Snow Goose Hunting Reports

Today we down sized the number of fields we had set. We are down to only 2 groups of hunters this week. We have pulled all but 3 of our spreads. All the gear has been gone through and loaded into the trailer ready for 2018. The two fields shot 37 & 35 snow geese. … [Read More]

For the second year in a row right at the end of season we managed to kill a Blue Phase Ross goose. The hunting was solid high field shot 43 and low was 12. Most were in the upper 20 or low 30’s. Average was 26 snow geese. Everyone had good shooting. The day started … [Read More]

As we woke this morning we could hear the rain coming down at a good clip. Fortunately, it only lasted until about shooting time. The day remained overcast. Sunny days are usually better than cloudy. Even so the day turned out to be good. High field shot 41 and low field was 6. Average was … [Read More]

After 4 or 5 days of slower hunting today things turned around. It was our second best total harvest day of the year so far on our Arkansas snow goose hunts. A strong south wind pushed new birds up from down south. At day break the air was full of birds. The afternoon slowed down … [Read More]

South winds made a difference today. Birds started rolling out of the south on a regular pace until early afternoon. Most were on a mission to head farther north but a few gave us a look. Most of the fields were in the teen’s. We got our third banded snow goose for the year. Arkansas … [Read More]

3 There was a slight improvement in the hunting yesterday. High field shot 19 low was 1. There was a couple others in the teen’s as well. The groups that are hunting right now hit the longest slow period of our season. Several of them hunted last year when hunting was awesome. It all averages … [Read More]

Today it has pretty much rained all day. Sometimes rather hard. High field is 15 snow geese. Several groups didn’t hunt and others only hunted for a short time. They shot little or nothing in conditions not great for snow goose hunting. We have been getting a lot of calls about bird numbers. There is … [Read More]

There is no doubt we are in a valley right now. Although there are scattered flocks most of what is here has been beat up over the last several days. High field shot 19, all the others were in single digits with one zero. Slow hunting really but on the bright side starting Thursday and … [Read More]

We are picking up a few more snow geese in the area. Not a ton of them but when drive around there is a few smaller sized bunch here and there that were not in the area over the last week. The hope is that migrators following them will join their buddies and our number … [Read More]

The day started out cloudy and windy. Eventually mid-day the clouds broke to a very warm 76-degree day. It is crazy how warm this year has been. This is the third year in a row where the weather is awfully warm. We will pay for this eventually as things always average out over time. As … [Read More]

The wind switched back out of the south with huge gusts making shooting more difficult. You had one good crack at them, once the snow geese caught the wind they bugged out fast. With 30+ mph gusts we couldn’t run the rotary machines and we kept the flyers in the low position. Bright moon tonight … [Read More]

  Today was the first slow day in a week. Many of the hunters had good shoots earlier in the week and long drives home so they left very early in the hunt resulting in very few being shot. High field was 22 snow geese. There was some snow north of us yesterday and the … [Read More]

  Our string of good days continued. In nine days of hunting we have shot over 1500 snow geese with an average of 22 birds per field per day. There are lots of juvy’s this year. It will be interesting to see how the tail end of the migration plays out it could be a … [Read More]

Feb 7 started out with thunderstorms. It is far too dangerous to hunt in lightning so the guys set it out their trucks until it quit about 8 am. The light show was worth the price of admission. Once the storm stops the birds usually fly and decoy. Today was no exception to that rule. … [Read More]

Today was a little better than Sunday. It was foggy in the morning. At maximum, you could see ½ mile most of the morning. The problem with that is although the geese can’t see as well it is also harder for them to find your decoys on our migrator spreads. They usually migrate above the fog. … [Read More]

Today was a little better than Thursday and Friday. High field was 30. Some fields saw more birds than others. Today there was some activity in the afternoon. Overall the day was on the low side of average. Several fields in the teens and twenties but also several in the single digits. Looks like the … [Read More]

Meeting time is still 4:30 am. Any questions call me 563-419-3572. Today was the last day of the Arkansas youth duck hunt. We spent the day moving decoy and blinds. There was several flocks of geese headed south with the colder weather. All the water in the area had ice on it here so I … [Read More]

Today was another slower day. We very few staged birds in the area and they are being chased by a couple groups of hunters. The coming week looks good except for the thunderstorms in the forecast on Monday /Tuesday. Some are supposed to be strong. We don’t hunt in lightening so we will see how … [Read More]

The weather changed today. It has been warm and sunny all week until today. The morning started with a short rain shower then remained cool, cloudy, and windy the rest of the day. Our guides saw nothing coming from the south and only a few high flocks coming from the north. All and all nobody … [Read More]

100th Snow Goose For The Trip! Feb 1 was another very good day. We had several above average fields but there was one slow field that shot only 6. For whatever reason the birds were sliding off on them. The afternoons have been very slow, by about 10 am almost all the shooting is over. … [Read More]