WARE, Ill. David Sandidge and Bud Dietsch beat the odds and succeeded in their wild goose chase Wednesday. The two goose hunters from central Illinois were among only five who came away with a Canada ...

It’s no secret that decoying geese is a thrill. They are big birds and noisy in the air. Seeing geese close in on the spread and hearing them get louder as they come into range makes any waterfowler’s ...

I didn’t use any goose calls when I killed my first Canada goose in 1979. No decoys either. Just me, an inexperienced 15-year-old, hiding in my grandfather’s cornfield with my Pop’s ’66 Mossberg M500 ...

I’ve never been overly fond of hot weather. It’s this love for cooler temps that drives my passion for water fowling even after Old Man Winter gets his hands on the Midwest. I used to get excited, ...

Salt Plains Refuge -- Still the best waterfowl hunting area in state, with 17,600 ducks, including 8,700 mallards, and smaller numbers of all flyway species. Goose hunting prospects best so far of ...

RIDGEFIELD — On Aug. 2, Abrams Park in Ridgefield was filled with the reverberating sound of calling ducks and geese. However, these were not birds, but hunters from four states that were competing in ...

In hunting, as in real estate and business, location is extremely important to success. In the 15 years I've had Jerry Solsrud of Oconomowoc as a Canada goose hunting partner, I've never lost a minute ...