Monday, February 28, 2011
38 Mature - Snows and Blues In The Fog - A Little Jewelry
Even though the only birds that are really in the area are mature snows and blues hunting in the fog is a real equalizer for the hunter. The only trick to hunting in the fog is to be ready all the time because when they appear at 100yds there is no time to talk about the shot all you can do is shoot.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
56 Snows With Only Three Guns
Here we go and today the gang is all here. With what appears to be over 1 million now on Squaw Creek NWR it is game time. Yesterday George and his two our clients harvested 56 snow geese. The shooting was once again some of the best we have ever seen with none ot the shots outside of 30 yds and birds landing in the decoys.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Wow It's Hot In Mound City - Up Close
We did them for 10 in , hour and a half wind socks and the cheapest equipment we own. We were the professors today the snow geese were the students and we saved some of the Tundra.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Snow Geese 2011
Well if you are planning on hunting the Missouri River bottom for the Spring Snow Goose Season 2011 think again as much as we all know some snows will be shot in the bottoms there are no crops and lots of mud. If you are coming to hunt ask the question are we hunting in the river bottom. I can tell you we are NOT and we are killing birds everyday.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Day 4 - Mound City Missouri Snow Geese
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Wow Another Good Day At Mound City
Well another good day of snow goose hunting at Mound City, Missouri 15 snows, blues, and some juveniles no birds after lunch.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Mound City Missouri - Day 2
Clear, Calm and 30 degrees a few small groups out flying let's see what the GHG fullbodies can do today
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Snow Geese In The Skies - Mound City
More snow geese in the skies over Mound City. Updates to follow.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Ready For The Migration 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Snow Geese Moving Into Southern Missouri
Snow geese reported streaming into southern Missouri there is no doubt there will be SNOW Geese to shoot in Mound City by Feb 19
Surise and Sunset Feb & March 2011 - Mound Cty, MO
Sunrise & Sunset February 2011
All Hunter will meet at the Squaw Creek Truck Plaza 1 1/2 hours before sunrise.
All Hunter will meet at the Squaw Creek Truck Plaza 1 1/2 hours before sunrise.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Spring Snow Goose Hunting - In The Midst Of Chaos
Scott,
It was great talking to you today and I can't wait to to hunt with you again this year. Everything you told me was right on.The timing, decoys, layout blinds.... everything was great. It's Hard to findguides that REALLY know whats going on and not just filling a field.
Sean Gillooly
It was great talking to you today and I can't wait to to hunt with you again this year. Everything you told me was right on.The timing, decoys, layout blinds.... everything was great. It's Hard to findguides that REALLY know whats going on and not just filling a field.
Sean Gillooly
Friday, February 11, 2011
Guided Spring Snow Goose Hunts: Conservation Action
Spring Snow Goose Hunting in Early Spring - Book Your Hunt and Be Apart of History!!! The group that harvests the most birds will receive a 50% discount off of there 2012 Spring Snow Goose Hunt.
WHITE OUT: Mid Continent population studies indicate that between the mid 1960s and now, snow goose numbers grew from an estimated 50,000 to more than one million. Officials predict that by the middle of the next decade, roughly two million snowies might compete for limited space, doubling in current size. (Delta Waterfowl media photo)
By Steve Hickoff
The so-called regular waterfowl seasons may be over, but don’t put your gear away just yet. Clean it, for sure, but keep it ready to roll . . .
In the heavily human-populated Atlantic Flyway where I write this — and elsewhere around the United States — it’s not just humankind competing for space. Snow goose numbers are at all-time highs, migration time depending.
That’s good news for hunters. In late-winter and early-spring you can jumpstart your waterfowl season, extending it into spring turkey time.
Snow goose numbers exceed available food and habitat in many areas. As a result, federal and state wildlife management organizations now offer expanded seasons for these waterfowl in many locations. By conservation order, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has specifically mandated this effort to control growing numbers.
Though they’re hunted elsewhere, eight states in the Atlantic Flyway were open last year under the “conservation order” for late-winter and early-spring snow goose hunting. These included North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware to the south, and New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont to the north. Check your current regulations as changes may appear there.
More geese? Waterfowl hunters couldn’t be happier. So how do you hunt them?
First check to see if your state offers a late-winter or early-spring season. Many do.
Once licenses, permits and stamps are secured, assess your waterfowling gear. You may need to amp up your decoy holdings with snow goose fakes. Shells and full-body options are widely available for this growing sport.
As with real estate, location is everything. Scout for these so-called “light geese” in agricultural haunts. Gain permission from landowners to hunt these spots. Be there before dawn the next morning to set your spread of dekes.
Huddled in a layout blind, snow goose calls on a lanyard around your neck, non-toxic loads chambered in your shotgun, you’re ready to roll.
Some other tips to hunting these light geese include:
Your effort to find them might begin where they roost, and include locating a nearby field where they feed and/or might forage. Study them for a pattern of use. They’ll often move and feed early in the day and later in the afternoon, loafing elsewhere during midday. Sometimes too they just move on.
Study maps, drive and glass fields, and seek landowner permission at all costs, explaining what you’ll be doing and even why. Set your spread at midday for later afternoon hunts. If it feels right, get back there the next morning too. Don’t pressure a spot; then again, hunt it while it’s hot and even just a little warm.
As camouflage goes, wear white if snow covers the ground, or standard options if you’re in a layout blind or using natural cover. Blend in, no matter what. Snowies feel the pressure, and adjust accordingly. If possible, hide all unnatural evidence, including your truck, trailer and four-wheeler. Make it look real.
Spreads should consist of as many snow goose decoys as possible. Full body snows, shell fakes, and silhouettes should round off your presentation. It’s not unusual for a hardcore snow goose hunter to place several hundred to even 1,000 or more decoys out in a field, and even use wing flags to impart movement to the spread.
Snow Goose Action
WHITE OUT: Mid Continent population studies indicate that between the mid 1960s and now, snow goose numbers grew from an estimated 50,000 to more than one million. Officials predict that by the middle of the next decade, roughly two million snowies might compete for limited space, doubling in current size. (Delta Waterfowl media photo)
By Steve Hickoff
The so-called regular waterfowl seasons may be over, but don’t put your gear away just yet. Clean it, for sure, but keep it ready to roll . . .
In the heavily human-populated Atlantic Flyway where I write this — and elsewhere around the United States — it’s not just humankind competing for space. Snow goose numbers are at all-time highs, migration time depending.
That’s good news for hunters. In late-winter and early-spring you can jumpstart your waterfowl season, extending it into spring turkey time.
Snow goose numbers exceed available food and habitat in many areas. As a result, federal and state wildlife management organizations now offer expanded seasons for these waterfowl in many locations. By conservation order, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has specifically mandated this effort to control growing numbers.
Though they’re hunted elsewhere, eight states in the Atlantic Flyway were open last year under the “conservation order” for late-winter and early-spring snow goose hunting. These included North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware to the south, and New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont to the north. Check your current regulations as changes may appear there.
More geese? Waterfowl hunters couldn’t be happier. So how do you hunt them?
First check to see if your state offers a late-winter or early-spring season. Many do.
Once licenses, permits and stamps are secured, assess your waterfowling gear. You may need to amp up your decoy holdings with snow goose fakes. Shells and full-body options are widely available for this growing sport.
As with real estate, location is everything. Scout for these so-called “light geese” in agricultural haunts. Gain permission from landowners to hunt these spots. Be there before dawn the next morning to set your spread of dekes.
Huddled in a layout blind, snow goose calls on a lanyard around your neck, non-toxic loads chambered in your shotgun, you’re ready to roll.
Some other tips to hunting these light geese include:
Your effort to find them might begin where they roost, and include locating a nearby field where they feed and/or might forage. Study them for a pattern of use. They’ll often move and feed early in the day and later in the afternoon, loafing elsewhere during midday. Sometimes too they just move on.
Study maps, drive and glass fields, and seek landowner permission at all costs, explaining what you’ll be doing and even why. Set your spread at midday for later afternoon hunts. If it feels right, get back there the next morning too. Don’t pressure a spot; then again, hunt it while it’s hot and even just a little warm.
As camouflage goes, wear white if snow covers the ground, or standard options if you’re in a layout blind or using natural cover. Blend in, no matter what. Snowies feel the pressure, and adjust accordingly. If possible, hide all unnatural evidence, including your truck, trailer and four-wheeler. Make it look real.
Spreads should consist of as many snow goose decoys as possible. Full body snows, shell fakes, and silhouettes should round off your presentation. It’s not unusual for a hardcore snow goose hunter to place several hundred to even 1,000 or more decoys out in a field, and even use wing flags to impart movement to the spread.
Snow Goose Action
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Spring Snow Goose Migration Update
Well mother nature put the breaks on the whole thought of an early arrival of the snow geese in Missouri. However the 15 day forecast indicates warmer temperatures all of the way south which should put the snows on the move. Our guess is that by Feb 20th you should have your gear packed and be ready to hunt.
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