Month: February 2023

We drove up to Iowa from Arkansas. Aaron blew a tire on his trailer, but the floor jack and impact I carried made short work of the tire change. Billy had a bracket break on one of my trailers. We found someone that can weld that up today. These are some of the many things … [Read More]

Here is another blue ross we shot in Aaron’s field the other day. All of our decoys are pulled and loaded in the trailers. Tomorrow we head north to Iowa. There was a good push of geese today, although they didn’t want to play very well. High field shot 20, and our low field shot … [Read More]

The migration has slammed on the brakes pretty hard the last two days. North wind and clouds aren’t helping the cause. Our best field only managed to get 7, and we got our first zero of the year. There was debate about whether it was a zero since the dog picked up a wing-tipped bird … [Read More]

Today was our first really slow day this year. Our best field was 31, but the rest were in single digits. It has been a good season in Arkansas, but the weather has been weird. Yesterday it was close to, if not 70 degrees. Today was cold with a north wind. Every day is a … [Read More]

We are moving into our last weekend. The number of birds we are seeing is less, but what we see, for the most part, will give us a look. Our high field today shot 24 geese, and the low field shot 3. Nobody saw a large number of geese but more scattered flocks. Every day … [Read More]

Windy in the morning and wet in the afternoon. The wind howled today. All morning long, it blew 30+. In the afternoon, a rainstorm rolled in, and everybody tapped out. It was very heavy, depending on the field you were hunting.  Our high field shot 32 geese. The 31 in the picture and 1 more … [Read More]

Another solid snow goose hunting day. It has been almost the perfect season for us. There are not too many lows or highs but many solid days like today. Our best field was 39, and our lowest field was 18. We pulled Crawfish yesterday, and after much debate last night today, we set it again … [Read More]

There was a push of birds today on the west side and a much smaller push on the east. All in all, a nice day. We pulled crawfish, and we are going to move another spread in the morning. We will see how that turns out. Our high field was 60, and the low field … [Read More]

We are getting to the point in the season when the number of birds we see goes up and down. Believe me when I say there are birds south of us. Brad says he is fielding calls from guys worried that the “internet says all the birds are out of Arkansas,”. Who is the internet? … [Read More]

We had a south wind, but there was not much migration. The fields that had geese feeding near it said they fed all day. I was in a migrator area. We saw a few flocks moving north, but not as many as I expected. Most of the fields shot between 10-20 snows except the high … [Read More]

There was a pretty good north wind. We didn’t see too many birds in most of the fields. High field shot 31. All the fields were between 20-31 except the low field that shot 9. This is more like an average snow goose day. Tomorrow is a south wind. Hopefully, we will see migrators from … [Read More]

There was a lot of lightning this morning. Only one group hunted, and they were able to get into the field at about 9 am. Right away, as they were setting up, three big mobs centered them up, but we were not ready. Once we were ready, they shot seven geese right away. Then not … [Read More]

When Drew call me at the end of the hunt today. I asked him how they did, and he said “it got crazy for a while.” Our best field was 106. That picture was blurry, so I decided to use our low-field picture of 40 snow geese. It was a good day There is supposed … [Read More]

Since I didn’t have hunters today, I ran home to see the wife and kids. I also needed to drop off Gauge to hopefully have him mend up for when we move to Iowa. I’m also picking up the last of the hoodies that hunters have wanted to buy. All we have is XXL 3 … [Read More]

The half-day hunts on Sunday were mostly in the teens. This week we are light without full fields. Three of us guides hunted an open field shooting 78. The best group of guided guys shot 46 (pictured below), and the low field shot 15. There were a lot of geese heading north today. Tomorrow it … [Read More]

An average day in the field. A strong wind out of the north has put the breaks on the number of flocks headed toward Missouri. We saw a handful of flocks migrating north, but nothing like we have seen with the weekday hunters this past week. Our best field was 42, and our low field … [Read More]

The afternoon was better than the morning in my field pictured. By late morning we had only six snows but ended the day with 38. All of the other fields but one was in the 30″s too. Low field shot 13 snow geese. The wind switched to the north. All but the field that shot … [Read More]

Thursday and Sunday are our half-day hunts. The best field shot is 36. The picture is in my field. We shot 32 – 29 in pic & 4 in blind bags for mounting. It was amazing how fast it dried today. It will still be wet for a few days but not terrible overall. I … [Read More]

It poured rain today. A couple of groups didn’t hunt. Those that did all pulled the plug by 10:30. High field shot 15 with the low field shot 1, but they only hunted until about 9. As I’m typing this, it is once again raining. I’m hoping there aren’t any flooded roads in the morning. … [Read More]

It was another solid day. Our best field shot 60 geese, and our lowest field shot 26. I’ll take that any time, any year. The birds were a little more finicky. The weather was cloudy, and almost no wind most of the day. Cloudy days are usually not as good as sunny ones. Tomorrow’s forecast … [Read More]