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Other Hunting => Waterfowl => Topic started by: Andrew8235 on October 27, 2013, 07:47:47 PM

Title: Public hunting for snows??
Post by: Andrew8235 on October 27, 2013, 07:47:47 PM

i am curious if there is public area up north for a snow hunt? i have always wanted to do some snow goose hunting. and is there only one goose area for snows?

Title: Re: Public hunting for snows??
Post by: irishevox on October 28, 2013, 11:56:29 PM

check the WDFW they have a waterfowl area with lands and reports it will lay out what is in there and what is common there. hope that helps

Title: Re: Public hunting for snows??
Post by: h2ofowlr on October 29, 2013, 07:32:30 AM

They pulled the QH program for the snows this season, so a lot has changed on opportunity.  A few locations that are open can be hit or miss.  I would do the drive and see what you can find.

Title: Re: Public hunting for snows??
Post by: Andrew8235 on October 29, 2013, 10:50:57 AM

yah i am just curious, is there only one area to do snow goose??

Title: Re: Public hunting for snows??
Post by: Carl on October 29, 2013, 01:32:48 PM

Tagging. 

Title: Re: Public hunting for snows??
Post by: Netminder01 on October 29, 2013, 02:00:08 PM

Outside of a few Quality Hunt (QH) areas most of the best places for snows are private land usually leased to a club or two.  Some people shoot them off the dike as they're flying over simply sky busting which is not good for anyone, but there are some pockets around the water you can get into on a first come first serve basis.

Title: Re: Public hunting for snows??
Post by: saltwaterhillbilly on October 29, 2013, 10:42:48 PM

I have been going out for the past two weeks at least every other day whacking a few snows, it's not easy and you have to work for them but it can be successful .

Title: Re: Public hunting for snows??
Post by: Andrew8235 on October 30, 2013, 08:34:14 AM

ty guys, i guess i will take a trip up north and check it out

Title: Re: Public hunting for snows??
Post by: saltwaterhillbilly on October 30, 2013, 08:46:57 PM

Revoke my last statement got skunked today but had a few oppurtunities at snows

Title: Re: Public hunting for snows??
Post by: Snowgoose1 on October 31, 2013, 08:40:57 AM

We have been getting a lot of Snows, but it's all been private fields. There are a few fields the public can get in to.  The people using the Hunting Allowed fields have been getting in pretty early. I have really noticed a difference in the way they have decoyed this year due to the fact not too many spreads to see which has helped a lot.  Cowtown and the skagit gun club have the usual leave them out all year going which last Sat I saw birds really low over the decoys and nobody in the field hunting them.  If there are people coming from a long distance make sure to set out quality decoys it has worked great. We try to only use only full bodies and have no problem landing the birds so far. I'm not saying a large spread of rags won't work, but it's so much easier to set out a small quality spread to get them.

Title: Re: Public hunting for snows??
Post by: ctwiggs1 on October 31, 2013, 09:26:15 AM

I basically gave up on snows due to access.

North Sound Waterfowl was a horribly run club but they at least gave people an opportunity to shoot.