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As reported in "The Record"

New Jersey will have its second annual "light goose" hunt starting next week in hopes of controlling the number of waterfowl that have damaged fields and nesting areas from the Arctic to the Atlantic seaboard.

The number of light geese, which includes snow geese and Ross's geese, has increased to more than 1 million in North America in recent years — twice the ideal population.

Snow-goose hunting was stopped in the eastern part of the United States in 1916 due to low population levels. Hunting was allowed again in 1975 when the population increased.

In 1999, President Bill Clinton signed legislation authorizing 24 Midwestern and Southern states to allow the normally prohibited electronic goose calls and unplugged shotguns, which hold more shells, to be used during goose season. It also allowed all states to extend the goose-hunting season to eliminate as many birds as possible.

In New Jersey, light geese are most abundant near the Delaware Bay tidal marshes and in parts of Mercer and Warren counties.

Hunters can kill an unlimited number of geese during the special hunt that will begin Tuesday through April 10, under a conservation order authorized by the state Division of Fish and Wildlife.

— Scott Fallon

I havnt seen any snows up North here.

New comer to snow goose hunting I live up north in Sussex County does anywhere have information on public/state land that is a good area to get these bastards?

Are you seeing any up there? If you see where their dropping in,worth a shot talking to land owners

I didn't see this thread until now, if anyone is interested for next year. Cumberland and Salem counties have great WMA's for light geese. Especially near the border of the two near the Island nuclear plant.