Spring Snow Goose Hunting in South Dakota & Missouri - Eaglehead Outdoors

HUNTING REPORTS

Local Weather for Mound City, MO 

Today  (02/08/2012)
Partly Sunny

Hi: 33 F

Lo: 26 F

Prediction: Partly Sunny

Welcome to Eaglehead Outdoors snow goose hunting guides of Missouri & South Dakota. Our goose hunting reports and field news are often updated daily during the season, CHECK BACK OFTEN!

Feb 2, 2012: As of today squaw creek is reporting 400k snows, but looks like they'll be staying there for awhile Nebraska is in a blizzard warning untill late sat night with snow fall amounts anywhere from 10-12 inches in the western half of the state, and up to or over five inches for the eastern half. Also following that low pressure system they're projecting  temps to be in the mid to high 30's with lows below freezing...

Feb 1, 2012: Well today kicked off the opening of the spring conservation season in MO. I have already heard of a few good reports from guys in Mo shooting some geese. Were headed down soon and have too hot weekends open. Feb 17th -19th and also feb 24th -26th. Will be down there shooting geese come join us for a weekend. The 10 day forcast doesnt look like its gonna slow the birds down from getting to squaw creek but looks like nebraska and south dakota are getting some weather that will hold the birds up for awhile.

Jan 30,2012: Its that time of year again snow melting and birds are heading back north, and earlier than usuall!!! There is already  huntable number of birds across much of MO including mound city. We are currently running an early bird special since we are going to be hunting geese in mound city at least 10 days earlier than expected. From feb 17th - feb 26th and these days only we are selling hunts for $125 a day per man!!

Call Asap if interested in getting in on some early hunting in NW MO.

Nick 320 224 3615

Matt 952 457 2880

Our trailers are packed and we will be heading south in 2 weeks, keep checking back for updates!!!!

April 27, 2011:

The season has come to an end for Matt and I, trailers are all packed up and stored away for the year. I was an amazing spring!!! Our bags are packed and tickets purchased we're headed back to Alaska for the summer!!! Check back we will be posting our final numbers for the year soon. Have a great summer!

April 10-14, 2011:

Did some fun hunting with Buddies up in North Dakota.  Not many birds left in the state, but putting on lots of scouting miles we managed to find a few pockets of birds.  We ended the week with right around 500 birds. Had one amazing morning putting down 227 in and hour and half!  Hopefully we will find time to get back out for one last hunt before its all done for the year!

April 6, 2011:

Did the same thing today finding another juvie pocket and only hunting the morning.  Had some huge flocks decoy in tight which made for some great rain outs!  Ended the morning with 86!

April 5, 2011:

Not many brids left in the area so we put on a few miles and found a nice juvie feed.  Decided to set up on them for the morning only putting out about 500 decoys, the hard work paid off as we killed 93 in the am shoot and ended the day with 103!

April 4, 2011:

Had a great day with a push of juvies into the area.  Lots of working migrator flocks were eating up the spread.  Put down 87 on the day!

April 3, 2011:

Had one spread runniung only in the morning, but they managed to kill 18.  The second spread hunted the all day and ended with 32.

April 2, 2011:

The hard work of moving the spread paid of with some birds in the area that were eating up the spread.  Had a great day putting down 74.  The other spread farther south also had a good day seeing a small push of juvies.  They ended the day with 44.

April 1, 2011:

Had a decent morning and starting loosing birds in the late morning headed north.  Ended the day with a 18 and a 22.  Scouted the evening and found a field so we picked a spread after dark and reset it north about 45 miles for the morning hunt!

March 31, 2011:

Set a new spread and it paid off.  Had and good day in the rain!  Managed to put down 75!

March 30, 2011:

Had a decent day with a tough morning with frost and no wind, but managed to put down 24 on the day.

March 29, 2011:

Had another good day in the snow putting down 63.

March 28, 2011:

Hunted one spread with new snow on the ground and high winds.  Ended the day with 51.

March 27, 2011:

Only hunted one spread in the am shooting 8.  The other spread hunted all day puttin down 24.  Had some cold temps in the mornings and birds were not feeding till the PM.

March 26, 2011:

Hunted two spreads today.  Both of them faired alright, with one shooting 30 and the the other 14.

March 25, 2011:

Had two spreads running.  Lots of birds back in the area, but decoying is really tough right now with cold temps and birds only feeding in the afternoon.  Lots of flight, but toough pullin all the adults down.  Ended the day with 10 in one spread and 12 in the other.

March 24, 2011:

Had another tough day with about 4 inches of new snow on the ground and only adults in the area, ended the day with 6.

March 23, 2011:

Got to the spread early and had to beat off all the ice and snow that had built up on the decoys.  Had a tough day with stong winds out of the north causing cold temps and blowing snow all day.  Saw lots of adult birds movin south, but managed to kill 6 and a Yellow neck collared ross!

March 22, 2011:

Woke up to pouring rain and 40 mph winds out of the east.  Took the day off and watched the rain come down with thunder and lighting and then turn to sleet and eventually snow!

March 21, 2011:

Had a tough day but we stuck it out! The morning brought a heavy frost and then came the low clouds, which made it tough decoying adult birds.  Ended grinding out 14 on the day.

March 19, 2011:

Hunted the am with high winds and overcast.  Ended the morning with 31 and went back out scouting for the upcoming week.

March 18, 2011:

Set a spread in the morning and fun hunted the afternoon.  Lots of adult birds around but still managed to kill 19 on the night.

March 17, 2011:

Finished pickin up the spreads in MO and hit the road to SD.  Scouted around the evening with birds in the area along with LOTS of water and flooded roads!

March 15, 2011:

Hunted the am with no wind and heavy frost on the decoys.  Still managed to kill 11 plus a banded snow!  We picked the spread at lunch and moved it back under the flight where we managed to put 22  on the ground in the afternoon hunt.

March 14, 2011: 

Not many birds left in the area, which is making it tough to stay under the flight.  We had some sunny skies and no wind on the day.  This caused the birds to be interested in the spread, but hard to finish with no wind to make them committe.  We still managed to end the day with 47 birds!

March 13, 2011:

Had two spreads running for the morning hunt.  One field lost its flight and had a bit of a struggle ending the morning with 3.  The second field had a another good hunt ending with 46.

March 12, 2011:

Had another awesome day in the two spreads.  Had clear skies and birds decoyed well.  the spreads ended with 73 and 87 for the day!

 

 

 

 

March 11, 2011:

Had a successful day with in both spreads with sunny skies and a south wind the first part of the day.  Both fields had good mornings with slower evening shoots as the winds switched to the north at 25, which slowed the evening flight.  Ended with 28 in one spread and 30 in the other including a blue collar on a ross!

 

 

 

 

 

March 10, 2011:

Finally we had sunny skies back in the forcast!  Hunted two spreads today with one ofthem not being under the flight at all.  It was a strugle having to work for 3 birds.  Our second spread had lots of flight, but at the same time lots of birds flying north, but still managed to put 17 down.

March 9, 2011:

Again rainy windy conditions were hanging around that made it tough.  Ended with 17 on the day.

March 8, 2011:

Really rainy condtions with low clouds and wind! Hard decoying conditons.  Ended the day with 16 birds, including a band on a juvie snow!

March 7, 2011:

Had another successful day in the field!  Had raining conditions with light winds.  The birds were decoying relatily well in the overcast conditions.  We put 31 down in one field and 73 in the other, including a band on a adult snow!

March 6, 2011:

Started the day with a heavy frost on the decoys with no wind, wich made for tough decoying birds. Hunted one spread for only the am and ended with 3.  The other spread hunted both am and pm and ended with 19 for the day!

March 5, 2011:

Hunted two spreads today with good success.  Still hand strong north winds around this morning and temps in the low 20s.  Lots of birds around with the refuge holding around 1.3 million.  Managed to put down 22 in one spread and 45 in the other!

March 4, 2011:

We had some tough conditions today, with strong north winds, low clouds and drizzle.  Birds were a little tougher to decoy, but still managed a good day with 36 birds!

March 3, 2011:

Started out the day preparing the spreads for the weekend hunts!  Hunted tonight with 3 clients and had some amazing decoying birds!  Steady south winds made for great decoying with most shots under 20 yards!  Ended the night with 110!

March 2, 2011:

Had a huge push of birds into the area yesterday and today.  Squaw Creek reached close to a million birds!  Finally had some juvies start to show up in the flocks.  It was an awesome day today, we put 90 down with three shooters, with most shots between 15 - 25 yards!

Feb 28, 2011:

Did some scouting in the morning and only hunted the afternoon.  Had blue bird skys with high flying birds.  Little to no wind today with the snow melting fast, but we still managed to put 30 down by the time  dark came!


Feb 27, 2011:

Didnt hunt today Matt and I emptied snow from our second spread. Snow is melting fast and should be gone by Tuesday. The middle to the end of this week looks really good for some new birds to move into the area.

Feb 26, 2011:

Day two in the snow was a bit tougher with no wind, fog, and freezing drizzle.  We were still under the birds, but just not enough wind to make them committe.  We still had a successful day putting down 25 birds.

Feb 25, 2011:

The snow storm was a success!  We ended with a total accumulation of 6 inches.  We had an early morning, heading to the spread  at 2 am to empty out 1500 decoys that were blown full of snow! The hard work paid off as we put 141 birds down today!

 

Feb 24, 2011:

Major winter storm hit today there is 3 inches of snow  on the ground and still coming down. Snow covers are already on the blinds for morning. Check back tomorrow to see how the blizzard hunt turns out!!

Feb 23, 2011:

Matt and I hunted this morning and shot 24, followed by putting 12 down tonight not a bad shoot for 2 guys.

 

 

 

 


Feb 22, 2011:

Scouted this morning again even more birds  in the area. Set a spread at noon. Killed 22 for two guys this afterno

on birds worked great! Still have one spread open march 1,2,3 and march 8,9,10 these are prime dates guys!!!!!!

Feb 21,2011:

Moved to northwest MO. Lots of birds around scouted all day locked up a few feilds.

Feb 18,2011-18:00:

Arrived in southern MO two days ago. Scouted for last two days , with temps in the high 60's all the snow is gone and more birds arriving daily. Hunted this am shot 27 birds with a 50/50 mix of adults to juvies.

 

 

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