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Ralph Loos: Illinois hunters have mixed opinions on timing of spring light goose season

When asked about their participation in the spring light goose season, 10.4% felt it was “the most enjoyable hunting” they do while 9.6% indicated they “would not miss it were it discontinued.” (File photo by Gretchen Steele)

I spent a few days in late January at my family’s farm in Perry County, Ill., where I once again found several 40-acre corn stubble fields filled with snow geese.
Flocks made up of thousands of birds were rotating in and out of stalks, occasionally taking flight over surrounding coal mine land and water-filled strip pits dotting the area. There was no reason for me to be surprised – light geese have been wintering on fields there for decades.

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