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Post by paul3 on Jan 3, 2007 13:45:11 GMT -5
enyone know enything about it. Herd it runs for a month,no daily bag or possession limit, unplugged shotguns and electronic calling are allowed. And what is a light goose?
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Post by bsutravis on Jan 3, 2007 14:00:19 GMT -5
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Post by supr87gt on Jan 3, 2007 14:00:48 GMT -5
hmm. Anyone have a place?!?!?!
And I like the shooting hours too. 30 min AFTER sunset.
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Post by bsutravis on Jan 3, 2007 14:01:49 GMT -5
Have gun.......will travel!!!
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Post by kyle on Jan 3, 2007 14:08:12 GMT -5
Anything under 8lbs is considered a light goose right. Thats what I did last year a man did I kill a lot. It hard to judge a light goose from a heavy goose, but you will get the hang of it.
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Post by firstwd on Jan 3, 2007 15:18:10 GMT -5
Go West Travis....Ther could be opertunity at Goose Pond or Turtle Creek Reservior. Call the properties and see if they are taking a notificaton list to inform hunters when the birds arrive.
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Post by bsutravis on Jan 3, 2007 16:00:27 GMT -5
Kyle.... No matter how hard I try I'll just never be able to judge and hunt waterfowl like you can! I suppose you look for the geese without "spare-tires" hanging on them, and that makes them "light"   |
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Post by stillwatersniper on Jan 3, 2007 16:35:14 GMT -5
I'm hunting them when they arrive at GP. Got about 200 snow dekes and all of the gear you could ever need.
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Post by 911 on Jan 3, 2007 18:54:12 GMT -5
Well looks like Stillwater is everyone's new best friend.
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Post by bsutravis on Jan 3, 2007 18:59:08 GMT -5
Stillwater and I are TIGHT.... we've had a near death experience together on a Golf Course. |
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Post by duckdolan on Jan 3, 2007 19:34:09 GMT -5
Anyone ever eaten one of those things? I heard that they weren't fit to eat.
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Post by 911 on Jan 3, 2007 21:24:41 GMT -5
Blake i sent you a pm on HH
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Post by hoosiercanuck on Jan 4, 2007 0:35:44 GMT -5
In years past have the Snow's and Ross geese hit the goose pond very hard? I've been by there a number of times last year in February but never saw any "light" geese, just the big 747 Air Canada's.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2007 7:15:44 GMT -5
Snows taste as good as any other goose. We've cleaned over a thousand in the last 3 years. An average take for a weekend will be anywhere from 100 to 350 geese, depending how hard you work at it.
The place to go is SE Mo. or NE Ark. Most landowners let you get after them. Take plenty of bullets, you'll need all you can pack.
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Post by stillwatersniper on Jan 4, 2007 7:16:53 GMT -5
Supposedly they hold around 3k during peak. With my limited experience in snow hunting, that is just enough to actually be able to hunt. I saw a ton of them when I hunted it about this time last year but I wasn't too interested in them with all the ducks working. If they'd let us group up together and hunt a big party I'd be interested. The head guy down at GP is a real pain in the balls though so it may be a better idea to try and convince the local farmers that they don't need those suckers to tear up their fields because those geese are HELL on fields.
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Post by bsutravis on Jan 4, 2007 14:13:31 GMT -5
When ya wanna go??? I'm sure we could get a group. Art has a lot of experience hunting them as well.
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Post by bschwein on Jan 4, 2007 15:17:15 GMT -5
I've been to Arkansas over the last couple of years to shoot them. Its a blast but a ton of work. All the ones we cleaned had a terrible smell to them. Thats why there called Sky Carp i guess. I've talked to guys who have had them up in Canada and said there fine.
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Post by duckdolan on Jan 4, 2007 16:39:27 GMT -5
I guess if they are jerky-fied, it wouldn't much matter how they tasted. Death to the Tundra Maggots!!!
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Post by hoosiercanuck on Jan 5, 2007 0:22:09 GMT -5
There is definitely alot of farmers down there who hate the snow's from what I've heard. The hardest thing I found in the spring of 06 is that a bunch of the farmers had leased their land out for duck hunting. I'll have to call some people I know down there to see if they have any access on any private land.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2007 5:45:05 GMT -5
Two ways to take part, one is to book a hunt with a outfitter who has several thousand decoys. It's a ton of work, and not very effective. I've seen spreads in fields that are for sale to any fool that will pick them up.
Teo, is to ditch slip on them. Very effective and super cheap. Access isn't too much of a problem in most areas. Unless it's specdificly posted, landowners allow it. Nobody likes the things and it's open season.
They do make good jerky. Hard on a grinder thought with all the steel shot.
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