Hunting Guide Services:
We Offer: Hunting Shop
Note: Services such as meals and beverages may incur additional fees. Gratuity is extra. Please discuss specifics upon booking your trip.
Hunt Description:
Fall Canada Goose Hunts
A typical hunt will generally go like this...First off, our guides will scout for geese the day prior to your hunt so we can put you in a field with the best opportunity for success. On the day of your hunt, we will meet you at our designated meeting location about 30 minutes prior to legal shooting hours. We will then take you to the hunting location for and get you set up. For a half day hunt, we will hunt you until the morning flight is over or until you are ready to leave.
For the ultimate concealment, you will be hunting from 2 man pits buried in the ground with a camouflaged hog panel covering the opening. The hog panel will allow you to see out of the pit so you can watch the birds work and commit. Everyone is to stay covered up until your guides call the shot. For safety reasons, you are not allowed to shoot until the guide signal. Each pit has a buzzer to let you know when it's OK to come up and shoot. The guide has the ability to switch all the buzzers on or any combination of selected pits.
Depending on the conditions, we will vary the decoy spread from as few as 10 dozen full body decoys to a spread as large as 40 dozen full body decoys. Plus, to create movement in the spread, we may also use some shell, silhouette, or sock decoys.
Our fields with pits will hold a maximum of 12 hunters. This means that you could be hunting with another group of clients. If you want an entire field just for your group, you need to contact Run-N-Gun Outfitters for pricing. Occasionally, we may ask if you wouldn't mind hunting from a layout ground blind. This is mainly during the early season when the crops have not been harvested yet, but is also possible if the birds are hitting a field where we don’t have pits in the ground.
Things you need to bring with you include: hunting license and required waterfowl stamps, shotgun (with plug installed), ammunition, snacks/drinks, and warm clothing. We recommend that you use a 12 gauge shotgun with 3.5 inch shells. Shot sizes should be either BBB, BB, or no smaller than 1 shot. We will provide you with a fully guided hunt (with a minimum of 2 guides), a pit heater (if requested) and an enjoyable hunting experience. You don’t have to help set up or pick up the decoys, but if you want to help, you are more than welcome.
2009 Season Rates:
- $80 per hunter for a ½ day (Mon - Fri)
- $90 per hunter for a ½ day (Sat & Sun)
Spring Snow Goose Hunts
Our snow goose hunting season starts in NW Missouri approximately February 15th. We mainly hunt within minutes of the Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge in Mound City, MO, but we also travel to where we can put our clients on the birds. We are usually in Missouri until about March 15th. Once the migration starts to move out of that area, we follow the birds into South Dakota. We will hunt in South Dakota until about April 15th.
We limit the number of hunters per field to 6 hunters, plus 1 guide. When you arrive to hunt, the field will already be set with 1500 to 1800 decoys. We use electronic callers and Final Approach S.U.B. layout blinds.
2010 Rates
- Good Deal - $125 per hunter for a ½ day
- Better Deal - $175 per hunter for a full day
- Best Deal - $500 per hunter for 3 full days
2010 Dates:
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In Missouri from February 15 until the migration moves (approx March 15)
- As the migration occurs, we move into South Dakota (approx March 15 to April 15)
2010 License Costs:
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Missouri: Non Resident Conservation Order Permit (Ages 16 and over): $40.00
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South Dakota: Adult (Ages 16 and over): $45.00, Youth (Ages 12 through 15): $25.00
Lands Available: Private land
Waterfowl Species: Geese, Snow Geese
Waterfowl Hunt Types: Fields
Trip Lengths Available: 1/2 day
