An overpopulation of snow geese has lead to relaxed hunting seasons. (Wikipedia photo)
February 10, 2014
By Jim Shepherd, The Outdoor Wire
Arkansas, like the entire southern flyway, has a goose problem. Barring something unforeseen, the problem's going to get worse before it gets better.
Light geese (snow, blue and Ross's geese) have become so plentiful, they're devastating the entire Atlantic flyway -- as well as their own nesting grounds in the arctic tundra.
The devastation along the flyway is so bad that flyway states from North Dakota to Texas have issued Conservation Orders designed to encourage waterfowlers to help reduce the massive flocks.
Last week, I was invited along on one of those hunts near Casscoe, Ark.
Even as I arrived, it was obvious the geese were making an impact on the...