We went with a guide last year but it cost a fortune. While up there everyone we met said 'why dont you just ask the farmers they see em as vermin, dont pay a guide'.
So like you I fancy a free lance trip. Geese everywhere. Iv also read posts from locals who complain about people just turning up and asking, apparently they are taking the locals shooting. Also heard some stories of groups all turning up to shoot the same field s at the same time, some having paid.
In the farming press iv heard local farmers complaining about goose numbers and saying something more needs to be done. I th