Pictures Fall Snows

Patrick Olson · 11-26-2008, 10:50 PM

Been scouting real hard over all parts of Nebraska the last four days and finally found something worthwhile yesterday.

Not a big concentration of geese by any means. But enough and a pretty diverse one to keep it entertaining. The game was made even shorter when the birds came to the field in gigantic flocks, most of over a few thousand birds. Got three flocks of snows in dead to rights, hundreds of birds landing in the sillosocks. Been about eight months since I have seen anything close to that. Can't lie, I called the shot, rose up, pulled my trigger and in the heat of the moment forgot to open the safety. I was in a complete daze and instead of simply turning off the safety, I just sat there. Froze. Watched five birds get pounded by the other two guys and just started to giggle like a little school girl. One of those moments that is just too awesome.

Had two other flocks do the same thing before they finally sat down in between us and the roost and short changed us the rest of the morning. The specks and chickens were absolutely paranoid about white on the ground. Wouldn't get anywhere near the spread. If anything, they would land 300 yards short, skirt the white decoys completely on the pass, or Saw plenty of both, and I thought it would be an easy limit of specks. Proved me wrong. Both specks got picked out of the snow masses that finished cold. Only got one small flock of chickens to do it right.

The amount of juvy snows is absolutely insane. This spring is going to be a great one!

Ended with 23 geese, mostly snows between three of us. All four standard species of geese-rossies, Canadas, snows, and specks. Take it any day for fall snows in NE. Spread was only about 500 sillosocks.

PO

flatcoats · 11-26-2008, 10:59 PM

that would be awesome! very nice.

BPbowhunter · 11-26-2008, 10:59 PM

Nice!

mtgreenheads · 11-26-2008, 11:00 PM

Very nice, fall snows are my favorite birds to hunt.

huskerbowhunter · 11-26-2008, 11:07 PM

Nicely done boys

...I love Dan and Evan's facial expressions, not real sure about Pats though?

kaiserduckhelm · 11-27-2008, 06:08 AM

Nicely done Pat.

Fall snow geese in Nebraska, that is dedidcation there......I don't know if I am ready for that kind of rejection yet.

south of 41 · 11-27-2008, 08:48 AM

Do you notice a big difference when not using a e-caller vs a spring hunt??

I see you were able to still fool some adults....

**Chad** · 11-27-2008, 10:09 AM

My thanksgiving wish is that guys like Zeb and Olson would turn pro, so I could go back to living under the happy illusion that hunts like theirs aren't possible for average Joes like me.

Then I could warm my feet by the fire this afternoon, high on tryptophan and content with my average Joe season. Dreaming about that one time when this lone hen spooner came in... man did she do it perfect.

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Nice hunt, Pat!

bassnbaseball · 11-27-2008, 12:03 PM

Good job man. Looks like you guys had some fun.

Patrick Olson · 11-27-2008, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by south of 41

Do you notice a big difference when not using a e-caller vs a spring hunt??

I see you were able to still fool some adults....

Not as much as I would have thought. Basically, the bigger the flock, the closer they got. Didn't have a single problem finishing snows. None that worked flared before gun shower. They parachuted right to the ground. The difference would have been after the main mass sat down a few miles away. We might have pulled another five or ten birds with the callers.

The biggest difference would have been the plugs and extenders. If we have the plugs out and the extenders on, over 40 snows isn't out of the question. We get a few hundred birds within 15 yards. The shots are about as easy as they come on snows. Either parachuting straight down in front of us or backpeddling. Most of the birds still had not learned how to get the heck out of dodge when the shooting starts. It was far and away the easiest combo shots I have had on snows. Close birds and birds that have no idea how to flare yet.

Take this for example, I had two guns in my blind (usually have the second ready for cripples, other emergencies, etc.) I killed two snows with the second gun on two separate flocks after emptying my first. What happens with 5 or 6 shells instead of three? Instead of the three of us dropping 5 or 7 birds out of one of the flocks, we drop twice as many.

PO

kaiserduckhelm · 11-27-2008, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patrick Olson

Instead of the three of us dropping 5 or 7 birds out of one of the flocks, we drop twice as many.

PO

Then you have to clean twice as many.........

NEHONKERS · 11-27-2008, 05:49 PM

Well done. Close decoying snows, there is nothing better in waterfowling.

buglem · 11-27-2008, 09:53 PM

Awesome day of waterfowling! Congrats!

Fishn4Life · 11-27-2008, 11:07 PM

great job man,,,,thats freakn sweet!!!

Luv2Decoy · 12-01-2008, 02:22 PM

Nice Hunt!!

Thanks for the pictures.

Patrick Olson · 12-01-2008, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaiserduckhelm

Then you have to clean twice as many.........

My scouting + my blinds + my decoys + my driving = my choice of birds when it was all said and done.

At first I was just going to take the two specks.

Then I felt kind of bad leaving the other guys with 11 snows each, so I took two snows to throw in the jerky mix.

PO

tc_topshot · 12-01-2008, 03:10 PM

looks like a blast. good shooting patrick

copper · 12-01-2008, 10:53 PM

Congrats

**Ty Stromquist** · 12-01-2008, 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patrick Olson

Then I felt kind of bad leaving the other guys with 11 snows each, so I took two snows to throw in the jerky mix.

PO

Nice work man.

I cleaned over 70 once by myself. Dang that sucked.

Double28 · 12-02-2008, 02:39 AM

Sweetness!

11-26-2008, 10:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
Patrick Olson Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Omaha/Lincoln Posts: 338 Thanks: 3 Thanked 21 Times in 11 Posts	Fall Snows Been scouting real hard over all parts of Nebraska the last four days and finally found something worthwhile yesterday. Not a big concentration of geese by any means. But enough and a pretty diverse one to keep it entertaining. The game was made even shorter when the birds came to the field in gigantic flocks, most of over a few thousand birds. Got three flocks of snows in dead to rights, hundreds of birds landing in the sillosocks. Been about eight months since I have seen anything close to that. Can't lie, I called the shot, rose up, pulled my trigger and in the heat of the moment forgot to open the safety. I was in a complete daze and instead of simply turning off the safety, I just sat there. Froze. Watched five birds get pounded by the other two guys and just started to giggle like a little school girl. One of those moments that is just too awesome. Had two other flocks do the same thing before they finally sat down in between us and the roost and short changed us the rest of the morning. The specks and chickens were absolutely paranoid about white on the ground. Wouldn't get anywhere near the spread. If anything, they would land 300 yards short, skirt the white decoys completely on the pass, or Saw plenty of both, and I thought it would be an easy limit of specks. Proved me wrong. Both specks got picked out of the snow masses that finished cold. Only got one small flock of chickens to do it right. The amount of juvy snows is absolutely insane. This spring is going to be a great one! Ended with 23 geese, mostly snows between three of us. All four standard species of geese-rossies, Canadas, snows, and specks. Take it any day for fall snows in NE. Spread was only about 500 sillosocks. PO

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huskerbowhunter 2008 Catch & Continue Champion Join Date: May 2008 Location: Fremont Posts: 320 Thanks: 7 Thanked 12 Times in 10 Posts	Nicely done boys...I love Dan and Evan's facial expressions, not real sure about Pats though?

11-27-2008, 06:08 AM	#6 (permalink)
kaiserduckhelm Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 269 Thanks: 1 Thanked 9 Times in 5 Posts	Nicely done Pat. Fall snow geese in Nebraska, that is dedidcation there......I don't know if I am ready for that kind of rejection yet. __________________ Out-the-Window Outfitters. "Our drinking team has a hunting problem." Last edited by kaiserduckhelm; 11-27-2008 at 06:17 AM.

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flatcoats Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: omaha Posts: 1,329 Thanks: 15 Thanked 39 Times in 29 Posts	that would be awesome! very nice.

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mtgreenheads Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 51 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Very nice, fall snows are my favorite birds to hunt.

11-27-2008, 10:09 AM	#8 (permalink)
Chad Director Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Gone Fishin' Posts: 6,472 Thanks: 60 Thanked 68 Times in 42 Posts	My thanksgiving wish is that guys like Zeb and Olson would turn pro, so I could go back to living under the happy illusion that hunts like theirs aren't possible for average Joes like me. Then I could warm my feet by the fire this afternoon, high on tryptophan and content with my average Joe season. Dreaming about that one time when this lone hen spooner came in... man did she do it perfect. > > > > > > Nice hunt, Pat! __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.*

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bassnbaseball 2008 Catch & Continue Champion (18 and Under) Join Date: May 2008 Location: Fremont Posts: 450 Thanks: 19 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Good job man. Looks like you guys had some fun.

11-27-2008, 05:49 PM	#12 (permalink)
NEHONKERS Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 99 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Well done. Close decoying snows, there is nothing better in waterfowling.

11-27-2008, 09:53 PM	#13 (permalink)
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Fishn4Life Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 100 Thanks: 3 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	nice great job man,,,,thats freakn sweet!!! __________________ . . . No dought that stubborn boy was just like my fathers son. . .

12-01-2008, 02:22 PM	#15 (permalink)
Luv2Decoy Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in the blind Posts: 70 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Nice Hunt!! Thanks for the pictures.

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tc_topshot Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Broken Bow/Lincoln Posts: 385 Thanks: 6 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts	looks like a blast. good shooting patrick __________________ Whackin' Woodies Waterfowl Crew "If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid." - Murphy's Laws of Combat

12-01-2008, 10:53 PM	#18 (permalink)
copper Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Congrats

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Double28 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Near Beatrice, Nebraska Posts: 177 Thanks: 4 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Sweetness!

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