Missouri report - Mar 11-14.
We started hunting late Tues PM in impossible conditions - 30-50 MPH winds. We quit after 1.5 hours as I figured we couldn't hit anything even if some came in as they would blow away once they spread their wings. We were 1/2 mile from a huge feed.
Weds we only got 6. 5 were adult birds. Many birds did not finish. We went to Squaw Creek Refuge over lunch. There were mind numbing number of birds there.
Thurs we got 12 including 5 out of a flock of 7. Several were the smaller Ross geese. We were feeling pretty full of ourselves until we whiffed on the next double. The late morning flight was amazing to watch. For a half hour there were always a thousand birds in the air. Many flying at different altitudes and in different directions. It was interesting to see birds break off from one flock and join another, often butting in one leg of the V in the middle.
Fri was slow in the same field as Thurs. The wind was switching directions, so we turned the blinds around. This proved to be a mistake as the first few flocks came in behind us. We only hunted until 3 and didn't fire our guns. Then we did a bigger refuge tour and headed home.