Greater snow-goose hunting at Ile-aux-Grues, Québec

takes place mostly on the sandbanks north of the village.

Greater snow-goose hunting is very well organized, controlled and managed by a co-op society.

Outfitters are assigned blinds for their customers to use. The number of blinds is limited in order to reduce hunting pressure and make sure that customers have a reserved territory far enough from other hunters so nobody disturbs any one.

Hunters use high

and low tide blinds. Tides there can be as high as 22 feet. While you can walk to the high tide blind, going hunting at low tide is quite a long ways. Outfitters will take you to your low tide blind by boat,

Guides will clean the blind for you, have a dog to retrieve the geese , clean the birds and store them for you.

L'ile-aux-Grues is located about 4 miles to the north-east of
Cap-Tourmente, in the middle of the Saint-Lawrence River. Travelling there is simple and confortable,click here. The sandbanks have the same type of food as is found at Cap-Tourmente. Greater snow geese are as numerous there as at Cap-Tourmente. Good hunting conditions prevailing, you may get your limit that is 20 birds a day with a possession limit of 60 birds.

You will also get your chance at ducks. snow-goose outfitters at Ile-aux-Grues all offer their service in American plan.

The picture below shows the village of Ile-aux-Grues looking on the St-Lawrence river towards the north. The tide is going down. When the tide is lowest a very narrow strip of water remains between Ile-aux-Grues in the foreground and Ile-aux-Canots, which is a private property, in the background.

This next picture shows part of the village of Ile-aux-Grues looking eastward. To the right towards the end of the village, the public airport where you can travel with Air Montmagny , serves all year long but specially for the islanders during a few months in the winter. At that time of the year, the ferry does not operate because of the ice on the river. The very far end of the island, l'Isle-aux-Oies, actually another island because at very high tide of about twenty feet and more this land become two different islands. l'Isle-aux-Oies is a private property.

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