Geese at Your Feet Outfitters

Geese at Your Feet Outfitters hunts waterfowl across south central Pennsylvania near Harrisburg. Justin Stewart, the owner, runs the operation with one core principle: scout every single day of the season and put hunters where the birds actually are.

The work starts long before the 3 AM wakeup—setting spreads, brushing blinds, pulling decoys, and reading bird movement. That's the difference between being in the right spot and hoping for birds to show.

Pennsylvania sits on one of the best waterfowl corridors in North America. The state hosts:

• •290,000+ resident geese year-round
• •Up to 1.1 million migrating geese November through March
• •Hundreds of thousands of snow geese during spring migration (mid-February to late March)
• •Prime duck habitat on the Susquehanna River, backwater ponds, creeks, and harvested fields

In 2008 and 2009, Pennsylvania led North America in Canada goose harvest—over 231,000 birds in a single year.

Primary method: layout blinds and panel blinds in cut corn, wheat, soybean, and hay fields. Secondary options include water blinds on ponds, creeks, and rivers depending on daily bird activity.

Rates: - Full day: $300/gun - Half day: $200/gun

Pennsylvania Season Overview: - Resident Population Zone (RP): Sept 1-25 (8-goose limit), Oct 28-Nov 24, Dec 11-Jan 20, Feb 2-24 (5-goose limit) - Atlantic Population Zone (AP): Sept 1-25 (8-goose limit), Nov 18-24, Dec 7-Jan 20 (3-goose limit)

"We scout every day, and we will do our absolute best to put you on the X. Come hunt some of the best counties in the continent for Canada Geese."

Tens of thousands of snow geese pour through Pennsylvania on their return north. What makes this hunting different: being inside a tornado of thousands of white birds is "indescribable," according to the outfitter.

Snow goose hunting requires serious effort and setup, but Geese at Your Feet has the guides, equipment, and knowledge to make it happen.

Rates: - Full day: $250/gun - Minimum 2 gunners (single hunters added to existing parties)

Timing: Mid-February through mid-March (adjusts with bird arrival)

Daily limit: 25 snow geese

Two categories:

Geese at Your Feet specializes in trophy wood duck hunting with a 90%+ success rate for daily limits in early October. The outfitter offers:

• •Half-day hunts over decoys ($200/gun)
• •Full-day float/decoy combo ($300/gun for single gunners)
• •Daily bag limit: 3 wood ducks (bonus encounters with teal, mallards, and blacks give chances at full 6-duck limits)

Hunt mallards, black ducks, gadwalls, pintails, wigeon, teal, and wood ducks from October through January. Late season emphasizes puddle ducks.

Diving duck hunts on big water include buffleheads, ring neck ducks, bluebills, goldeneye, redheads, long-tailed ducks, and canvasbacks.

Hunting Setup Options: - Secluded backwater ponds - Susquehanna River big water hunts - Permanent and temporary blinds - Boat blinds - Layout blinds - Natural vegetation and stools

Rates: - Full day: $300/gun - Half day: $200/gun - Limit: 4 gunners per party - Special rates available for same-day water/field combo hunts

Pennsylvania Duck Season (2023-24): - North Zone: Oct 7-21, Nov 14-Jan 6 - South Zone: Oct 7-14, Nov 21-Jan 20 - Northwest Zone: Oct 7-Dec 2, Dec 26-Jan 6 - Lake Erie Zone: Nov 6-Jan 13

Daily bag: 6 ducks (18 in possession) with specific restrictions on mallards, black ducks, wood ducks, redheads, canvasbacks, pintails, and sea ducks.

Phone: 717.579.8261

Online: Fill out booking form on website with preferred dates and hunt type

Deposit: 50% non-refundable deposit required to officially confirm dates

Geese at Your Feet Outfitters has operated since 2009 and hunts the entire southeastern corner of Pennsylvania from their base in south central Pennsylvania near Harrisburg.