Habitat Flats Blog

Spring Snows – Mudbowl 2010!!!!

Tony — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:02:49 +0000

The Spring 2010 Snow Goose Season here at Habitat Flats is wrapping up. We are still killing a few scattered little pockets of juvies, but for the most part it’s over. It was a different spring than most with some challenging weather conditions, but good times were still had! I can’t ever remember more days in the spring with no wind to marginal winds. The weather went from freezing temps to very warm in a short period of time and 2010 will be remembered as a MUDBOWL!!!!!!!!!!! With the extreme mud and water standing in the fields, the camera was left in the truck on most days…but here are a few!!

Thanks to all of our helpers and hunters that made it such a memorable spring! We are busy booking our Fall 2010 dates, as well as Spring 2011….anybody that is interested, please try to get in touch with us! The sooner the better to ensure the schedule still has openings.

Spring Snows II

Tony — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:43:02 +0000

Wrapping up….

Tony — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:15:52 +0000

Canada Goose season closed here the end of January. It was a great year for the honks! The Mallardview Outdoors Ice Eaters we use when it gets cold are priceless for us. Having open water when everything else is frozen is the recipe for some excellent waterfowl hunting!!

You will have a hard time wiping these smiles off of their faces!!

Ice Eater Honks

Tony — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:38:18 +0000

Couple ice eaters at work…

Ghosts in the mist…

Hunting in the fog is pretty cool, you can hear them and they can hear you…but you can’t see them until the last minute. Now we are talking…they can finally see the decoys!!!

Canadas!!!!!!!!

Tony — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:32:56 +0000

With the cold winter the Canada Goose hunting this year has been excellent! The best part of the goose season has been the new hunters that we have been able to take out to shoot their first geese ever! Here’s a few pics of the season and the smiles!!

Chad with a BEAUTIFUL speck for the wall!

Kent hits paydirt in the band department!!

Good times for sure!!

Canadas…Levi’s Turn

Tony — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:23:47 +0000

Blinds with snow covers dug into the snow….no chance they will see us…time to enjoy the show!!

We had the opportunity to have young, Levi Haskamp, with us on his first Canada Goose hunt…..first hunt or not, he handled his little 20 gauge like a true veteran!!

Canadas….JT’s First!

Tony — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:05:26 +0000

When the snow is on the ground, the snow covers are on the blinds…..Canadas are in trouble!!

JT and Cole were all smiles in the mudroom with anticipation of feet down Canadas…

Feet down is what they got…and they got to see alot of it!!!

Kent and Brad with some straight shooting!

Randy Richardson, the camp manager here at Habitat Flats, was one proud father when his son, Jayden, killed his first two geese ever!!

JT and Cole’s little 20 gauges didn’t have any trouble dispatching feet down honkers. These will be memories that none of us will soon forget!

These aren’t kids anymore…they are bona fide goose hunters!!

Canadas…Young Guns!

Tony — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:41:57 +0000

Upland guide Frosty, with his first ever Canada Goose…followed up shortly by his second!

Can’t beat greenheads in the sunshine with a little snow on…

Schupp’s turn…

Uh oh….that’s going to leave a mark!!!!

Not sure what this one was, but it’s going on the wall!! It had all the markings of an adult blue goose, but the colors were completely washed out to a very light grey…

Cole Daugherity and his first two honkers ever!! Not sure who was happier, Cole or Dan!

Fall 2009

Aaron — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:34:09 +0000

Let the good times roll!

Aaron — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:05:28 +0000

We really enjoyed meeting all of our guests this year and watching everyone enjoy themselves at the lodge! Highballs don’t just happen in the duck blind…

Lots of feet under the Missouri hardwood table for some camaraderie and recapping of the days events.