Bigmac, get on the WDFW site and check out the hunt by reservation only and by permission areas in Grant and Adams counties. There are lots of fields to hunt geese in. Also call the office in Ephrata for a copy of their leased corn fields in the same areas. Dec and Jan are great months to target geese on the water. Also the Royal Booster club has a ton of land around Royal City, good for pheasant and geese. If you like to scout you'll find honks in their fields. Levi from the Mardon Duck Taxi was grousing about how many birds were holding on the Royal fields and nobody ever setting up on them to push them off. You also have the Waluke Slope hunting club which is a booster club for Mattawa. They have some fields around Mattawa that are huntable. Prices are reasonable.
Make sure you "mud" your new layout blind. Mudding is rubbing mud into the fabric to remove the new fabric shine. Also if you don't buy a snow cover hit your local Wal-Mart or Craft store and buy some XMas tree flocking to spray your layout with when hunting in the snow. It washes off with a power wash at the car wash.
