Snow Goose Hunting Reports

The solid hunting continues. This year is likely going to be the best year in the 18 years of guiding snow goose hunts. The hatch was great. The weather although wet has been pretty good. If you get guys in the field that are good shots and the right birds fly over it is awesome. … [Read More]

Very good day in the snow goose spreads today. There was fog in the morning that helped but even after the fog burned off the hunting was solid. The afternoon was about as good as the morning in most of the fields. The high field was 127 and the low field was 8. The field … [Read More]

Oh, boy did it rain this morning. It flat out poured rain. I’m not sure of the total but one of the guides has a tub on his quad and it had 2-3 inches of water in it at 8 am. It rained until around 11. Most of the groups went to the field, got wet, got … [Read More]

Today we shot our 3rd blue phase ross of the year. It rained pretty hard this morning. Some of the groups waited for the rain to quit at a local restaurant. Some in the truck but everybody hunted most of the day. Success was an average of 23.5 snows per field. High field shot 53 … [Read More]

The snow geese moved in mass today. A strong wind out of the south made for a massive push north. We were kind of expecting to see something like this at some point since we felt the migration was behind other years at this point. Midday the bird stopped pushing. Hunting today was exceptional. The … [Read More]

With a change in the temps, we also saw a change in hunting success. It warmed up nicely with a south wind. That usually means birds are moving north. They did and we had a solid day. The high field was 53 birds (guys had a subliminal message for their sweeties they left at home) … [Read More]

We need to get some birds migrating. The birds we have in the area have been here a while and are getting tough to hunt. High field shot 41 and second high shot 34. All the other fields ranged from 0-8. Tomorrow and Thursday are going to have a warm-up with a strong south wind. … [Read More]

Snow goose hunting success is based on 3 things. Weather Shooting Hatch If you don’t have #1, the other two don’t matter. Such is the case today. Cold temps have stalled the migration and pushed birds back south. Our fields saw birds for a very short period of time and most had no intention of … [Read More]

I’ve met the groups this morning and now I’m heading north to finalize a few things for our Iowa hunting. I plan on only being up there a few days but if it turns out to be longer those coming in to hunt in the next week will be contacted by your guide the night … [Read More]

This morning we woke to a little coating of ice. It really wasn’t that much but one group decided not to hunt. It is really not that bad as long as you bring waders. If you have them you won’t get wet. If you don’t you will be wet almost immediately. All but one field … [Read More]

We got a lot of rain last night. Check out the video Gerald posted on his way to the field this morning. It’s wet, bring waders. It’s not going to dry for a few days. The good thing about Arkansas is most fields are leveled to drain. With some sun and wind, they dry fast. … [Read More]

Today was the first warm full day with a south wind. The snow geese started pushing north yesterday afternoon and continued to push all day today.  Hunting was really solid today. Nothing huge with a high field of 41 and a low field of 14. Average for today was 30 birds/field. Solid day of hunting … [Read More]

People from Louisiana love to hunt and love to eat. This is on the menu for the guides tonight. Today the morning was slow with no wind. The afternoon the wind picked up and switched to the south and the birds began to roll north. The high field was 46 and the low field was … [Read More]

Even though the day started with everything iced up it ended ok. Several groups only hunted a portion of the day. A few stuck it out all day and got birds because of it. The high field was 33 birds, the low field was 3.  The average was 17 birds today which is not bad. … [Read More]

Here is the banded snow we shot on Sunday. It is the only band this year with a crazy number of birds harvested. We can confidently say that we have shot over 80% juvy’s so far this spring season.  We feel this is going to be one of those years that’s talked about for some time. … [Read More]

  Today was cold. It was very apparent that some of the birds pushed south with the cold. The large numbers of juvy’s we have been wearing out were replaced by fewer flocks of mostly adults. Rather than being smaller feeds here and there we are now seeing massive feeds in just a few spots. … [Read More]

February 5 was likely the coldest day of our snow goose season. It was 20 degrees at shooting time. We have certainly hunted in a lot colder but not this year. Things went fairly normal for a cold day. Snow geese from the north migrating back south was most of the early morning then it … [Read More]

Today started with fog and no wind. The forecast was for an NW wind however it was out of the SW or W most of the morning depending on which field the guides were in. Today’s high temp got to 56 degrees and we were peeling off clothes only to have a front blow through late … [Read More]

Today is youth duck hunting. So far this morning the guides are sitting around drinking coffee and telling stories. After 18 years of guiding we have some favorites that we like to tell often. One of the first years I started guiding hunters an older guy told me I should keep a journal of all … [Read More]

Cold start to the morning. One group didn’t hunt. Two others only hunted a part of the day. Birds rolled out of the north with the cold weather. In the morning they didn’t want to play ball but in the afternoon they became more cooperative. The high field was 50 with a 24 bird/field average. … [Read More]