Frequently Asked Questions, Snow Goose Hunt FAQs

It Really Depends on the area and the weather. For the start of the spring snow goose hunting season being in Arkansas and the southern states as the snow geese start to leave the south to head back to their breeding grounds is probably a safe bet. As the season progresses being in the middle states catching the migrations moving north in large flocks is the best place to be and so on as the season progresses and the freezeline and colder weather starts to disappear. But, this can all change with one shift of weather or a late winter storm. So, there really isn't a best answer for this question except it depends on the weather, where the migration is, and the time of year you are interested in booking a hunt.

We suggest you prepare to bring around 3 boxes a day that doesn't mean that it is a guaranteed number of shells we will shoot but, it is a ball park figure. However, we could shoot less and we could shoot more. If, that works out to not be enough we have backups and or can get some relatively close by. Check out other things to bring for your spring snow goose hunt on our what to bring page.

We try to stay on the geese and do our best to stay mobile so, our locations tend to change very quickly if needed. We typically run the majority of our hunts in Central Missouri, Northwest Missouri, and South Dakota, However we have had to move our locations a lot over the past 5 years with the ever changing migration. We ask that you contact us atleast a few days or a couple of days before your hunt dates to find out where we may be at. Plan on Central Missouri, Northwest Missouri, or South Dakota depending on your original booking location, but, we could be anywhere in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, & South Dakota

Weather and situations can change quickly out of our control. If, we have to cancel a hunt for any reason we are doing it in your best interest in mind and don't feel that things are good enough to charge you and your party for a hunt that we feel may not be what we concider a successful hunt. That being said we try our best to make sure our hunts are successful and worth your money. Ultimately we are dealing with mother nature and she has the last say in it all. If, we have to cancel a hunt for any reason we will do our best to work with you to accomodate any issues and ultimately would like to either reschedule your hunt for other dates that season or even re-schedule for the following season. Check out our deposit and refund policy

The number of birds that you will shoot is dependant on so many things and again hunting and the situation is in the hands of mother nature, your shooting ability, and also your ammunition. We can't tell you for sure but, it could be in the ball park of 1 - 100. Every year is different and every field is different day in and day out. On average we can shoot anywhere from 35 - 40 birds a day but, that is an average there are bad days, good days, and great days you just never know what your going to get. We hunt mostly semi perminant migration spreads and sometime if things come togther just right we could set some feed fields. Most of the time our migration fields kill more than our feed X fields and it is truely out of our control other than putting you in the best position we can to give you the best chance to shoot snow geese. We have set feed X fields and shot a handful and we have migration fields that have shot over 100.

We use anywhere from 1200 to 3000 windsock decoys in our sets it just depends on the area and what the conditions are. Most of the time our decoy sets are around 1200-1500 for our spring snow goose hunts.

the spring snow goose season you are only allowed to shoot snows, blues, and ross geese. You can not shoot any other waterfowl during this season.

• Central Missouri for our spring snow goose hunts we use Hardcore Run N Gunner Blinds, Tanglefree Ground Ghost Blinds, Rogers A-Frame Blinds,, Altan Safe Outdoors Ultimate Waterfowl Blind, and Osceola Pit Blinds
• Northwest Missouri for our spring snow goose hunts we use Hardcore Run N Gunner Blinds, Tanglefree Ground Ghost Blinds, Rogers A-Frame Blinds, Altan Safe Outdoors Ultimate Waterfowl Blind
• South Dakota for our spring snow goose hunts we use Hardcore Run N Gunner Blinds, Tanglefree Ground Ghost Blinds, Rogers A-Frame Blinds, Altan Safe Outdoors Ultimate Waterfowl Blind
• Kansas for our spring snow goose hunts we use Hardcore Run N Gunner Blinds, Tanglefree Ground Ghost Blinds, Rogers A-Frame Blinds, Altan Safe Outdoors Ultimate Waterfowl Blind
• Nebraska for our spring snow goose hunts we use Hardcore Run N Gunner Blinds, Tanglefree Ground Ghost Blinds, Rogers A-Frame Blinds, Altan Safe Outdoors Ultimate Waterfowl Blind
• Iowa for our spring snow goose hunts we use Hardcore Run N Gunner Blinds, Tanglefree Ground Ghost Blinds, Rogers A-Frame Blinds, Altan Safe Outdoors Ultimate Waterfowl Blind
• Hardcore Run N Gunner Blind
• Tanglefree Ground Ghost Blind
• Rogers Sporting Goods 3 Man Frame Blind
• Altan Ultimate Waterfowl Blind
• Osceola Pit Blind

We suggest that you bring 12 guage ammunition 3" or larger shot size starting at #2's anything larger than that would be acceptable for you if you are comfortable shooting larger loads. Make sure that it is a non-toxic shell no lead is allowed. Check out more of what to bring.

We have a dog policy and you may read it on our dog policy page. We allow dogs and just ask that you contact us and let us know and we will make a decision on a case by case basis. Dogs are great tools to have but, they can also ruin a hunt quickly.

Currently we no longer offer lodging for our spring snow goose hunts. All locations for spring snow goose hunts we use hotel and motel accomodations and have local connections with airbnb's and houses of which we can provide you with that information for your lodging needs as close as we can to our hunting locations. Hopefully in the near future we will be able to offer lodging for our other spring snow goose hunts View our lodging information page.

We require a 50% non-refundable deposit for any hunt reservations to hold your dates. We also require the remainder be paid before you hunt with us the first day. View our deposits and refunds policy page. 

We can and will clean the birds if you need our help but we ask that you take care of them as it is your resposibility to clean and dispose of the snow goose carcuses that are harvested during your hunt. We do offer bird dressing for a fee because we are typically doing a lot during the day and night and we will assist if we have the time. You can view our bird cleaning policy by clicking this link Bird Cleaning & Transportation Policy

We try not to but, if we have available openings and your party doesn't fill a field then we may or may not add another group to your field. We do offer exclusive field packages if, you want to have a field exclusively to your self. You can check out our exclusive field pricing on our rates and pricing page.

Bring white! White suite, white coat, and white hat. Pack for warm and cold as well as wet and dry conditions. We are not weather men and if we we're it wouldn't matter anyway because you know how that goes. There are many other things to concider when packing for a spring snow goose hunt, you can view a bigger list of things to bring on our what to bring page. What to Bring

We do not provide transportation to the field it is your responsibility to work out your transportation to our hunting location as well as to and from the field. However, if needed and if a situation arises that we need to provide transportation to and from the field then arrangements can be made to accomodate.

As stated before our hunting packages do not include food and lodging there for it is your responsibility to fend for yourselves on food. We will help you with finding food and lodging near our hunting locations in those places we do not offer lodging and will be able to direct you to any place for both food and lodging. If you want food while hunting we suggest that you grab food for mornings and for afternoons while out in the field or if it is slow during the day mid day we can break to get lunch. After the hunt you can find some accomodations for food at local restaurants and or local grocery stores to get food.

Most of the time if you need to purchase a license we will be relatively close to a location to purchase licenses locally. If you are planning on traveling through the night it may be best for you to stop at a walmart or store in the state that we are hunting in before everythings is closed during your travel. Otherwise you will not be able to take part in the hunt the following day. It is your responsibility to find out about licensing and plan for purchase of those licenses to hunt. We can do our best to inform you of locations to purchase licenses and the times that they are available near our location.

For our Missouri Spring Snow Goose Hunts the Kansas City Airport is the closest to our location for Central Missouri spring snow goose hunts and Omaha Nebraska is the closest location for our Northwest Missouri Spring Snow Goose Hunts. It is roughly 1 hour and 30 minutes from the Kansas City Airport to our Northwest Missouri Spring Snow Goose Hunts and it is roughly the same for our Central Missouri Spring Snow Goose Hunts.