Snow geese

[Cavman]

Heading to Illinois next week for my first snow goose hunt. I've hunted Canadians here and love it. Really hoping to get in on alot of snows there. Anyone else been out of state or hunt snows here?

 

[Michigan Slim]

I have not but I'd love to! Keep us informed!

 

[Cavman]

I have not but I'd love to! Keep us informed!

Will do. Hope to get some good pics and videos of it

 

[patience0830]

Hunting Canadians is murder. Hunting Canada geese is something else altogether.

 

[yetti462]

I have been to il snow hunting. it was fun and I would do it again. The guy had 1000's of decoys and that was neat hunting in a spread like that. The amount of birds in the sky is an amazing sight. have fun!

 

[JCSR]

 

[Hoosier Carry]

I’ve been over there 3 times and always see thousands of birds but they are very skittish. They will hover over you for ever acting like they will drop and then gone because they didn’t like something. Hope for wind and low temps. Hope you slay them!

 

[42769vette]

I've been to Lake Carlyle a few times, and havanna Illinois once. Same experience as Hoosier carry.

 

[Cavman]

I've been to Lake Carlyle a few times, and havanna Illinois once. Same experience as Hoosier carry.

Thats the lake we're headed too. Pretty excited about it

 

[42769vette]

Thats the lake we're headed too. Pretty excited about it

South Central snows?

 

[Cavman]

South Central snows?

No sir, willow creek waterfowl

 

[Cavman]

Well so far 1 goose has come in to land. So out of ten guys who knows who hit it. These snow geese are apparently the mature ones and harder to get to come in. So it's bee. A very, very slow day

 

[Timjoebillybob]

Well so far 1 goose has come in to land. So out of ten guys who knows who hit it. These snow geese are apparently the mature ones and harder to get to come in. So it's bee. A very, very slow day

With 10 guys shooting, is there enough left of the goose to make a meal?

 

[Cavman]

Lol not everyone hit.

 

[Hoosier Carry]

Well so far 1 goose has come in to land. So out of ten guys who knows who hit it. These snow geese are apparently the mature ones and harder to get to come in. So it's bee. A very, very slow day

Guides like to use that excuse if their crew is not getting birds to commit. Juvenile and adult birds are flying the same route back north so your going to see them all. Is your ground snow covered or muddy?

 

[Cavman]

Pretty muddy. Towards end of the evening thousands came in. But they landed about 1k yards from us

 

[Hoosier Carry]

Well if your hunting anymore days, good luck. Hopefully something changes for you all. Hang in there.

 

[frenchiectfd2203]

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That’s what I appreciates about you.

 

[Cavman]

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Well if your hunting anymore days, good luck. Hopefully something changes for you all. Hang in there.

Thanks on our last day. At a different spot today.. Had a bunch come in first light. None would commit. And guids say there's another outfitter couple fields away. I'd definitely do this again but won't get hopes up and think it'll be like on YouTube. But it is why the call it hunting and not killing

 

[jpr]

I could tell some stories about hunting snows when I lived in Arkansas. We very rarely tried to decoy them. Usually found a ditch they were close to and jump shot them.