We would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas. The last several weekends have been spent working on getting things ready for spring snow goose hunting. The first spring snow goose hunts start January 27, 2014 in Arkansas. I have the entire set of new caller batteries wired. The caller’s sound quality has been checked […]
Year: 2013
Spring Snow Goose Hunts Are Just Around The Corner
This time of the year most people are focused on holiday plans. For a snow goose guides it is a reminder that we had better get the last of the items on the to-do list done because in a month we will running snow goose hunters. Arkansas snow goose hunts kick off January 27, 2014. […]
2013 Fall Snow Goose Reports
In the last two weeks I have been getting a lot of reports from hunters and guides of amazing snow goose hunting in North Dakota this fall. Several have said 50% of the flocks are young birds. This is a great sign for the upcoming 2014 Spring Snow Goose Season. In the next couple week […]
Missouri Duck Hunting
We have been hunting for about a week with good numbers of ducks in the area. Refuge count is 130,900 mallards. Temps have been pretty warm but one of the fields has a little sheet water that we have been hunting. Today it was just Adam and myself. Fun morning 6 drake mallards, 4 teal, […]
USFWS 2013 Snow Goose Status
On July 24, 2013 the USFWS released it 2013 Waterfowl Population Status. The Mid-Continent Population Snow Geese and Ross Geese are the birds we hunt the most but I do like to pay attention to the West Central Population as well because I believe they mix to some extent with the birds we hunt. Below […]
2013 Snow Goose Hatch
We have gotten a number of reports from different sources that the snow goose hatch this summer was above average. This would make it better than last year’s hatch which I honestly thought was not all that bad. There seemed to be plenty of grey birds in the flocks and harvest. The only time there wasn’t was during the […]
Summer Time
It’s hard to believe it is almost the 4th of July. I’m well ahead of schedule this year. All of the gear is ready for the 2014 spring snow goose season. It should be about the time of year when we start hearing snow goose hatch rumors. The 2014 brochures we mail mid-June and many […]
2013 Snow Goose Hunt Recap & Pics
The 2013 spring season was our best total harvest with 5835 snow geese harvested. Among these birds there were 8 leg bands, 1 yellow neck collar, and one double banded bird with a $100 reward. There were also three blue phase Ross geese but only one was a prized mature adult. Arkansas: It was our […]
Missouri Snow Goose Hunts – Cold start today
Temps this morning are pretty cold. The truck said 1 degree when I got into it today. There is a fair number of birds that remained in the area after the snow. The flocks are mostly adults but the restult were not too bad in most fields. High field was 38 and low was 4. […]
Missouri – Snows a melting
The sun was out today and the 3-4 inches of snow we got is beginning to melt. The refuge had around 100k and another roost had another 30k. Guys are seeing plenty of snow geese. At noon the high field had 31 snows and low had 2. Those hunting this weekend should be fine. Forecast […]
Missouri – Hunting Conditions
The hunting conditions in Missouri are not as bad as expected. We have 4 inches of snow so far from the foot plus predicted. The hunters that choose to hunt this weekend are out in the snow goose decoys. Temperatures are looking like they are supposed to hoover at or below freezing for several days. […]
Missouri Snow Goose Hunts – No Snow So Far
We woke up expecting snow but we haven’t gotten any yet. It is suppose to start about 9 am and get real heavy in the afternoon. Yesterday hunting was slow in the morning but the afternoon picked up. High field was 44 and low was 14 on a the full day hunts.
Missouri – Snow Storm, Weekend Snow Goose Hunters
Snow fall predication are still all over the board. They don’t know what is going to happen and neither do I. For those hunting this coming weekend we are planning on hunting our groups but I will give you the option to move to other open dates later if you want to do that. Call […]
Missouri – Thursdays Weather
I know a number of you have been following the snow storm that is headed our way. As usual the weatherman can’t tell us with any certainty what is going to happen. Two days ago they were saying 4 inches of snow…not too bad. Yesterday they were saying 11 inches and now today they have […]
Missouri – Above Average Snow Goose Hunting So Far in 2013
The hunting so far this spring snow goose season has been above average. If you are looking to go on a snow goose hunt this year would be a good one. The fall forecast showed a bust hatch in the main Mid-Continent Flock. There are a lot of juvy geese and they are decoying well. […]
Missouri – Mound City Meeting time
Meet at the clubhouse at 4:30 am. The Squaw Creek Refuge is loaded up. Looks like snow in our future. Radio just said up to 4″ possible. Today we are finished setting fields with our snow goose decoy spread. Monday our hunts begins.
Missouri – Mound City
We have been hunting in both Mound City and Arkansas the last few days. After seeing the refuge count was over a million snows I left Arkansas for Mound City, Missouri. There are a lot of snow geese in the area…lots. Yesterday we shot 69 with a double banded snow that had a $100 reward. […]
Missouri – Squaw Creek Refuge Bird Count
Squaw Creek posted its latest count on their Facebook pages. Over one million snows. That is a lot of birds. I’m going back there tomorrow to start hunting a group in Mound City on Thursday. Arkansas snow goose hunts have been great. Today was 55 and 33 in the two fields. Most of North and […]
Arkansas – Sunday Thunder
Thunderstorms roll through on Sunday. We hunted 4 hours at most. We are not going to hunt when the sky if full of lightning. The two field shot 32 and 14. Both said the birds worked great. Last Friday Squaw Creek NWR was reporting 250,000 birds. Birds have been pushing north all week through Arkansas. […]
Arkansas – Mixed results today
Yesterday we shot 54 and 14 in the two fields. The field that shot 54 had lots of bird come from the north east and saw lots of migrators. The hunters had a half day hunt until noon with 31. Billy and I hunted the afternoon and shot 23 more. The field that shot 14 […]