Where are the snows boys?!?!

[Killer Miller]

Hey guys, just curious where the snows are. Cause I know there aren't hardly any here in Iowa yet. Just curious as to when they're gonna hit southeastern Iowa. Of course, this depends on the wind and weather. Gotta ask work off a week in advance.

[scouttracker]

Theres not many here in Maryland. We seen more early but thier gone.

[drakekiller08]

saw a juvie group here in big marsh a couple of days ago i shot two after belly crawling. man there are canadians here holy crap i saw about 1000

[Silver Webfoot]

There are snows piled up here in north central missouri,huge migration of them friday and saturday.Hunted them last night and kid u not I bet I saw over 100,000.So you can probaly bet by the end of this week you will start seeing them in Iowa,temps suppose to be 70 this whole week here.

[migrator00]

Went to the show in bloomington yesterday and there were alot of snows north of springfield!

[SMOKE]

Theres been quite a few big groups spotted in the east hardin area in calhoun county.

[Max4Gooser]

We saw a ton of snows in the sky while standing in line to get into the show in Bloomington.

[SMOKE]

I got a feelin business is gonna pick up here in illinois :twisted:

[GooseRefuge.com]

I'd watch for a big push on Tuesday 2/28. Forecasted temps are really really warm!

[SMOKE]

id say you about hit that one on the head. i saw quite a few go over last night while i was coaching. heard some go over my house just a few minutes ago as well.

[GooseRefuge.com]

74 today in Lincoln NE??? Looks like an awesome migration today!

http://www.gooserefuge.com/viewtopic.php?t=32&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

[Steve DeMaster]

they are here, were have been grinding them man, if anyone is whating to kill some serious birds, its only 150 per day and i mean to tell you we are hamering them.

[Killer Miller]

The group I hunt with in southeast Iowa killed 1 Saturday, saw lots that didnt wanna play Sunday, and killed 7 yesterday. Might have to go down this weekend. I havent whacked any since last spring and am getting the itch.

[kingkilla]

no me.......... hehehehe

[Killer Miller]

Silverfoot, what refuge are you referring to? Swan lake or near it? Cause I know Swan lake is in north central Missouri so thats all I can think of.
But anyway, the boys killed 5 today(Wednesday). Heading down tomorrow night for the weekend. My dad hutned all day and said they probably saw 10,000 today jsut not enough wind to decoy them. Had the occasional bird or two drop out close enough to crank on. He said mostly adults still, though so that makes it tough. Ill post up friday and saturday.

[Killer Miller]

Oh yeah, hey Al i'd think twice about going to CO instead of hunting spring break. Two weeks, it just might be the hot time to go.

[SMOKE]

saw a lot of big groups go over today while i was in grafton il. i see more and more each day im down there.

[iawaterfowler88]

wow i really wish we had the decoys to do some snow hunting, but then again when would i ever find time. Mill your headed down tonight I hear? when is Spring Break for ya'll?

[Killer Miller]

The week of March 20-24. But I'll be out on the 16th since I dont have school Fridays. Unless it get really warm with south winds it should be a good week to hunt. I asked for the whole week off.

[iawaterfowler88]

haha atta boy....thats our spring break too....i play baseball the weekend of the 18th though with perfect game...but im gonna b so bored that week cuz you are goin to your dads, the g/f will be in texas, everyone else around here will be some place warm and i'll jus be sittin here....this sucks lol....is Al goin with ya over spring break to kill some snows?

[cutem268]

there is another swan lake they use on the miss. river about 45 miles north of st louis.

[CJSDuck]

Hey boys,

Im down here is Missouri and I saw wave after wave of the snows heading north. I took the dogs out to do their duty and even heard tons more around 10:00 pm still flying. Get ready, sounds like theyre coming. I would sure love to get in on that action. Good luck.

Cory

[drakekiller08]

saw thousands of migrating canadians around clear lake mason city area and saw a nice flock of mature snow feeding in a field just north east of clear lake.

[kingkilla]

drakekiller, do you live around mason city, clear lake area?

[drakekiller08]

no i live in Aplington - Parkersburg which is about 30 miles from Waterloo. i know that there are alot of local geese in the clear lake Mason city area and some people said to that they were local geese. but when they are just dots way up in the sky those aint no locals.

[Killer Miller]

No luck on Friday and Saturday boys. We saw flock of about 150 high and pressurized that never even looked at us and one other flcok of about 30 that circled twice high and away they went. Saturday, we saw 5 or 6 flocks, including one flock that I would guess numbered 1,000 birds!! We had 4 break off a small bunch and they got to about 150 yards and wouldnt get any closer. They circled and circled but jsut wouldnt do it. I think we're looking at virtually alladult birds still. Out of the 20 we have killed, 16 have been adults. Those same 4 came back about 20 minutes later but they still wouldnt play. They got to about 100 yards. It sucked bigtime.

[boomer]

We are just starting to see them here. Just outside with the dogs and heard some going over. Should have got em good today but nobody called the shot :roll: when we had about 500 over us less than 25yrds.Here is some pics
http://www.hunt101.com/img/381094.jpg
http://www.hunt101.com/img/381527.jpg[/img]

[boomer]

a couple more
http://www.hunt101.com/img/383956.jpg
http://www.hunt101.com/img/383959.jpg

[SMOKE]

Man them are some pretty cool pics

[IowaMigr8tor]

Well I just got back from south central Iowa and there are tons of ducks and geese around. However I have yet to see any snows or blues. There was a flock of geese towards dark tonight that looked small enought to be snows but couldn't tell I was drivin down the highway and was trying to stay on the road. I thought I could hear some when I was out working but I never got a glass on them to see what was up. In years past the Mallards are around by the thousands and the Canadas are mixed with the Snows, Blues and Specks. But I feel that in a week or two we will have a couple good sized snow flocks around to pound on.

[Killer Miller]

Boomer those geese look like they're in range or at least almost in range. Thats a nice blue in the bottom. I have a snow mounted and want to get a nice blue mounted.

[boomer]

They were in range big time. but the guy callin the shot got to busy looking for a collar :roll:

[Killer Miller]

WOW! Thats called getting gready!! Did you end up shooting on that bunch. I know a guy that hunts around Swan Lake taht got a yellow collar a few days ago. I guys their starting to really pound on 'em down there.

[1316 maulers]

Hey does anyone know if Lamar, CO is hot right now?

[boomer]

Killer Miller no we didn't shot that flock. I've been giving him crap all week about it. Saw a lot of high flyers tonight. Hope it will be good in the morning.