Snow Goose Hunting Reports

It was a good day in the fields for us today. Nothing crazy, but a very solid hunting day. Our best field was 41 snow geese, and our slowest hunt was 17. That would be a great day for most years, but the hunting has been very good this year, so our expectations are higher, … [Read More]

Today marks the halfway point of our spring season. It was our slowest day of the year by far. The bright spot was when we shot our first band of the year on a juvy blue. The highest field shot 15 snow geese, and our low field shot 4. Lots of geese, but it appears … [Read More]

Sunday’s half-day hunt was decent. About half the fields did well, and about half were in single digits. If they had hunted full days, most would have been in the teens. Our best field shot 80 birds, and the slowest shot 3. Both fields are migrator fields, meaning there are generally no birds on the … [Read More]

The last time we had a big shoot I could have picked that field but didn’t. Today, I picked the right one. The high field was 121, and the low field was 4. Where I hunted, there were birds flying north and south all day. I really think that both of them were migrating. The … [Read More]

Most hunters had a half-day hunt today, but it was a burner nevertheless. There are so many juvy’s in these flocks, and they are decoying well. The low field for the day was 14. That group hunted until 8ish, then left for home. Our best field was 157. It was a very good day. Some … [Read More]

Very nice day. It would have been crazy good with a little wind this morning. High field shot 71, and our lowest shot was 19. Pictured is the low field (mine). The guide with the high field was sleeping, and I didn’t want to wake him for a picture. New birds moved in. Some of … [Read More]

Today was a slower morning compared to others lately. This afternoon we started seeing some new birds migrate. Our best field shot 27 geese and our worst shot 11. Solid snow goose hunting no doubt. There wasn’t a lot of wind and you can tell these birds have been banged up some. New birds are welcome … [Read More]

Another decent day in a string of them. Although we still had one field in the single digits, the highest field shot 45 snow geese and ran out of shells at 9 am; what would they have had if they hadn’t had to leave to buy more? We will never know that question. Plenty of … [Read More]

Today, I woke up feeling sick, and it was raining outside. One of the groups decided not to hunt, so I had that guide take my party out. It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes we do get sick, and they make for long days. I feel much better tonight, so we should be ready to … [Read More]

It is hard to believe the amount of snow still in North Eastern South Dakota. This is not a typical year, but it is one of the reasons I have a love-hate relationship with South Dakota snow goose hunting. The weather that far can have wild swings. We made the right call this year. It … [Read More]

Too much wind is just as bad as no wind. I might even prefer hunting low winds to heavy wind days. Today it was howling. It makes for hard shooting as the birds get out really fast. Nevertheless, we had a solid day. Our best field was 48, and our low field was 20. I’ll … [Read More]

I’m sorry for the missed reporting the last couple days here is how things went. March 12 – Very cold but we picked up a lot of birds from the north (I believe). Snow was on the ground and a strong north wind that was COLD! At noon we started pulling half of the spreads. … [Read More]

The morning started with partly cloudy skies, then it rained ALOT, changing to huge snowflakes at about 2 pm. Not ideal conditions, but we killed a few. High field shot 14 (picture is not of the field of 14). This was from my field. We shot 10. I believe we were the only ones to … [Read More]

In my field, we didn’t really see a goose until 11:30. Between 11:30 and 4:30 we picked up 28, which was our high field. We didn’t see an overwhelming number of birds but those we saw did it right. Low field shot 6. About half the fields were in teen or twenties. The other half … [Read More]