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03-29-2018, 03:20 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: In a house
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Originally Posted by gloszz
Did you go with Jonny boy? He was apparently in Weyburn but I caught him fibbing. Hes never even been to that area in his life haha.
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Do you really think he is going to tell you where they were if they are rare to find right now lol
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03-30-2018, 08:25 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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This flock showed up this morning.
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03-30-2018, 08:44 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: lloydminster
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Originally Posted by nube
Do you really think he is going to tell you where they were if they are rare to find right now lol
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Jonny may of been born in th dark but it wasn’t last night. He sure as hell ain’t going to post on social media where he killed snows when there is next to nothing in Canada yet.
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03-30-2018, 12:07 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: s. alberta
Posts: 39
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Originally Posted by Tabers Best
You must be shootin swans. I have put alot of miles on and have not seen any snows in the area. My best guess is around 4 weeks before there is a flock that crosses the border.
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Hey Tabers Best, check out Flight Controls Facebook page we give updates on the migration into southern Alberta and they’re starting to arrive. We even have some pictures with a few dead birds. Your right about the snow though, Not huge numbers yet but starting, you just have to know where to look. Pm me and maybe I can give a general area to start your search.
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03-30-2018, 01:25 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dale S
This flock showed up this morning.
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There here.
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04-02-2018, 10:16 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Edmonton area
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Our hunt was called off
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04-02-2018, 03:56 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
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We got a couple Friday, but when we went back out Saturday they were nowhere to be found. 2500-3000 birds
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04-02-2018, 04:05 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew_Arsenault
We got a couple Friday, but when we went back out Saturday they were nowhere to be found. 2500-3000 birds
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In Alberta
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04-02-2018, 04:21 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
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Yes
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04-02-2018, 08:36 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sherwood Park
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3-5” of snow north and South Dakota. Going to drag things out a bit
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04-03-2018, 07:27 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: s. alberta
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There are still some around Southern Alberta, but last Friday’s storm and strong north wind sent most back south. Smart birds, I would head back south if I could fly.
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04-05-2018, 05:33 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dale S
There here.
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A few stayed around during this cold snap.
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04-06-2018, 10:33 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Edmonton
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Snows
If you look up a site called hunt the north, they update the migration weekly state by state right up into saskatchewan. The last report said they were just starting to show up in the southern part of North Dakota. I chase them a lot in the fall and spring. Itll be a couple weeks yet for sure unless it warms a lot. They will quite often not be sitting on the lakes when they come in to start, more in the floodwater in fields.
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04-06-2018, 11:19 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fishmonger535
If you look up a site called hunt the north, they update the migration weekly state by state right up into saskatchewan. The last report said they were just starting to show up in the southern part of North Dakota. I chase them a lot in the fall and spring. Itll be a couple weeks yet for sure unless it warms a lot. They will quite often not be sitting on the lakes when they come in to start, more in the floodwater in fields.
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A lot of our Alberta snows come from the Western Artic Population, many of which winter from Southern Oregon down through California into Mexico,,, so we aren't totally dependent on conditions first improving in the Dakotas for snows to arrive here.
That said, there is a lot of winter between us (particularly for those of us here in central Alberta) and the bulk of the snow goose migration from whatever population they come from. There is still a pretty good chunk of snow in Idaho and Montana yet as well as southern Alberta with quite a bit more forecast for the weekend for these areas.
Check out this current snow cover map: http://www.eldoradocountyweather.com/snowdepth.html
And yes,,, when the birds do finally get here, they will likely be quickly hopscotching through using sheetwater in the very wet muddy fields making predicting the "X" difficult,,, and getting out into the field to set up a spread physically demanding if not impossible in some cases.
In these conditions to kill some snows, the best bests may be pass / jump shooting,,, or running traffic with water spreads in pastures.
Welcome to completely unpredictable world of spring snow goose hunting!!!
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04-07-2018, 12:39 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Just talked to a buddy that passed through Warner Alberta, this am
said he saw thousands of snows there.
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04-07-2018, 02:10 PM
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Spotted a few east of Red Deer last night
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04-07-2018, 02:24 PM
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Saw 20 lost snows mixed in on the north side of calgary
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04-11-2018, 07:25 PM
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04-11-2018, 07:39 PM
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Where abouts was that?
Corn stubble under pivots? Taber, Lethbridge country I guess?
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04-11-2018, 09:03 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Beaver Mines AB.
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Saw about 6 to 7 hundred between Coaldale and Taber today.
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04-12-2018, 10:28 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Originally Posted by Dale S
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Well,,, sights like that always get the heart pumping,,, and with all that standing water in the field, getting out there and setting up a spread would certainly be a major cardio workout!!!!!
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04-12-2018, 07:28 PM
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Great photos!
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04-14-2018, 07:03 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: s. alberta
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Biggest problem is the lakes are still frozen. Birds are roosting in the flooded fields. Not easy hunting with 6 inches of water, snow and mud.
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04-15-2018, 08:05 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Manitoba
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Top of the Foodchain
Biggest problem is the lakes are still frozen. Birds are roosting in the flooded fields. Not easy hunting with 6 inches of water, snow and mud.
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Spring season at its best !!!
The most work you will ever do to shoot a few over the decoys
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04-15-2018, 10:18 AM
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Join Date: May 2009
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They're here....
I saw around 10,000 birds in a few different flocks within a 5 mile radius here in Southern Saskatchewan yesterday.
Let's roll!
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04-15-2018, 07:43 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Taber
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Few flocks flying around over Taber this evening
Good Luck
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04-15-2018, 08:27 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
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Fields/country roads are now closed in the Taber area due to flooding. I seen birds flying sky high tonight the adults will be in central alberta before the weekend. Lots of birds around Stirling. Had a great shoot. On the way back we seen tons south of Lethbridge.
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04-15-2018, 10:18 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2013
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If y'all want some flocks of snow geese to photograph; there are lots sitting on or even near Armitage's Lake right near Oyen. Some juvies and Ross mixed in. Hope that helps.
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04-17-2018, 06:16 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: calgary
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around taber,couple of thousand snow geese yesterday.
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04-18-2018, 02:03 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Near Drumheller
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Fella posted a pic of a couple mixed in with honkers around GP today. Friend was out last weekend, no juvies, smart birds, ground is hard like rock to put dekes into. Stake punches are necessary. That was Leth area.
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