spankin snows

[salmonfifty]

went out opening weekend and slayed em, and the weekend after! my buddy and I head out to our old log jam and holly Sh## did it change where we hunt! tides and high water from last year moved the channels BIG TIME! after we cussed at each other on which way to go, we finally found our spot. guess I'll let the pics do the rest. following pics are from three days of puttin the hurt to em. my bro hoyt6.0 went with us one day and he had one hand on his junk and the other hand tryin to hold a shotgun!:) wish my bro sent me his video he took, shootin started and we were done with geese 45 minutes later. had geese over the top of my bud and I while we were resetting our duck deeks, BTW, got one banded snow! HEAY BUDDY

[White Tornado]

Looks like you all had a great time!! Congrats on the banded snow. When you get the report back let us know when and where it was banded. 

[D-Rock425]

Looks like a good time to me.

[pianoman9701]

spankin' geese. There are way worse ways to go! Nicely done.

[h2ofowlr]

Looks good.  Someone didn't check out the tides.   

[upwind]

I heard you can go blind if you spank the geese to much 

[pianoman9701]

I heard you can go blind if you spank the geese to much 

That's chicken, spanking the chicken.

[salmonfifty]

Looks like you all had a great time!! Congrats on the banded snow. When you get the report back let us know when and where it was banded. 

came from the same place most snows in Washington come from Wragel Is. Russia banded 7/23/05. yes we did get high and dry on the way back. should of went left and went right instead.

[HOYT6.0]

Yep it was a good weekend.  Went out today and only got 5 snows and a couple of ducks.  Weather wasnt the best for hunting though. 

[NW-GSP]

I went out last wensday and they were all way too high, what is your guys tactics

[HOYT6.0]

I went out last wensday and they were all way too high, what is your guys tactics

Yesterday they were really skittish...  We hunt out of a boat at the mouth of the stilly on low tide.  Have a big spread of decks  (close to 7-8 dozen).  And stay as still as you possibly can while they are locking up. 

[salmonfifty]

I went out last wensday and they were all way too high, what is your guys tactics

scouting! we watch what these birds are doing, where they roost at night and where they feed during the day. we set up in there travel patern between roost, usually in big water, and feeding fields. it just so happens that these birds feeding areas and roost areas are close together. we set up a A$$ load of snow deeks and about 4 dozen pintail, widgeon deeks and 5 dozen mallard deeks. as the season progress' my duck deek spread gets smaller, mallards, and my snow spread gets bigger. I don't start shrinking my mallard spread until late november, that when the mallards start pairing up for mating and when they are paired up they stay away from larger flocks of mallards.

[TwoFeet]

Looks good.  Someone didn't check out the tides.   

or...like I do a lot of the time, he knew the tide would be flushing out of (and back into) a honey hole.  Most of the more productive spots I know show best on either side of the tide.

Great shoot!

[salmonfifty]

here is a pic of a snow comin in on us after we got our limit. this is from my phone so the pic gives no justice on how close it is....

[NW-GSP]

here is a pic of a snow comin in on us after we got our limit. this is from my phone so the pic gives no justice on how close it is....

I'm really wanting to get into hunting snows but do not know anything about it, any tips or advice? I have shot two this year but that was just pass shooting

[AKBowman]

If you want to kill snows in Western WA consistently get a 14-18ft flat bottom boat with farily high gunnels, a 35 horse pump and 4-6 dozen snow deeks. Without the boat you will at least need a layout blind (final approach type)

[NW-GSP]

A buddy of mine has a boat and decoys and another one is planning on getting a boat, I would much rather pay gas then get a boat right now.