Category: Wyoming

Posted By:
mulket
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Table Mesa 01-30-2007 11:26
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Anyone been to Table Mesa, Springer etc lately?

Posted By:
rntcaller
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Idaho 01-23-2007 21:14
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
just to let you guys know our birds have just showed up. Three of us went out today and shot 21 green heads and 9 geese

Good luck just wanted to let you guys know

RNTCALLER

Posted By:
mulket
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Hawk Springs Table Mesa 01-22-2007 18:21
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Unless we get some 50 degree days and warmer nights the season is over here. There are zero Geese on Table and just a handful of locals ar Hawk Springs. Will try the last weekend with low expectations.

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glaubsgoose
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Report 01-18-2007 23:12
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I have a report. I was above Douglas a few days ago and got 4 geese and the person I was with got 4. I have family up in Mn. They said there are still ducks and geese there not a whole lot like a week ago but still a lot, so I think they are slowly coming down still, hunting in Mn. has been slow and they are not getting pushed down. Now up by Douglas there were some geese but not a whole lot we seen about 400 to 600 birds some would come in but others know where they wanted to go. Now can someone give me a report on the snow at Springer area please the snow at douglas was not bad but still some and you still have to watch where you drive getting a little muddy in some places. I have been trying to contact someone I know in Lusk to see when the geese start getting in, if I get it I will post it.

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yogibear
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springer/yoder 01-18-2007 22:27
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Finalflight,
I wish I had a good report on the Springer/Yoder area, but I have been scouting out that way and it is bleak to put it mildly. I work with people that live in Yoder and they report seeing very few to NO geese at all. I went by Springer/Yoder tonight at 4:00 PM, and saw no geese at all. The geese we have in the Torrington area are on the river, and are very patterned right now. Seem to be heading north of refuge by Lingle and north of torrington. Don’t really know about the duckin, as I wimped out last weekend. Last time I went I got two ducks and was on the river till noon. All in all, it seems pretty slow.

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Final Flight G3
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Goshen 01-18-2007 22:16
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Has anyone been hunting or scouting around the Yoder/Springer area? Is there any geese left in the country? How about ducks, has anybody seen a duck in the past month? Any information would be much appriciated. I have just been waiting on the snows to get here. Speaking of snow how much is left up in that part of the woods. Thanks for any info, hunters.

Posted By:
glaubsgoose
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01-16-2007 01:08
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Sir yes I understand in what you have said. But skybusting is against the law in many ways it is just to hard to prove in court. I am not saying anyone here is one of these people in no way I think and know you all have seen this and at time has hurt your hunts. Skybusting cripples the birds and the law says once you hit a bird you must make every thing possibale to get that bird. My friend Steve at the head Qts, in Cheyenne said if someone shoots a goose or bird once it is hit, it counts as your limit even if you do not find it if it comes down it is on your limit and you know like myself this happen a lot. read what I had put a while back about the Regs. and what they say. Now yes I agree they need more water up all over there this will help spead out the hunters but I have been hunting geese for over 25 years now geese do not really need water all geese on Table go to pond one even when there is water all over, but the water freezes and no water the geese still will stay around as long as there is feed. I have gotten geese my limit over a dry pond. As long as they see the decoys and come right over with in shooting range. Ducks seem to need water yes. But I think all these peopl need to get together they have meating to get together and work with these things we need to do. At one time skybusting was and did come with a fine but like I said to hard to prove this I will do what I can and take a camera or cam corder and tape these things going on so the G and F will have there profe I do not know about anyone else but I have found the geese now and I am getting them if anyone finds the same place great but the first skybuster say cheese and I hope you all will do the same. I don’t want to fight with anyone but these excuses need to stop. It is all about the animals respect them and other hunters and this is also what this site is for to get a piont by and to let others know and try to do something to make things better.

Posted By:
mulket
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Table Mesa 01-15-2007 17:21
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Glaubsgoose. I understand the Wyoming Game & Fish has limited resources, but if the lack of water causes the geeses to quit stopping over here, what is the economic impact of lost license revenues with less hunters and the dollars spent for food, lodging etc? Skybusting is not against the law and would be impossible to enforce if it was! Is it unsportsmen like and unethical YES. You can not judge what others will do based on your your standards, the offenders you are talking about do not belong to this website or any other conservation organazation. My guess is they also have not invested in decoys, dogs or the proper equipment as you have, they are just coming out to bust a few caps and get big kicks out of rocking a few birds.There are solutions to this problem, such as proper sign in when hunting the area and maybe you can not just show up to pass shoot, but have to hunt over decoys with a limited number of hunters allowed in each area.Bottom line it will only get worse but without water no one will be hunting!

Posted By:
glaubsgoose
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Hawksrings 01-14-2007 03:29
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I am all for a meeting to stop sky busting. I feel if things are done right all can hunt at tables that wants to. I feel if all hunters work together and respect the others. I feel on pond two there can be at least three set ups of decoys the first one there gets his pick where I have been late and taken the vey end of this pond and the geese will come in to the others first I just take left overs with my decoys. Pond three can hold about 3 sets of decoys. A lot of people sit on the diek at pond one if that had water in it maybe two set can be on the shooting side. The Game and Fish can only do so much, here in Wyoming there is just not enough funds as a state like New York or Min. so it is harder to protect here what is going on. about the water it is some of these rachers that hold back the water that stops Table from getting water and if this coming year is like last it will be the same. I wish there was a way to sent water from the river to Table, Bump, and Spriner. But this would cost more than the Game and Fish can handle, maybe some help from Ducks Unlimited can do it I do not know. but geese really do not need that much water, they need feed and not to be to pressured by sky busters. Also I say Pheasant hunter can hunt but they need to understand when there is someone duck or goose hunting stay away. Hunt the pheasants and leave the ducks and geese alone. I beleive if it done right all can be happy. there are many places for pheasant hunter to hunt and yet stay away from the goose hunter. Or do as I do. If I hunt pheasant up there I wear a orange hat and when I see ducks or geese that want to come in I get down on the ground hide my orange hat under myself and have been close to duck hunters and they have gotten ducks. I always have them thank me because of what I did and alowed them to hunt as for myself. It is just funny the geese can be thought things like to stay away from some areas but a hunter can not be thought to be respectful of others is really the big problem at Table or any other public place. They let any Tom, Dick or Jane hunt and they do not know what they are doing. I have seen people walk and walk with out a dog for pheasants forget it you need that dog and it should be trained right. I have seen dogs out one time a Bulldog this guy was useing come on these are the people that should not be there they know not what they do. I know Pheasant and waterfowl hunts can hunt if people would just use their heads. It is just most people buy camo or orange and a gun some shotshells and think they are a hunter. I have seen people up there and a bird get up but between two people and one guy shoots anyway with the other just on the other side of the bird. What are you Dick Chainny. People just need to watch tapes, study how each hunting is done, do something. There is just to many stupid people out there not to many hunter just to many stupid people.

Posted By:
mulket
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Goshen 01-13-2007 20:00
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Well if you are really interested in finding a solution the Wyoming Game commisioner Ron Lovercheck lives in Goshen county, I suggest we arrange a meeting with him to explore any possible solutions.It would at the very least a interesting discussion.

Posted By:
yogibear
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goshen 01-13-2007 19:38
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Didn’t brave the cold today, gonna go set up for geese tommorrow, should be a nice warm day, yeah right. Mulket – you raised some excellent points with your post. Having a protected (refuge) pond in the middle of a bunch of public hunting waters and land open for both waterfowl and pheasant hunting has never made much sense to me. However I also know having public land to hunt for waterfowl is rare and welcome in Goshen county. I really don’t know what the answer is, but the MAJOR issue we have is with the water, or lack thereof. What can we all do to get water into Table, Springer, and Bump. Granted the weather has been pretty wierd this year, but I know we have had many, many pushes of geese fly right on by because of the water situation. I know our state is primairly known for our big game hunting, but I wish Wyoming would put more of a priority on waterfowl and waterfowl habitat.

Posted By:
mulket
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Goshen 01-13-2007 15:22
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 0-10 Degrees – Ice
I have been following all the postings about skybusters at Table Mesa and I have resisted commenting but here goes! First of all, it is crazy that this area is open for Pheasant hunting and stocked by the state at the same time waterfowlers are trying to hunt, but the truth is any time you have a small area open to the public you will have problems with slob hunters who’s idea of hunting is to come out and drink a few brews and set up on the firing line to skybust. The fact is Game and Fish has some responsibility here. How many REAL hunters can this area support? It is equally crazy to have half this area open to hunting and the rest a refuge. I know that will not go down well with some people but it is a problem. I hunt all around this area on leased fields so I do not have to put up with with these issues and I can tell you we have crippled geese falling into our decoys all the time from skybusters, until Game and Fish step to the plate on this problem it will only get worse. The biggest problem with this area is the lack of water, maybe if the state really cared, they would spend some $ on water and stop wasting valuable dollars on leasing Open Space that has not contained any wildlife in years.

Posted By:
glaubsgoose
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01-09-2007 13:37
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How is the snow there around Hawksping is Table still snowed over and can’t get into? Thank You.

Posted By:
yogibear
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Goshen 01-08-2007 20:14
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Tried an afternoon goose hunt Saturday in the wind. Needless to say I didn’t see any birds in the air, saw some in fields hunkered down out by Lingle. I just got some GHG Pro series, and wanted to see their motion in the wind. With the field stakes, they held the wind and did great. Love the new motion cone that has a limiter for windy days. Sunday got a few ducks on the river, but overall very slow. Is anyone else hunting Goshen County for geese? I sure haven’t heard many good reports, we need new birds and fast. I am thinking about trying a silo only spread just to give the birds another look that they haven’t seen yet.

Posted By:
PUDLJMPR
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01-08-2007 16:56
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Mark im glad that you have had good experinces there and for the most part mine have been good to. Maybe because of the lack of water there that only the die hard decoyers have been huntin it but when its full you have every Tom Dick and Harry with a gun hiding in the weeds, on the firing line and up on the hill in that blind shootin at every flock that gets off and on pond 1 that irratates the hell out of me and educates the geese, i have watched the birds get off 1 and either go out and around or straight up because of the sky bustin, this is a never ending issue and wont ever completly stop but its good to dicuss this with everyone and maybe in the future when a flock is flying by and they think can i hit one?? they will think of all of us talking about it. Remember its not all about the kill, just watchin a flock of decoyin ducks or geese is as good or better than shootin them so have fun and some patience of the guys who dont think like us and pray for water in Bump cause that place was also a fun and great place to hunt.

Posted By:
IMAKADABULLCRAZY
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01-08-2007 11:02
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All, You guys must have some bad experiences while hunting the public areas in Goshen. I have been to public places this year maybe 10 to 15 times and never had any problems with anyone. I would have to say that every encounter has been outstanding and everyone repecting everyones spaces. We are usually in first and whoever shows up later always ask if we minded where they set up. We did have some geese locked to our decoys only to have some pheasant hunter walk in at the wrong time, however they were very apologetic. I have witnessed no one skybusting or shooting after hours. Maybe I’m just lucky. After all this, I did not hunt this past week and wanted to know what effect the high winds had on the area?

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glaubsgoose
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Hunting rights 01-08-2007 02:54
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Dear PUDLJMPR.

Yes it is a public area and every one has the right to hunt there but the friend I have at Game and Fish Steve told me that if another hunter shoots out of your decoys or with in 100 yards is harrassment and harrassment charges can be brough up on them. Yes they should have respect and yes I did tell him he spooked the flocks from my decoys but it does not matter because these people do not care if you spent the time and gas to go and set up they only care if they get some. But now I know it is harrassment on others. This strait from the Wyoming Game and Fish. This goes for Rawhide and any public area why do you think the Game and Fish made Bump-Sullivan were you had to put in for the days you wanted to hunt and if this goes on Rawhide and Table will be the same way you will have to draw for days. I have been hunting birds, ducks and geese since 1979 back when you can shot lead and now there is more goose hunter than ever and they do not know what they do wrong so it might just be me to do it but I will turn them in because what they do messes up every thing for the rest and it shows in the REGS. the drawings when to shot and the part that says TAKE THEM CLOSE! It says Wait… wait…aannndddd…..take them’em! When my head cleared the top of the blind, there were eight geese hooked over the decoys, thier heads and feet still down, all within twenty yards of the muzzles. A flurry of shots and three were on the ground. Don turned to us with a broad grin.
“And THAT, gentlemen, is the way we do that”! Follow this and I say up to 40 yard maybe 50 is OK but it is called hunting not shooting the REGS. are there for us to read not just part from cover to cover and to follow them. At the end of the distance part of the REGS. it says Remember: If your shotgun’s muzzle appears to totally cover the goose, it is to far away for a lethal shot. If you are unsure…. DON”T SHOT! It also states in the REGS. in dark letters. Generally speaking, if you cannot see the body of the goose on a crossing shot outside the muzzle of the shotgun, it is beyond 55 yards and too far to shoot at. TOO FAR TO SHOOT AT. Every thing in these REGS. are for us to follow. So this is what I am told from the main office Game and Fish

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glaubsgoose
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Hawkspings 01-07-2007 23:19
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To Vogibear:

Yes I understand about with the snows. But there is a way to get decoys at a good price made by carrylight or what ever. I got some Canada geese decoys of these and there were not just what I wanted so I worked with them and they look good and they only cost $54 for 12. I plan soon to get some and work them and use them. I never hunted Snows but I think this year I am. But like I said most goose hunters do not shot out past 40 or 50 yards, this year I hunted with my friend from the Game and Fish he had the super mags. on pond 2 at table we were the only ones up there we got 10 geese by 11:00 am on a tues. he kept telling me to shot these geese were out about 40 – 45 yards yes I can kill them but I am used to shooting about 30 yards for a good kill shot. I use shot size 2 and my son uses a 20 ga. 2 shot and he gets them. What I like about Table is when these sky busters shot and shot they have all these decoys out 4 to 7 doz. and I go up with two duck decoys and call a mMallard call and bring the geese in. These people over shot and the geese know not to go in but feel safe around ducks. We walk out one day two duck decoys and this guy started to yell at us he had none and called us names and said we were sky busting. I laughed when my 14 year old son told him yaeh right with a 20 ga. and then he told this guy to use his head other than a hat rack. My son got 4 geese that day 3 were head shots one its head was almost shot off just hanging there. I think the real goose hunter need to complain to the Game and Fish more and try to get these rules changed into the REGS. No sky shooting with out a fine. Take a vidio cam and record these people to prove to the Game and Fish because it is against the law to sky bust but in court it is hard to prove with out film or photos. But I have found two places between Table and Ne. were I can go and get geese one has a good sized pond and they go in there all the time and it is not closed to hunting. But I will still go to Table just to get these so called goose hunters that brake the laws. Because what people do not know if they shot a goose after shooting time is done this is not just a State law and go to court for the State but it is also Faderal law, water fowl is Federally regulated and both charges can and will be brought up, from here on out from what I heard. So state can be what $500 but Federal is like $2500 fine on this so they can do the right thing or pay. But we need more people like you out there to hunt and not harrass others it would be a lot better place. Even when I Pheasant hunt at Table I wear just an orange hat and the rest is camo. When I am out and close to duck or goose hunters and the ducks or geese are coming in I and my son take off the orange hats and get down so we do not mess up anyones hunt if fact this year we stopped because this hunter had ducks coming in and we waited and then my dog got his ducks for him there was 4 he thanked me and said if we wanted we could hunt ducks with him but not all people think like me and wear all orange and don’t mind hunting around someone decoys. If all these hunters would use there heads we all can get along.

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PUDLJMPR
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01-07-2007 23:10
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Glaubgoose obvilously you must be new to Table cause that is all of our concerns and i totally agree, Table would and Is (when there is water) a wonderful place to hunt, that has always been everyones concern the birds there always decoyed well if you let them, pheasant hunters for the most part respect us but thank god its done in Dec. For some reason people always like to get close to each other and that sucks because you cant let the birds work and then noone ends up gettin good shots and i agree with at least a 200 yard buffer but they are right it is public land, but just tell those “other hunters”
that do that “what if it was you” that had birds decoyin and someone shot at em! This is always a problem and only the good guys can fix it and all you guys who let em land know who you are!!! So let em land and pound em!!!

[Edited By PUDLJMPR on 2007-01-07 23:14]

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yogibear
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goshen 01-07-2007 19:41
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Glaubsgoose,
I feel your pain, I can’t stand sky busters one bit. However I do pass shoot ONLY AT SNOWS during the special spring season. I simply can not afford to get a snow goose spread, but believe me, when it comes to dark geese or ducks, I ONLY hunt over decoys. I think the key when pass shooting is to set up in their flight pattern and take ethical shots, 35 to 40 yards max. It is also very important to respect others space. It amazes me how often I see people take 70 to 80 yds. shots when pass shooting, and end up only wounding birds.

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glaubsgoose
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Hawksprings 01-07-2007 01:36
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Sorry about the misspelling I hit a the wrong key and seen it after I posted it this matter just p–ses me off respect others or pay the cost. We Hunters need to get together and do something about this. Do you know it is illegal to pass shot or shy bust it is just to hard to prove in court now with Video cams out there I think I will start taken it just to get these sky busters tape for the prof look in the REGS. see the part with the geese at the end of the gun this tells you when to shot and when not to shot for steel shot. Again sorry about the mis key and spelling it just ticks me off and I write out of anger.

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glaubsgoose
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Hawkspings 01-07-2007 01:21
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To vogibear and markragsdale.

Yes I had a few hunts at Table that I had smaller flock of decoys but was bringing in the geese I sat in the cat tails and a flock came in low 4 foot off and 30 yards out so bam I got one, so after I called another flock in they coming right to me and 45 yards out they V off then a second flock and then another. I got up to se if my decoys had fallin over because of the wind and no but then i looked around and with in 25 yards was this guy from Torrington with #7 plates I found out later open coat with orange insde with a dog running around. I yelled at him and told hi mnot to shot out of my decoys. Now if he would have asked yes I would have let him in the weeds with me but he was an ass about it and chased off these flocks he said it is a public hunting place and he can do what ever he wants. This is find any flock that seemed to want to come in I jumped up and shot out of range before they got there if I di not have a chance because of this guy he would not. After a while the geese still wanted in my decoy or at least fly over some some other hunter that had decoys up came close to me. GO PLAY FOOLS you got your own decoy use them. As the day goes by these hunters came back for the after noon shot after a while they moved away and I got a few more geese. I do not care if I get my limit I just out with the dog and have fun. After I shot my last goose 2 min before shooting was to end I started to pick up my decoys this took about 20 min. these hunters where still shooting geese after shooting time look at ht eregs they state what time to shot. Well I deal with Game and Fish a lot and know much of the people with Game and Fish and yes I will turn them in a poacher and this is just what they were doing poaching. I got my decoys picked up and walked back to the truck and they still were shooting it is at least 30 min. after shooting time now. The guy with no decoys that was behind me even after I took down all the lic. numbers on all the plates was now even walking back and this is after I put every thing away in my truck this is bad people like this will take away the all day shots if this goes on and this will hurt the real goose hunters. Now I checked with a man I know at the main office at Game and Fish yes it is a public hunting area but when another hunter hunts out of anothers decoy or is with in a 100 yards this is Harrassment and can be sited for it. When someone up at Table shots a goose or bird it is on there limit and if someone steels it it still counts as yours and if he steels it you are alowed four more no matter what by law and regs. Now these people that shot out of my decoys were up again and got away from me this time but a Upland game bird hunter was walking and shot a goose flting by one of these goose hunter stole his goose I seen it and reported it this is thieft and can be chanrged with it. But this guy that stole the goose his wife got 5 that morning. WHY take someone elses. SYOP the sky busting and pass shotting the Geese will stat around a lot longer. We as hunters the real hunters must turn in the ones that are doing wrong. Did you know most poachers are caught by someone turning them in and not from a warden seeing them so lets all get together and do something to save our hunting please. I can se if someone may shot 5 min. past if there watch is off or something but this 20 min to 30 min will stop and I have been in touch with the game and fish and they are watching close now. I came across three game and fish people they were hunting geese and ducks and they go there a lot not just to hunt but to get the poachers and harrassing people. I know most of you are the real deal hunters but these few that make it bad for the rest has to be stopped. Last year there was over 30 tickets given out there and more is coming. I want a happy hunt for all and like on pond three there can be three sets of decoys but think don’t shot just to shot you can shot and also let other shot with you if you do it right and no fights will happen. Pound two can hold three sets of decoys the north side and south and the west do it right please. Now this letter is not pointed at the ones I wrote this to I do not know who you are I just want to get the word out and ask for help from these poachers and harrassing people.

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yogibear
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goshen 01-06-2007 21:08
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Glaubsgoose,
I’m not sure I understand your entire post, but if you’re talking about fellow hunters respecting each others space, I totally agree. 100 yards is still too close. I don’t hunt Table much but I hunt other public areas and I try to respect other hunter’s space if they are there first. What gets me is when I am the first to set up in a spot and someone comes up and sets up 200 yards of so from me. I really don’t understand this way of thinking. It confuses the birds and is a safety issue. I hope you’re right about more geese following these white barred geese from the north. We need some fresh geese, while out today I counted 10 spreads along the Platte between Torrington and Lingle. These birds are seeing it all.

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IMAKADABULLCRAZY
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01-06-2007 06:33
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Im not sure I ‘m following; did somoeone shoot out of your decoys that has been corresponding in this forum?

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glaubsgoose
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Hawksprings Wy 01-06-2007 02:01
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This is a report and a message————The last two year about this time there has been a new Canada goose I reported this goose to Game and fish and a few sporting goods stores. It most noticable marking is a white bar or band accrossed the chest, it his is a Glaub’s Goose subspecies of a Canada goose. Geese not being at Torrington and Springer now do not worry these birds I write about are still up north and after they come though there is more Canada geese to follow as the way it has been the last two years. So it might be a few weeks but there should be some coming I just hope at table there is no sky busting or shooting out of others decoys. Lets see some respect and I found out from the Game and Fish today if someone is in shooting range a 100 yards from someone that has decoys up and you shot out of those and that area it is a harrasment charges can and will be brought up, yes this is a public place but there are rules to this also not to hunt to close to another and hey do not shot any geese past shooting hours look at you regs. don’t go past them we are watching… We got the all day shots on some days but some people think they can shot until dark this is not true in any way, there is a times to shot in hours in the regs. read this and follow it, there will be not exceptions and if you do this you will be caught sooner or later.

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PUDLJMPR
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01-05-2007 00:44
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I have also hunted Goshen for A long time. Huntin around Springer usually is the safe and best bet, but the wind and the snow usually changes things, usually your still safe huntin close but i have found the birds move into pastures and alot of places that no self respectin goose would never even look at, and no hunter would either just look for spots that have blown clear. Table and suronnding areas are usually better the later it gets, it always gets warmer and the geese pour in there i think they come from Morrill but thats just me. If you can get a bite on huntin south of the resovior (hawksprings) that to is always good so happy huntin!! Im in on a Colo lease and doin good but my heart us in Goshen.

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yogibear
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goshen 01-04-2007 20:36
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Good advice Final Flight, I totally agree. The key thing you said is in a normal year. This year sure is not normal. I have hunted almost every weekend this season is Goshen County, and all I can say is it is tough. The Yoder area went from having a few birds to almost nothing, drifts and snow have covered up fields. I have numerous areas to hunt that way, and have scouted twice in the past two weeks between 3:00 and 4:30 PM, and saw 5 geese. I’m sure there a few on Springer still but I sure haven’t found em. The river geese are a whole other story. Geese been lifting off refuge and heading straight north most of time. I have saw geese fly right over my house in Torrington to the north for quite some time. Every now and then the river geese head other directions, but the weather has flat screwed up normal patterns. I really think we are screwed for geese until we get a strong northern blast to get the birds out of Montana. Ragsdale, where is Rawhide creek, is it north of Lingle? I have noticed the geese in Nebraska are heading north also, I think the fields are more open to the north in our area due the the snow we recently received. Good luck to all and hope for a NORTHERNER.

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Final Flight G3
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01-04-2007 01:08
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well Markragsdale, My dad and i have hunted Goshen County for a long time, back in the days where you had to go to the Springr check-in station and wait for your name to be drawn so you could pick which blind you wanted to hunt out of that day. That was when Bump Sullivan had water in it, and the Game and Fish had the managed goose hunt. We have been hunting walk-ins and other public recreation areas since “Bump” went dry. We have killed 60+ geese every year consistently for o maybe the last 10 years off of public land. So my suggestion would be: Stay south of Torrington, If you can stay close to Springer Res. (with in a 3-5 mile radius in any direction.) If you cant do that try and stay east of Springer, no furtur north than Yoder And no furtur south than Hawk Springs. Yet anywhere between the Rawhide refuge and Springer is good too, But from my observations you have to stay on the west side of HWY 85. Keep in mind, What I’am telling you is on a average year. When the geese are here in good numbers. So this info may not applie this year, with all the freak weather we have been having. To be honest I have not had that much luck on the river for geese, but not bad luck for the ducks. So there you have it man. Thats really about all i can tell you. The rest is up to you. So pattern the geese and then plan an ambush on them and them WACK ‘EM & STACK ‘EM!!!! Good luck to you!

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IMAKADABULLCRAZY
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Goshen 01-03-2007 19:12
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Hunted Rawhide Creek near Lingle. Saw alot of Cans flying east to west right before dark. I’m new to hunting this area and have not had alot of luck. Any Suggestions would be appreciated.

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Final Flight G3
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01-03-2007 15:47
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No,No, I was just saying I Probably wont hunt canada geese the rest of this year and just wait for the snow geese to come back though. Unless something happens to where for some odd reason the canadians come back. Did you see a whole lot of birds Ragsdale? And about where were you hunting if you dont mind me asking? Thanks for the report man

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IMAKADABULLCRAZY
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Goshen 01-03-2007 10:47
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 0-10 Degrees – Open Water
Gentleman, Hunted this past weekend and the first day had a decent shoot and then two days later walking in the birds got up and did not come back. Your thoughts on if weather comes back will we get more birds?

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Final Flight G3
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01-02-2007 00:10
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man Puddle i kind of feel bad. I should have informed everyone about that. If it snows just a little bit and the wind blows a person wont get into Packerd till spring, unless you want to hike in. I probably wont go bird hunting again in WY until the snows come back though. I just dont belive that any of the birds that were there before the snow hung around or will come back. The snow was and is still to deep. Its to bad but what can ya do? Hopefully we keep getting the moisture and it will fill some of the ponds up around Goshen County. Thats all I have to say about that.

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PUDLJMPR
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Goshen 01-01-2007 22:05
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Had a buddy take a break from our colo pit and head north to see whats happening, he planned on huntin Packer but the road was drifted in and couldnt get to the lake and then he tried Table and had the same problem so be careful everyone and dont forget your shovel

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yogibear
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scouting report 12-29-2006 19:41
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Man, it is dead on the Wyoming reports, no one hunting. Went to Colorado over the holidays and just totally smashed the geese. River here is spotty. Lots of ducks but they are leaving the refuge and head west and north, so Rawhide is pretty slow. Went for a ride out by Yoder Tuesday from 3:00 to 4:30 pm, and never saw ONE goose. The few geese we have are on the river. If we don’t get some new geese soon, I will be heading to Colorado again, although with all the snow down there, don’t know how much longer they will stay there. We need some weather up north for a new push of birds. Happy new year.

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IMAKADABULLCRAZY
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Goshen 12-25-2006 18:10
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Hunted the river yesterday and defintely more ducks than in the past, however did not get many to decoy. Saw big flocks of geese heading in all directions and again the same story with no luck getting any to come in.

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Final Flight G3
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12-24-2006 23:31
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Ya that would be good if you could post up puddle, because I dont know the next time I’ll be up there. Plus We didnt really get to hunt Friday so we were’nt out in the field all day to see the geese flying around. So we could have simply missed them. Let us know what you see that would be greatly appriciated. Good luck to you man!! Hope you kill some in Goshen.

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PUDLJMPR
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12-24-2006 15:59
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Final, we have been hunting in Wellington and there is a ton of geese down there so maybe the ones from Goshen headed south, there is alot of snow down there also and it didnt seem to push any of the geese out of the area but who knows, i will probably hunt up there one day this week and ill post what we see. Happy holidays and hunting

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Final Flight G3
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Goshen 12-24-2006 15:44
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 30-34 Degrees – Ice
Man this weather really screwed things up. We could not even get to our hunting spot over by Yoder on Friday because the snow was so deep and drifted. Needless to say we didnt even see any geese from Hawk Springs to just about Torrington. Yesterday we went to the river. There are a few birds hanging around there but the didnt want water they were going to the fields didnt fire a shot. When we got done yesterday we went driving around Yoder and Hawk Springs and still didnt see any geese. Iam a bit worried that this could be the begining of the end for this season. we’ll keep at em and see what happens. Good luck to all.

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PUDLJMPR
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12-24-2006 13:05
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Been huntin our lease in colo but ready to head back to Goshen and chase some ducks, anyone been on the river lately? How is the bird situation lookin? Im sure Table and Paker are froze but havnt been up there for a few weeks, any help would be great. Thanks guys

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yogibear
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12-20-2006 20:32
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Snowing and blowing here in Torrington right now. I don’t have a clue what this is going to do with the birds since this storm moved in from the south?? Darth Wader – I hope the geese get here for you in January too. There are a few river geese but many have supposedly moved on in the last week. I haven’t hunted the river lately – but I have 5 days off next week and plan on hitting it on the river and at my goose spots every day I’m off. Going to colorado for Christmas and to hunt. I know there is a ton of geese there, or at least there was before the storm. Everyone stay safe and warm, and happy holidays.