How to Use snow goose in a Sentence

snow goose

noun
  • The legs and thighs on snow geese are meaty, and when braised are excellent tablefare.
    — Brad Fenson, Outdoor Life, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Second, the spring snow goose season is not a hunting season at all.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The body is dark like a Canadas, while the head and bill are more closely aligned with snow goose characteristics.
    — Ryan Chelius, Outdoor Life, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Here’s a recipe for waterfowl hunters who aren’t sure how to cook all of the Canada and snow goose breast meat in their freezer.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Take it from two casual snow goose hunters who like chasing white geese for a couple days each year—a little snow goose hunting goes a long way.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Lesser snow goose numbers have increased massively over the past few decades as humans have converted forests to farms.
    — Joshua Learn | Inside Science, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Hunting - Guide Scott Clary reported a 60-plus snow goose shoot over green fields.
    — Bink Grimes, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Even during the regular waterfowl seasons, hunters have doubtless seen a lone snow goose or white-fronted goose alone in a field.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Hunting - Guide Scott Clary said a low ceiling helped decoying action for snow geese.
    — Bink Grimes, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Streams cross it without passports, as do snow geese and caribou, flowing forever between winter and summer ranges.
    — Michael Engelhard, Alaska Dispatch News, 9 Sep. 2017
  • There is also a greater snow goose population of around 1 million birds in the Atlantic Flyway.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2020
  • In a month or so, busloads of tourists will park along the lake, many having flown in specially from Asia, to see tens of thousands of snow geese on their route north to their breeding grounds.
    — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Four snow geese were seized and citations for hunting from a public road, discharging a firearm from a public road, and warnings for hunting waterfowl from a vehicle were issued.
    — Community Report, Houston Chronicle, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Sarah Trent traveled to the western Arctic with biologists tracking a newfound snow goose explosion to prevent the same outcome there.
    — Quanta Magazine, 15 Dec. 2025
  • One approach to this problem is to implement snow goose harvesting programs—not only through a spring hunt in the south, but also by encouraging egg collection and harvesting of adults in the north at their breeding ground.
    — Devi Lockwood, Wired, 21 Sep. 2021
  • LeTourneaux's research focuses on how changes in hunting regulations have affected snow goose populations.
    — Joshua Learn | Inside Science, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Though modern layouts are much more comfortable and offer more concealment, this old-school method is still plenty useful (and less cumbersome) in certain situations, like snow goose hunting and public hunts from the levee.
    — Joseph Albanese, Outdoor Life, 26 May 2020
  • Along the way, visitors may spot signs of the sanctuary’s most visible resident, the beaver, from impressive dams to cleverly constructed dens and lodges, as well as birds such as the snow goose, lapland longspur, and chimney swift.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The mid-continent snow goose population is estimated at 15 to 20 million birds (some biologists think that’s conservative).
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2020
  • And seabirds that migrate between these countries and North America face intense environmental challenges, and many of these birds – including the royal tern, snow goose and blackburnian warbler are featured among these images.
    — New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2025

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