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Sounds like they are pushing hard in SD, wont be long.Lot of snow over east yet.They could slide west this year.
SD is LOADED,temps in the 50s for the next 2 weeks.Snows will be here by this weekend.
Care to place money on that one. Nothing but forties and fifties in the forecast and a clear path on the westside the birds will likely be smacking the Border by The weekend.Just like last yr, They wont be here till late March early April.
SD is LOADED,temps in the 50s for the next 2 weeks.Snows will be here by this weekend.
these warm temps surely will get the first mass moving early this spring,but I'll wait for the lolly gaggers to start ,then I''ll wander towards central south dakota late march maybe unless another big ass snow storm comes along.gotta think ponds ,lakes are still locked up even with these temps ? curious if the crops came down in south dakota yet as we hunted standing corn in december with 3' drifts.
Good Morning,
Currently, we are not observing any snow geese at Sand Lake. Very small flocks have been noted near Pierre, SD and Webster, SD over the past weekend. The Refuge remains snow and ice covered, so we do not expect large influxes of geese in the immediate future. However, the weather forecast for this area is supposed to be mild and sunny for the next week, so the birds could move into the area once we lose some of our snow cover and water opens up.
There will be a migration update posted on our website sometime this afternoon or first thing tomorrow morning - we will continue posting updates there as significant changes occur, but always feel free to contact our office with questions!
Thank you,
Kalee Dennert
Sand Lake NWR
If the latter half of this forecast turns out to be accurate (which as far out as it is is Highly Questionable) that is one ice pack destroying sob. Daytime highs in the 50s and overnight lows above freezing will chew through ice in a big hurry. If it turns out to be accurate I would suspect that this weekend will be the last weekend of ice fishing around Bismarck for the non-suicidal crowd.
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Yeah but what about where the snows would actually be right now I.E. south of 90 in the Mitchell to yankton run! Kaylee seems to paying attention to the areas that fall into the land of no duh there's no snow geese there! But the mention of Pierre having snows definitely lends Credence to a possible Westward shift.
Actually, honestly Dean, what do you do for a living? I tend to listen to the DNR folks, since they have their ears and eyes open for a living - yet you often call them bullshitters.
Not itching for a fight, just curious what you do for a living.
Well I spent a good chunk of the mid 2000's as a spring snow goose guide following the migration from south east Kansas generally till they got to the South Dakota north dakota border. Did nothing but live and breath these birds from late Jan till they got here and then I would still follow them just hunting for myself.Actually, honestly Dean, what do you do for a living? I tend to listen to the DNR folks, since they have their ears and eyes open for a living - yet you often call them bullshitters.
Not itching for a fight, just curious what you do for a living.
Back in the day they Al doing it and he was one of the fish and wildlife staff at The Refuge I'm not sure who this gal is. Back then they used to gather the data from various game wardens up and down the FlyAway in South Dakota but that's back when they had the hotline and did a lot more information gathering. Lately they seem to just only report basically what's on the Refuge and she's definitely not taking into account the area south of 90. I mean seriously if there's bird showing up as far north as Webster there's clearly something going on down to the South because Webster is still well into the snowpack.Does she work for the denr or the refuge and not taking into account where the geese are and the future and just going of long term averages. Its like the deer count numbers the game and fish do alot of good but the gathering of actual numbers of big game suck. That goes for both n and s dakota
If the latter half of this forecast turns out to be accurate (which as far out as it is is Highly Questionable) that is one ice pack destroying sob. Daytime highs in the 50s and overnight lows above freezing will chew through ice in a big hurry. If it turns out to be accurate I would suspect that this weekend will be the last weekend of ice fishing around Bismarck for the non-suicidal crowd.
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Yeah but what about where the snows would actually be right now I.E. south of 90 in the Mitchell to yankton run! Kaylee seems to paying attention to the areas that fall into the land of no duh there's no snow geese there! But the mention of Pierre having snows definitely lends Credence to a possible Westward shift.