Snow Goose Hunting Reports

Feb 7, 2025

Overcast day with a northeast wind. Earlier in the week, those conditions didn’t treat us very well. Today was a bit better. High field shot 26. There was one hunter and two guides, including me. Let’s just say our shooting was off. We should have had 10 more birds with better shooting. Low field shot … [Read More]

Feb 6, 2025

Today’s weather conditions were similar to the last two days, but the wind shifted from the north to the south, causing the birds to move. We had solid hunting results, with the low field shooting 14 geese and the high field ending the day with 46. We plan to move some decoys around this weekend … [Read More]

Feb 5, 2025

Today, hunting went slightly better than yesterday. The high field managed to shoot 22 geese, while the low field, which was mine, only managed to shoot 4. We saw more birds today, but they didn’t show much interest in coming in, and overall, there were only slightly more birds than yesterday. There’s just not much … [Read More]

Feb 4, 2025

It’s a slow day today. Overcast, drizzling, and cold northeast wind. Unless you were by a feed, you saw very few birds. Those that were by a feed just watched them sit all day. Most fields saw less than 100 birds, including in my field, which was the high for the day with 22. The … [Read More]

Feb 3, 2025

Today went down differently than I thought I would have. South wind and 70. We didn’t see a huge push. It turned out to be a good hunting day anyway. However, I expected to see more movement. Our high field shot 58, and our low field shot 16. I’ll take it.

Feb 2, 2025

It’s wet…bring waders! Not all the fields, but they are forecasting more rain later in the week. Today was a really good high field shot 59 and our low was 20. We had a 37 bird average. There were tons of geese rolling north in the morning. The afternoon was not as good as the … [Read More]

Feb 1, 2025

It’s wet. High field shot 75 and low field shot 6. Good for an overcast low wind day. Tomorrow, warm, sunny, southwind. I expect to see bird from the south.  

Jan 30, 2025

It’s January 30th, and it’s not dry anymore. It rained pretty hard most of the morning, and it’s two o’clock in the afternoon now. It’s starting to let up, just a sprinkle, but it was pouring earlier. We were supposed to get anywhere from three to six inches of rain, depending on who you talk … [Read More]

Jan 29, 2025

We’re on day two of setting up our spreads, and here’s the latest update: Bird Movement: Over the past couple of days, we’ve observed a decent number of birds heading north. There’s a few feed by some of my fields. Field Conditions: Currently, the fields are dry. However, we’re expecting a lot of rain on … [Read More]

Feb 26 – Guides Hunt

Yesterday, we pulled all but one spread because the guides wanted to hunt. Above is Up North guides Jaylen, Matt, Tres, Curt, and Billy with the 62 (61 in the picture; they shot one more while pulling the spread). Very nice day. On the last flock of the day, they shot band number #2 for … [Read More]

Feb 25 – Last Day With Hunters

Today was our last day in Arkansas, guiding hunters for 2024. We had 2 fields that quit very early. They shot 2 and 1. The rest of the field hunted until around noon, ranging from 8-24.   We pulled all of the decoy spreads but one. The guides will hunt in the morning for fun, … [Read More]

Feb 24 – Mostly Good Day

A solid hunting day for the most part. Our best field was 49 geese, and the slowest was 3. All in all a pretty solid day. This time of the year, the geese fly in the morning and the last hour of the day. In my field, we shot 27, picking up 6 mid-day, but … [Read More]

Feb 22 & 23

I forgot to do a post yesterday. Yesterday, our best field shot 35 snows, and our low field shot 8.  Today, our best field was 26, and the low field was 10. Both days are pretty average snow goose hunting. Tomorrow is my last day guiding, it’s hard to believe it has went bythis fast.

Feb 21 – They Pushed This Morning

This morning, most of my fields saw a big push. They all saw plenty of geese, and it sounds like we got a few back on the ground in the area. At this point in the season, the numbers go up and down as birds migrate in and leave. The high field was 53 snow … [Read More]

Feb 20 – Fairly Slow

You would think with all of the birds that went south over the weekend that, with 2 days of south winds, we would have seen more of a migration. Maybe day 3 with a heavier wind will be the ticket. There are 5 days of our season left, and 3 of the 5 (as of … [Read More]

Feb 19 – Geese South

There was a south wind today, but we didn’t see a push of geese. Our area has the lowest number of birds we have seen all season. The cold front over the weekend pushed them south. It is supposed to warm up and have a south wind. I hope that will get some birds moving. … [Read More]

Feb 18 – Half Day Hunt

Today was that last hunt for our weekend guys. It was fairly slow compared to the rest of the year. The cold front we got on Friday pushed most of the birds out of the area. I’m pretty sure they didn’t go north since most of the flocks we have watched the last two days … [Read More]

Feb 16 – Push South

It was a very different day today. The cold north wind howled early, then died to a decent wind mid-morning. My field had migrators push south all morning and part of the evening. It ranked as number 1 or 2 as the best migration day (for the number of birds seen) for me this year. … [Read More]

Feb 16 – Wild Weather Swings

Today was supposed to rain all day. It sprinkled a bit, but there was a big temp swing. We roasted, stripping to t-shirts until about 3 pm when a big wall cloud came, the temps took a huge drop, and the wind blew 40 mph. Everybody quickly put the clothes back on. We had a … [Read More]

Feb 15

Today was a solid day for a half day of hunting. It was very warm. Our best group shot 45 snow geese, and the worst shot 7. The last two days were south wind and warm, but there was very little migration going on. Yes, we see a few, but we have not seen the … [Read More]