Early Goose Season

About Outfitter

Dear Friends, Thank you for taking the time to consider our team for your next waterfowl adventure. Rest assured, you are looking in the right place. Basswood Lodge started in 1997 as a family run business and continues to be today. Everyone on my team is a part of my extended family. We are truly blessed to live this life and we take nothing for granted. I grew up hunting, fishing, and trapping the marshes and rivers of the St. Lawrence River Valley. From a young age my parents taught me the value of a good days work. I have taken this mentality and applied it to everything I have done in life. We own a lot of ground and have exclusive access to the most productive ground that exists here. I expect everyone on my team to have the same work ethic I have. I can promise you no grass grows between our toes while trying to give you the experience you came here to get. I have built a crew of professional waterfowl guides who take every aspect of the business as seriously as I do. Not many outfitters these days have as much skin in the game as we do.

Experience Overview

Our early goose season runs from September 1-September 25. Being located in the heart of the St. Lawrence River Valley, we are home to the best early season Canada Goose hunting in the country. Our region produces thousands of Canada Geese and serves as a staging area for thousands of molt migrators in the early fall. St. Lawrence County is predominantly dairy farms, planting huge tracts of silage corn as well as alfalfa, which creates a buffet for early season geese. Throughout the month, ten's of thousand molt migrator Canada Geese funnel through and stage in our area on their way back to their breeding and wintering grounds. Having been in business for 25 years, we have learned a ton about molt migration patterns and we utilize several different tactics depending on what each day requires. This knowledge and exclusive access to thousands of acres help us to put our clients in the best position possible for success. With a very liberal limit and a surplus of birds, our clients each day have the possibility of experiencing the best Canada Goose hunting of their lives.

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