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Goose hunting in Spokane
« on: December 09, 2024, 05:01:27 PM »
Recently have moved to Spokane area and I am having trouble finding fields to hunt geese, need some help being pointed in the right direction.

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Re: Goose hunting in Spokane
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2024, 08:22:00 PM »
Hunrds of geese and mallards on this spot last weekend. Knock on doors?

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Re: Goose hunting in Spokane
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2024, 04:19:50 PM »
Recently have moved to Spokane area and I am having trouble finding fields to hunt geese, need some help being pointed in the right direction.

Very difficult area to hunt fowl.  Most areas are spoken for and need a team to hunt geese there if you can find a spot because lots of packing in mud in the dry land with steep hills.  Then the freeze comes, everything leaves.  Also geese have so much area of wheat fields and once they start landing a 1/2 mile away the hunt gets much harder or could be even over because almost impossible to complete with landing geese.  Development is causing many issues as well with less and less opportunities with more and more people moving in.  The competition among hunters is getting more fierce by the minute.
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Re: Goose hunting in Spokane
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2024, 06:02:53 PM »
Get a boat and an Idaho license and start hunting geese over water.

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Re: Goose hunting in Spokane
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2024, 06:55:36 PM »
Get a boat and an Idaho license and start hunting geese over water.

Definitely a good year so far with little to no ice over there I’m sure.
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Re: Goose hunting in Spokane
« Reply #5 on: December 26, 2024, 06:19:31 AM »
Yes, some areas of shallow ponds and sheet water are froze up but it is unusually warm and surprisingly some is open.  And the big water lakes and rivers stay open.  If you ever get a boat and start hunting Idaho I can point you to some areas for geese.

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Re: Goose hunting in Spokane
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2024, 06:54:12 PM »
Yes, some areas of shallow ponds and sheet water are froze up but it is unusually warm and surprisingly some is open.  And the big water lakes and rivers stay open.  If you ever get a boat and start hunting Idaho I can point you to some areas for geese.

What would be the best type of boat? 
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Re: Goose hunting in Spokane
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2024, 09:16:39 PM »
How did you hunt them before you came here? Drive west of town in the afternoon and follow them to feed. Find the land owner and knock on doors. most farmers will let you hunt if you ask.  Some wont but keep trying. Lots of lakes to hunt if you are creative.

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Re: Goose hunting in Spokane
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2024, 10:04:10 PM »
How did you hunt them before you came here? Drive west of town in the afternoon and follow them to feed. Find the land owner and knock on doors. most farmers will let you hunt if you ask.  Some wont but keep trying. Lots of lakes to hunt if you are creative.

It’s no accident most keep driving west to Moses Lake or the Tri-Cities.  Unfortunately today’s waterfowl hunting in those places is only about the drive of around 300 miles round trip. 
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Re: Goose hunting in Spokane
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2024, 11:08:38 AM »
Here is a hint, stay within 30 miles or less!

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Re: Goose hunting in Spokane
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2025, 11:18:22 PM »
Yes, some areas of shallow ponds and sheet water are froze up but it is unusually warm and surprisingly some is open.  And the big water lakes and rivers stay open.  If you ever get a boat and start hunting Idaho I can point you to some areas for geese.

What would be the best type of boat? 

Well, for North Idaho I have run flat bottom mud boats more often than not.  Yes, there are windy days on the big water when a Mod V would be more comfortable than a flatbottom, but for what we do day in and day out I want a flat to get back into the shallow areas we often hunt.

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Re: Goose hunting in Spokane
« Reply #11 on: January 07, 2025, 08:02:36 AM »
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Re: Goose hunting in Spokane
« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2025, 04:28:42 PM »
Here is a hint, stay within 30 miles or less!

Get it but have a good problem, work full time driving to in the dark and driving home in the dark. 

My former hunting partner played arm chair Monday morning quarterback telling me to knock on doors.  Thought he was joking because didn’t know at the time he was retaliating behind my back while he had his door knockers doing all the work for him. 
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Re: Goose hunting in Spokane
« Reply #13 on: January 17, 2025, 09:45:40 AM »
I used to find them south of 190 around Sprague and Fishtrap.  There were smaller ponds that seemed to hold them, I was more interested in pheasants at the time though.

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Re: Goose hunting in Spokane
« Reply #14 on: January 17, 2025, 10:46:40 AM »
Here is a hint, stay within 30 miles or less!

Get it but have a good problem, work full time driving to in the dark and driving home in the dark. 

My former hunting partner played arm chair Monday morning quarterback telling me to knock on doors.  Thought he was joking because didn’t know at the time he was retaliating behind my back while he had his door knockers doing all the work for him.
Do you work 7 days a week? If not take a day and scout. You can always traffic these local birds.

 


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