Snow Goose Hunting, The New Market Hunter

Welcome to the New Era of the Market Hunter!

Though it is not what you originally think when you think of the original market hunters from the early days, there is definitely a market hunter era going on in the United States and Canada. With so many hunting guides and outfitters out there now, more than ever, you can consider this new time period of waterfowl hunting outfitters as the new market hunter era. Waterfowl hunting has increased in popularity over the past 10 years, or even 5 years, which has created a boom in outfitters and guides. With the growing demand for hunters wanting to get out and experience new waterfowl hunting adventures, there are those elite and not so elite waterfowl hunters out there that relish in the opportunity to make money while doing what they love to do, those who just want to make an easy buck, and those who have been in it for as long as they can remember chasing ducks and geese in the fall, winter, and spring. Every year there are more and more waterfowl hunting guides and outfitters chasing the migrations, and social media is flooded with those videos and images of the swaths of harvested ducks and geese from all walks of waterfowl hunting. The time is now, the time is the new market hunter era!

What Is/Was A Market Hunter?

A market hunter originally was a duck hunter who was a hired gun that would harvest ducks and geese in large quantities to fill the market and meet the demand of ducks and geese. Market hunting originated long before we really even know but was more formally brought to light in the late 1800s and early 1900s due specifically to the effect on waterfowl populations from market hunting. 1918 brought about the Migratory Bird Treaty Act that forbids the sale of wild waterfowl. For more information about the history of the Market Hunters, there are some books provided below for purchase that go into great detail about the Market Hunters.

Today's Snow Goose Hunting Market Hunters

Fast-forward to today, and we are sitting in the middle of the snow goose hunting boom, and the new market hunter days are underway. Instead of hunting and selling the waterfowl, the new market hunters utilize the service of taking people out on snow goose hunting adventures. Thanks to the ever-increasing populations of snow geese around North America and the Light Goose Conservation Order, there are more possibilities than ever before to get in on a chance to experience the opportunity to be able to harvest large numbers of snow geese similar to the days of the old market hunters. With no limits in the majority of the flyways for the spring snow goose hunting seasons, the chance to harvest a lot of snow geese is a real possibility. Though the snow geese are very good at adapting to hunting tactics and the adult snow geese can live up to 30 years old, they are getting harder and harder to be able to hunt and harvest mass amounts of snow geese in one day, but that doesn't take away from the fact that most days are still really good hunting wise, and over the span of a few days you could quite literally fill a truck bed or even truck beds full of snow geese. If you have ever thought about snow goose hunting, give it a shot. It can be some of the best waterfowl hunting you can ever be a part of with large numbers of snow geese migrating and decoying; it can be some of the most fun you can ever have chasing ducks and geese.