Posted By:
John-Donelon
Field Editor
nebr. 01-04-2013 14:35
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What is the goose population like in Neb?
Posted By:
Larry-Olson
Field Editor
Northern Panhandle and North Platte river 12-26-2012 21:39
Cloudy, Snow Flurries – 10-20 Degrees – Ice
Well I haven’t been able to hunt much but the birds are definitely on the river. There are thousands of both geese and ducks roosting in my area and we are managing to shoot some most days. We have only had two skunk days and those were on calm bluebird days. Anytime we have some wind or snow we seem to knock a few down. Patricks are starting to add up the numbers on both geese and ducks. Mike’s Lisco blind has been stacking them up again this week. We all had a lull between the first cold blast and now when the weather was very pleasant but it’s cold now and everyone in the panhandle has snow on the ground. I plan on getting the most out of my blind for the rest of the season so let’s hope we keep the birds there. I will let you know. LO
Posted By:
Jon-Barta
Field Editor
North Central 12-10-2012 09:29
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new ducks showed up afternoon on sunday. I hunted until noon and then had to go. Couple of guys stayed and it was worth it! Sounds like the eastern side of the state saw them before we did.
Posted By:
kpsriverdice
Web Member
Platte river west of Kearney 12-09-2012 20:18
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 25-30 Degrees – Open Water
Hunted the river this morning expecting some new birds, no shots fired. One of those years!!! Water was slush free until 9. The birds that are around are really patterned. For the average weekend hunter its been a tough year. Good luck to all this week. Reports Are birds on the move this evening.
Posted By:
Larry-Olson
Field Editor
North Platte river valley 12-03-2012 07:53
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 50-60 Degrees
I am averaging two geese a morning from my cornfield near Minitare. There are a lot of geese in the area and Mallards as well. The birds are becoming safe paterned but a weather change is on its way. Reports along the river are all similar, a few chances each day but not many limit days. All lakes and ponds are open again and big numbers of waterfowl are in the western sandhills . We hunted a corn pivot in Sheridan county last saturday and killed all thirteen geese that we decoyed. I have received reports of great goose hunts near Alliance I will be hunting my blind as much as possible from now Til the end of the season
Posted By:
Larry-Olson
Field Editor
Panhandle 11-18-2012 21:43
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees
There are great numbers of waterfowl in the North Platte river valley and everyone is reporting excellent goose hunting. Mike’s Lisco blind is already nearing their season total for last year reporting limits every day until today. I finally got my pit in and am encouraged by the bird numbers in the area. Even the larger lakes iced Over in last weeks winter blast but are now open again. The forecast for the next week is for mostly pleasant weather so wind will be important to success. I will hunt Thursday morning and report after.
Posted By:
Larry-Olson
Field Editor
North platte river valley near Minitare 11-13-2012 13:46
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Well we didn’t get the pit in yesterday for a number of reasons. There was Plenty of geese and a ton of ducks in the area. It looks promising if those birds stick around. The lisco blind reported a lot of new geese and limited out by nine. The Patrick blind isn’t ready to hunt yet but reported good numbers of geese yesterday.
Posted By:
Larry-Olson
Field Editor
North platte river valley near 11-13-2012 13:40
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Posted By:
stumper
Web Member
Grand Island, NE 11-13-2012 13:17
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Next week I am planning on taking a drive up into southestern So Dak from Grand Island, NE on my way back to Wisconsin for Thanksgiving. I would like to do some scouting (not hunting) for the northern mallards/snows. I am in college and didn’t bring my gun with me to school, but I always enjoy watching the annual fall migration, and they say this is supposed to be an historic one. Any suggestions on where (what towns) I might want to hit in NE Nebraska and SE South Dakota? I will take I-90 back east into LaCrosse, WI.
Thanks in advance for the help guys.
Posted By:
Larry-Olson
Field Editor
Northern Panhandle 11-11-2012 21:51
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 10-20 Degrees – Open Water
Well we decided to hunt a local lake on Saturday before the storm hit our area fully expecting some serious migration from the north and was skunked for the first time in a long time. We hunted until about noon and gave it up without a single flock decoying and probably only saw about fifteen to twenty ducks migrate in, all divers. It was spitting snow when we quit and by the time I reached home some fifty miles it was snowing hard. I saw one small flock of Canadas driving home but soon after I was in Crawford I started recieving reports that a big push was beginning. Geese of all kinds migrated through the night and all day today along with great numbers of Mallards and other ducks. We returned to the same lake this morning and had a fantastic ducks shoot. One of my young friends and his rookie wife joined me both days. She was a trooper to tough out the cold temps this morning and shot her own limit without any interference from either of us. It took awhile but it was obvious that she would get as many chances as she needed. We only had five goose decoys out and had several small bunches give us a close look but never killed any. It was another of those days that drives us to the hard work to pack in some decoys and lay in the reeds. Many of the Mallards were decoying from great heights and coming right into our kill hole with no hesitation. Most of the time we were taking them ten yards out and five feet high with as many as forty or fifty in a bunch. Wish you could have been there. Too many of our buddies were deer hunting. There was seldom a moment when there wasn’t ducks or geese flying over the lake. We quit at nine but most likely would have killed some geese had we stuck it out. I have a pit to get in tommorrow so I was happy to quit early. The landowner passed along information that our field had quite a few geese over it today so maybe it will work. I think the North Platte river valley gained a ton of geese today. We will find out.
