Month: February 2020

2nd Band Of The Year

Posted: February 9, 2020 at 8:23 PM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports
Today was a fair day, birds rolled out of the south but few were too willing to stop. The high field shot 26 with a band. The low field shot 4. Unfortunately, most of the hunters were one-day hunters so they don’t have another day to make up if they were one of the lower … [Read More]

Youth Duck Hunt Today

Posted: February 8, 2020 at 10:25 AM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports
Today is the youth duck hunt. We have the day off but will back in the fields with a vengeance tomorrow. So far this year, the hunting has been like a pretty average snow goose season. An average season is good hunting. In the first seven days of the season, we have an overall average … [Read More]

On The Road

Posted: February 7, 2020 at 10:12 PM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports
Today I drove back home via SW Iowa. I checked out all of our fields. Most are a nice staked cornfield. It will be easy to hide in them. On the way up I did a quick stop in Mound City, MO. There are some snow geese on Squaw Creek. It didn’t look like too … [Read More]

North-South Migration

Posted: February 6, 2020 at 9:46 PM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports
Today was a solid day. There were tons of high flocks of snow geese heading south. There was also a bunch of geese coming out of the south heading north. Everybody saw plenty of birds. The weather today was cold, rainy, with snow flurries. The high field was 32; the bottom two fields shot 4. … [Read More]

Another Rainy Day

Posted: February 5, 2020 at 9:16 PM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports
It rained again today. Those coming in should plan on waders for the short term. One group didn’t hunt, several only hunted for 2 hours, a couple more hunted until noon, and one hunted all day. All-day guys shot 70. Low field shot a 0. There are plenty of birds in the area, but they … [Read More]

Rain Gear

Posted: February 4, 2020 at 6:52 PM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports
Today it rained, as usual, the hunters don’t stay in the field all day. One group got a little creative with their rain gear. Days like this, the birds tend to hit a field and sit all day, waterfowl liking water, go figure. We did have some success, high field shot 22 and the low … [Read More]

Windy Day

Posted: February 3, 2020 at 9:44 PM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports
Today was cloudy and windy. We didn’t see as many birds, but the conditions were different.  Total harvest was 134 snow geese with a high field of 53; the low area was 3. It was the only field in the single digits. It was a short night last night, so I’m going to keep this … [Read More]

Day #2 Pretty Good

Posted: February 2, 2020 at 10:12 PM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports
Today was excellent. This year is entirely different than in 2019. Those of you that were disappointed last spring, well we all were. There is no need to let one of the worst years in my 20-year snow goose guide career define how you judge snow goose hunting. Last year the first five days of … [Read More]

Opening Day

Posted: February 1, 2020 at 9:21 PM in Snow Goose Hunting Reports
Today was an ok start to the season; the high field shot 57 snow geese. The second high field was 15, with the rest in single digits. Our biggest problem was no wind and clouds, once the wind started the flocks shut off. Tomorrow forecast calls for a south wind with warm temps. We should … [Read More]