 21, 2011 they have just started seeing the first flocks of snow geese showing up in the area this past week. They stated that last week at this time there were only a couple of small flocks in the area and this week now they are seeing constant flocks flying over all day. They also reported that although most of the lakes in the area are still frozen over, they could open up any day now and they smaller waters are opening up and they are having some flooding issues in some areas. They also noted that the snow is about 80% melted now and they roads are very wet and tough to get around at this point.

Reported that as of April 21, 2011 they still have cold temps with light snow and ice covering the area. They stated that there are some light geese starting to show up in the SW region of the province now but they have not seen the major migration of geese in the area quite yet. They are hoping for warmer temps next week which will lead to more birds moving into the area.