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 […]
Arkansas – Slower day…not really
Today we shot 41 & 36 snow geese in the two fields. Another good day in the field hunting snow geese.
Arkansas – Another good day
We hunted two fields today. Jim’s guys shot 18 on a half day snow goose hunt. Billy’s and my guys shot 64 on a full day. Arkansas continues to be good snow goose hunting.
Arkansas – Second Day in Arkansas
The second day in Arkansas our guide Jim took 3 hunters who have never snow goose hunted before and they shot 119 birds with one band. They hunted the same field as we hunted the day before. It has been pretty good snow goose hunting down here so far this year. Those coming in to […]
Arkansas Snow Goose Hunting
The first day of Arkansas is in the books and it was a good day. Although there was low wind and rain most of the day we still ended the day with a very respectable number of birds. If you are looking for an area that has lower hunting pressure and a lot of birds […]
First Day of Arkansas
The first day of our AR hunts was above average. We ended the day with 34. Conditions were low wind and rain. Majority of the birds were juvy’s. Good sign.
Meeting time
The meeting time for Monday is 4:45 am outside of room 211.
Guides Motel
The guides staying at the Days Inn & Suites – Truman 400 Commerce Dr Trumann, AR 72472. This is the same motel we will be leaving from in the mornings for the hunt. Hunters should make a reservation here…870-483-8383. Price is $65 plus tax for a double room. We are in rooms 211 & 212. […]
Lodging for those hunting Feb 4-7
Days Inn Trumann 400 Commerce Dr, Trumann, AR (870) 483-8383 This is where we are going to have our hunters stay for the Feb 4-7 hunts. It is a nice newer motel and located about half way between the fields we have lined up. I still don’t know if this is where we are going […]