World Championship Snow Goose Conservation Hunt

The Hunt

Mack’s Prairie Wings and Ducks Unlimited will host a competitive snow goose hunting event open to the entire state of Arkansas on February 2, 2025. Each team will consist of no more than 10 members, with a $1,250 entry fee per team. All geese will be donated to Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry and all proceeds will be donated to Ducks Unlimited and Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry.

The Why

Light geese can be a nuisance to Arkansas farmers. They have become so abundant that in some places they are damaging ecosystems and other wildlife found there. Major actions were undertaken in 1999 to reduce most populations of snow geese and their impacts on the ecosystems. These actions were to enable hunters to contribute to increasing the goose harvest in hopes of reducing the population by implementing special conservation orders outside regular hunting seasons. Managers could conduct direct control efforts in an attempt to reduce populations, but the cost and public concern over these tools make legal hunting the preferred option. Increased hunting opportunity is the first wildlife management tool biologists turn to because it costs very little to implement, and is much more socially accepted - especially when a valuable protein source will be put to good use - than other population control measures. Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry will process and distribute the geese to those in need. Organizations, businesses, and churches of many denominations have joined hunters to transform an abundant light geese population into a renewable food source for the hungry.

Join the Hunt

To join the hunt, please download and SIGN this REGISTRATION FORM

To join the hunt, please download and review the CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
AND please download and SIGN this RELEASE FORM
and email to register@mackspw.com.
Contact: Lauren Baxter at laurenb@mackspw.com