Month: January 2015

Pictures From Our First Weeks Snow Goose Hunts in Arkansas

Posted: January 31, 2015 at 1:38 PM in Snow Goose Archives Snow Goose Hunting Reports

Its been a very good week. Much different than the cold we had last year. Tons of juvy’s birds. Here is just a few of the pictures. There are many more pictures just like these from this past week. We shot 1140 snow geese in 5 days. We have all the equipment to be successful. … [Read More]

Safety

Posted: January 31, 2015 at 1:26 PM in Snow Goose Archives Snow Goose Hunting Reports

Here is a picture of one of the hunters barrel from yesterday. He had dropped the end of his gun in mud and thought he cleaned it out. I guess not good enough. We take safety as a very important part of our spring snow goose hunts. Please be safe. This could have been much … [Read More]

Arkansas’s first week

Posted: January 31, 2015 at 7:10 AM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports

The first week of hunting was very good. We shot 1140 snows. High field was 102 with many over 50 bird days. Low field was today with only 3 birds shot. For whatever reason the bird only flew around for a little over 2 hours in the morning and maybe 30 minutes tonight. Youth duck … [Read More]

FairBridge Inn & Suites, Meeting Time & Place

Posted: January 31, 2015 at 6:28 AM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports

I have already said the FairBridge is under new ownership. Every group that stayed there this week has complained. I would stay somewhere else if you can find rooms. There is a number of motel within blocks of the FairBridge.

Arkansas – Hunting is above average

Posted: January 29, 2015 at 3:38 AM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports

So far we have shot over 700 birds in 3 days. That is a 47.5 bird average. Lots of Juvy’s. Here is that second high field today.

Arkansas – First two days of snow goose hunting

Posted: January 28, 2015 at 3:50 AM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports

Hunting has been very good so far this spring. Lot of juvy’s. I have not posted any pics yet because we are having internet issue at the new house. Once I have that taken care of I will post some. Yesterday High field was 86 low 13. Today high field is 85 and low field …

Arkansas – Spread are all set

Posted: January 26, 2015 at 3:56 AM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports

We finished set our snow goose decoy spreads and we are ready for open day 2015. We saw very good numbers of snow geese.

Arkansas – Setting Spreads

Posted: January 25, 2015 at 4:39 AM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports

Tomorrow we will set our last 3 spreads. Those of you that are coming in hunting Monday call me on my cell 563-419-3572. I have not decided where we are meeting. We have rented a house instead of staying the motel. There is a very huntable number of snows in the area. We say plenty … [Read More]

Arkansas – FairBridge Inn & Suites

Posted: January 23, 2015 at 12:37 PM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports

The FairBridge Inn & Suites is under new ownership and they are not nearly as friendly as the old. We have had several groups call now that say when they checked there reservations it was not there to when we booked we were told one rate and now they have almost doubled it. We ran … [Read More]

Hoodies and Clothing

Posted: January 23, 2015 at 12:20 PM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports

Because we don’t have a main base like we did in Missouri. We have decided to not bring all of the clothing along with use. If you want hoodies, hats, or shirts call Denise at 563-382-0530 and she will take payment and ship the items to you. It normally only takes a couple days to … [Read More]

Snow Geese in Arkansas

Posted: January 22, 2015 at 7:21 PM in Snow Goose Archives

The snow goose guides are seeing pretty good number of geese in the areas we hunt this morning. One of the farmers texted me saying “they are everywhere today.”

Guides Arrived In Arkansas

Posted: January 22, 2015 at 5:14 AM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports

Our snow goose guides Jim, Billy, and Cory arrived in Arkansas tonight. There was a little bad weather in Iowa which added a couple hours to the trip but all arrived safe and sound. They will start getting ready for the snow goose hunts tomorrow.

Arkansas Lodging Finalized

Posted: January 14, 2015 at 12:39 PM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports

I made a trip to Arkansas last week to make sure we had a place to stay and look at some of the fields we hunt. One of the farmers we lease ground from has a farm house he is renting to us. There is only room for the snow goose guides to stay in … [Read More]

Getting Ready For 2015 Snow Goose Hunts

Posted: January 5, 2015 at 1:42 AM in Snow Goose Archives Snow Goose Hunting Reports

It’s getting close. There are always ton of things to wrap up and loose ends to tie down. Combine that with a bunch of phone calls…that is pretty much the month of January for a snow goose guide. Today I finished wiring the rotary machines and started welding the arms. We have a new adapter … [Read More]