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]

For most of the day, the transition from the motel to the house went pretty smoothly. Late afternoon things started to pile up. We worked through it. WE ARE READY for tomorrow’s opening day. Good luck to all you snow goose hunters. There were a few migrating flocks of geese that flew over the house today … [Read More]

Tomorrow in a.m. we will pack up at the motel and move into the house..YES! So far this year has been going really smoothly. Birds are in the area, it should be a good start to the season. Two of the guide drove to Mack’s this afternoon. They said they saw a ton of snows … [Read More]

I have been told by Brad and Denise, via hunters calls that we have been lacking in my posts this year. Sorry guys, it has been a crazy busy month. I did make one post a few days ago when Jimmy arrived but there was some sort of glitch and it didn’t go to Facebook. … [Read More]

The 2019 snow goose season can be described in many ways – awful, lousy, poor, and rough all come to mind. My favorite description and the one I feel is the most accurate is rare. It’s rare that we have a season this bad. In nineteen years of guiding hunters, we have only had two … [Read More]

It started raining today at about 9:30 am. One group left when it started raining shooting 3. The other group lasted until early afternoon shooting 5. One of the guides drove around looking to see what was in the area. He saw plenty in the area but most are in the Missouri River bottom roosting … [Read More]

Today we saw more honkers than snows migrating north. There were also a few Speck and Sandhill Cranes. High field shot 13 white geese. One snow and 12 ross geese. Tomorrow looks like we have some rain in the forecast.  

There was a bird change in the number of birds today. One group hunted all day. They were rewarded for the persistence with 16 birds. They didn’t see a ton of bird but what that saw showed interest. For the last several days we saw mobs upon mobs of birds pay us no attention. I … [Read More]

Thousands upon thousands of birds where over the decoy spreads. There was a big push north. This morning they didn’t pay us very much attention. This afternoon there was a few that cooperated. We are starting to see some Ross geese. 

We decoy a sheepdog today. Although we saw thousands of birds pushing north the dog was about the only thing that thought the decoys looked interesting. He laid there for a while hanging out. Then he when he decided he had enough he walked back home. Saw lots of birds pushing north today but it … [Read More]

Today it rained most of the day. There is a lot of water in low lying areas from the rain and melting snow. Several of the towns near the Missouri River in danger of flooding. Unlike in Arkansas, we have high and dry on rolling hilltops. Tomorrow our first group hits the field. The wind … [Read More]

How do you get windsocks in the ground when it’s frozen? The answer: 18-volt cordless drill, a long masonry bit, & lots of batteries, &  rain gear today! All of the decoys are in the ground. Today it rained pretty hard but that didn’t slow us down. Later in the afternoon, a thick fog moved … [Read More]

The first of several spreads was set yesterday. There is a little snow on the ground. Most will be gone by Wednesday when the temps near 60 degrees. Rain is in the forecast for 3 days but after that is looks like a very good forecast for us. We saw a small number of snow … [Read More]

It looks like we will get a change in the weather. For once it is for the good. Temps have been revised up. We resume hunts Friday the 15th. Looks like the weather will be treating us good. There is a ton of snow goose in central MO and IL. These birds should be moving … [Read More]

Here is the last decoy to come out of the ground in Arkansas. We are all packed up to move north. While doing that we noticed that one of the trailers had two tires that were bald. Upon further investigation, we found that the leaf spring was broke on one side. Jim will hang out … [Read More]

One group from Iowa came to Arkansas. Today is their second. They had a decent hunt, 19 birds. The guides hunted another field until 11 am. We then pulled that rig for the eventual move to Iowa. The guides shot 11. All of the birds in the field the guides hunted were ross geese. The … [Read More]