Snow Geese on Fir Island??

[DuckHunter88]

Hey, just wondering if snow geese have showed up in the Fir Island area?? And if they have showed up, are there good numbers of birds, or poor numbers??Thanks

[terrellwa]

Nope no geese 

[Dustin07]

Nope no geese 

I didn't know they got snows on the west side 

[terrellwa]

Nope no geese 

I didn't know they got snows on the west side 

Your right the geese don't like the rain they never come around here. 

[h2ofowlr]

Haven't scene any.

[Widgeondeke]

Haven't scene any.

Yeah I heard you went to Klamath to get the 4 in your earlier post. 

[Dustin07]

maybe the OP is thinking of FOX Island in south sound?

[DuckHunter88]

Nope, Fir Island. Near Mount Vernon. Hunted there before, killed snow geese there. Seen flocks of 60,000 in the fields.

[upwind]

Their are a few not allot most are flyng straight to the refuge.And the ones that are not are in my freezer

[Dustin07]

Nope, Fir Island. Near Mount Vernon. Hunted there before, killed snow geese there. Seen flocks of 60,000 in the fields.

was that before they removed the dikes for the resto program and flooded out the fields?

[h2ofowlr]

Only a matter of time before the dumb asses get the dikes blown on Fir Island and the flooding starts.  Salmon restoration?  Pull the nets and you will have salmon restoration.

[jeepster]

saw some flocks come thru, nothing landing yet... ***kicks ground impatiently***

[Dustin07]

Only a matter of time before the dumb asses get the dikes blown on Fir Island and the flooding starts.  Salmon restoration?  Pull the nets and you will salmon restoration.

I don't even want to get started on that. last year when the record pink run was coming through the puyallup they changed the law 1/2 through the season making it illegal for non-tribal members to fish sunday afternoon-tuesday because there was too much conflict between fishermen and netters. I wonder why... 

[X-Force]

Ive seen a bunch of birds flying this past week! I have permition on some property out on fir island and was wondering are Texas rags considered  "decoys" by the new regs? i have had a couple people tell me that shells or full bodies are the only decoys that i can use now.

[Dustin07]

from the regs:

It is unlawful
to hunt snow geese on Fir Island, Skagit County, inland of surrounding
dikes, unless each hunter sets up a minimum of 24 snow geese decoys.
Additionally, it is unlawful to hunt snow geese over decoys unless the
decoys are set up in a realistic pattern, are under the immediate control of
the hunter, and are not left unattended. For the purposes of this section
a "decoy" is defined as any structure the size of or larger than a mallard
duck decoy. A violation of this section is punishable under RCW 77.15.400.

If you are throwing out your own deeks,  and they are rags, you'll have far more than 24, right? I think the big issue is they don't want people out there on 5 gallon buckets pass shooting off the road.  I think the rags are "probably" fine. they are afterall a snow goose decoy, that's their intention.