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iowagooser
10-11-2007, 10:47 PM
I am off to Horicon Marsh tomorrow for a 3 day goose hunt. I am real excited, it's the first time that I have traveled to hunt anything. From what I hear Horicon has alot of birds on it right now. Should be a great hunt!!!!!!!!!

Anyone else been there before???
IowaMigr8tor
10-11-2007, 11:02 PM
Good luck Dake, hope to see some pics up here.
iowagooser
10-11-2007, 11:16 PM
definately have to remember to bring the camera. I always seem to forget it

I'll put some pics up on Tues.
IowaMigr8tor
10-11-2007, 11:17 PM
Yeah my camera is usually the last thing on my mind to.
bck1006
10-12-2007, 01:54 AM
My buddy just got back from there and he said that the geese are everywhere you look. He hunted ducks with some old friend and they tore them up!
goosebuster13
10-12-2007, 03:00 PM
there is thousands of birds in horicon...its usually not a problem to get your limit. i go to school at UW-madison and drive throu there all the time...between horicon and the waupon/beaver dam area there is a ridiculous amount of birds. its probably about the closest thing to canada depending where in the horicon area u hunt.
iowagooser
10-16-2007, 08:29 PM
I had a great time. More birds than you could possibly count. They would fly all day everywhere you looked.
Here are some pics
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x251/Iowagooser/HoriconHunt2007011.jpghttp://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x251/Iowagooser/HoriconHunt2007013.jpghttp://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x251/Iowagooser/HoriconHunt2007014.jpg
jstbob
10-16-2007, 11:47 PM
what are the bands for? They must be for transportation. Do you get specail privlage or something? :?
Killer Miller
10-17-2007, 01:02 AM
Dake, where is that marsh? You guys smacked 'em! Who are all those other guys?
kingkilla
10-17-2007, 10:47 AM
you guys have to put tags in the geese? whats up with that
WATER FOWL SNIPER
10-17-2007, 02:09 PM
If im not mistaken they are in Wisconsin and you buy tags for geese like you would for deer in other states.
iowagooser
10-17-2007, 07:34 PM
The Horicon Marsh is the largest freshwater marsh in the world. It is located in Wisconsin, NE of Madison. The tags are similar to turkey or deer. We had to apply for the permits and we were alotted special tags for that season and in the Horicon area..

The other guys are friends of mine. This was my first time up there, two of the other had been going up there for a number of years and invited us up with them.
bck1006
10-18-2007, 01:29 AM
nice pics! It looks like you had a great hunt. My buddy wants to go up this weekend but I can't do it. Do you see a lot of other hunters?
iowagooser
10-18-2007, 06:02 PM
Not too many at all

I think that you have to apply for a Horicon area permit though
fowlmaster1234
10-28-2007, 06:30 PM
yeah you have to apply for tags i believe its two a day and 8 total. I hunted the last season last year and we smacked um pretty good. We had 12 guys and everyone shot their limit in about a half hour. I have never seen this amount of birds anywhere that late in the season up here.
dvegas
11-05-2007, 09:33 AM
Did you guys freelance or did you use a guide
iowagooser
11-05-2007, 03:51 PM
It was a hunt through the Indiana chapter of Waterfowl USA. The guides are members that volunteer every year. The land owners are real receptive to the hunt because the club donates a lot of money back to Horicon