Rochester, Minnesota Goose Hunting Reports

October 03, 2022 by GooseGrinders

The Minnesota Waterfowl season is getting close to hitting full stride.

October 26, 2015 by Dean Tlougan

With fall in the air now is the time to start thinking about booking your 2016 guided snow goose hunt in South Dakota. Snow goose hunting in the spring is a great way to get out hunting one more time and going on a guided snow goose hunt is a great way to get out chasing the snow geese without breaking the bank.

October 25, 2015 by Dean Tlougan

Premier Flight Guide Service is now booking guided snow goose hunts in Missouri for the 2016 season.  Another good hatch of snow geese on the tundra ensures another exciting season in the snow goose spread this coming spring.

September 01, 2015 by Dean Tlougan

Time to start thinking about booking your spring 2016 snow goose hunt as fall is almost here and dates fill quickly.  Spring snow goose hunting is a great way to get out of town in the spring and chase the millions of migrating snow geese as they head back to the tundra.

January 11, 2014 by Dean Tlougan

Well we made it through another season and what a season it was. We finished with 1420 birds our 2nd best total ever only 3 birds short of the record set in 2008. I would like to thank everyone that made it down and look forward to next season. We’re loading our trailers as we speak and getting ready to head to Arkansas for the start of the snow goose season. We have some availability left but mostly just weekdays in Arkansas. We still have room in Missouri and South Dakota so give me a call and we can get you set up on a spring conservation hunt.

November 21, 2013 by Dean Tlougan

We have had a ton of new birds pouring into town from the North and hunting is heating up. With continued cold weather and snow to the North the birds should really be stacked up by Thanksgiving and some amazing hunting in our future. Hunting has been good and we were fortunate enough to host a hunt for Wounded Warriors and they had one heck of a shoot. Weekends are starting to fill up as the hunting gets hot, give me a call no to book your next Rochester goose hunt!

October 13, 2013 by Dean Tlougan

Well the boys had a good morning today at our duck hunting lease near Waseca. Give me a call if you would like to book a hunt yet this season. You don’t have to go all the way to North Dakota to take a nice bag of ducks. We offer guided duck hunts in the Waseca area throughout the 2013 Minnesota state duck season; we also do catch an occasional duck in Rochester on our goose hunting leases from time to time. Thanks, Dean

September 09, 2013 by Dean Tlougan

The early season hunting has been some of the best we've ever had. The water spots have been the answer for these warm days we've had lately. Early season goes to the 20th of September then right into duck and goose opener on 21st of September. Still have some availability if interested for remaining early hunts and we're still booking your late season hunts.

August 12, 2013 by Dean Tlougan

Well it is never too early to start thinking about booking a guided snow goose hunt for the Spring 2014 season in Arkansas or South Dakota.  We had a great 2013 Snow Goose Season in both states and if the reports from the Tundra hold true we should have a great 2014.  The early reports call for an “average” fall flight of birds with the birds breaking the record once again this spring, so an average hatch means plenty of young to trick them older birds into our spreads.

August 02, 2013 by Dean Tlougan

We'll another summer is almost over and another Minnesota Goose hunting season is just around the corner. We're gearing up for Game Fair which starts August 9-11 and 16-18. We'll be sharing a booth with Molt Gear so stop in check out the new calls and apparel. We will be booking some August goose hunts in the western part of state and early September honker hunts in the Rochester and Waseca area. Stop in and see us for details on our Minnesota Goose Hunting or just stop in and talk hunting.

June 12, 2013 by Barry Schindle

After many spring seasons chasing Snow Geese in NE Arkansas Premier Flight is happy to announce we will be providing guided duck hunts in Arkansas starting in fall 2013. We have partnered up with local duck hunting guide Hunter Johnson to finally get you on all those ducks that have been buzzing the snow goose spread each spring! Duck hunting in Arkansas is best done with a duck hunting guide since competition for land is high and there is minimal freelance opportunities unlike much of the north country.

June 12, 2013 by Dean Tlougan

Well it was a very productive season on Snow Geese this year; but not the typical weather patterns we have grown accustom to in the past few years.

February 09, 2013 by Barry Schindle

Another great morning in the snow goose spread today in NE Arkansas, 82 down by lunch break so with a little luck breaking 100 by the afternoon.

February 09, 2013 by Barry Schindle

Well the season is underway in Arkansas and the boys really tore into them today taking 186 Snows and Blues out of one field today,

January 27, 2013 by Barry Schindle

Well hopefully the first shots are being fired in about 7 hours from now in NE Arkansas as we start another spring season.

December 05, 2011 by Dean Tlougan

Well the birds are breaking out of town in all directions to feed now that their soccer fields are finally covered with snow! Late season looks like it is going great time to be hunting in Rochester

November 29, 2011 by Dean Tlougan

Well it was a good final 3 days after Thanksgiving to close out the Regular Season in Rochester, total we took 185 geese for the 3 days. With lots of birds in town going into the split and more to soon arrive it should be one heck of a late season barring Mother Nature does not throw us a curveball again.

November 25, 2011 by Ken Kralick

The weather on November 20th forced a lot of birds into the Rochester area. We are now holding between 15,000 and 25,000 geese, including a lot of cacklers and greater Canadian geese.

November 20, 2011 by Dean Tlougan

Today was a good day to be in Rochester if you are a hunter, bad day to be a goose.

September 29, 2011 by Dean Tlougan

We're looking forward to another great season in 2011. We still have 19 pitted fields on all sides of town to ensure quality goose hunts everyday. Regular season runs from October 1st thru November 27th than reopens December 8th thru January 1st.

August 21, 2011 by Dean Tlougan

The Anoka Game Fair was a great success. Thanks to everyone that stopped by and said hello and we'll look forward to seeing you this fall. We still have some spots for early season goose hunts if anyone is interested.

March 06, 2010 by Dean Tlougan

Well we're off to a slow migration due to the snow and ice in Mound City Missouri. We had some successful hunts in Arkansas and Illinois. We're south of St Joe's and we should be getting our spreads in ground in Mound City over the weekend.

January 18, 2010 by Dean Tlougan

Well we got through another season and what a season. I can't remember the last time we had to deal with this much snow during our season. We ended with 1147 birds, down from last years record, but overall good year.

December 14, 2009 by Dean Tlougan

We're getting ready for late season hunts that start Saturday, with a little digging out we're ready to go. It's looking great so far we been getting steady stream of birds in from north and they seem to be staying in Rochester. The season runs from 19th to the 28th and we still have room left for some awesome hunts.

November 29, 2009 by Ken Kralick

The colder weather is pushing birds into Rochester in good numbers. We had success over the weekend with some limits being taken around the city. The birds are getting wary as the season progresses and this is the time of year when our high-quality fields pay huge dividends.

November 23, 2009 by Dean Tlougan

I'm back from deer hunting and back in the groove I was fortunate to shoot a respectable 10 point. Had an excellent weekend of hunting we shot 68 birds over the weekend. The DNR is reporting 28,000 birds here not so sure there's that many but we're seeing substantial numbers on all sides of town.

November 19, 2009 by Dean Tlougan

We are seeing geese in good numbers and our clients are taking birds. Here's some pictures from a week back from of our client Bill Grillo and his son Jon.

November 04, 2009 by Dean Tlougan

Overall we had a good week of hunting even with a full moon. Took home many limits on several days. We had a good migration on Monday we're seeing a lot of new birds. Harvest is still slowed down by wet crops but we have made some progress. Hopefully everyone can go out and kill their deer this weekend and then focus on waterfowl.

October 21, 2009 by Ken Kralick

We get a lot of questions about how to flag Canada Geese and it's finally time we show you what we're talking about. Now we can finally SHOW you what we're talking about. In this video you'll hear one guy calling and 2 guys are flagging with 2 different types of Flagman flags. We like to mix it up a little so they don't see the same old thing all the time.

October 12, 2009 by Dean Tlougan

Had a good past weekend hunting. On Saturday we shot 10 birds and on Sunday we shot 14. Both days we hunted hamburger hill. We're seeing more birds show up daily not a huge migration, but a lot of calender geese. We expect with the cold temps that will continue. We still have some room for MEA this weekend.

October 01, 2009 by Dean Tlougan

As of today we have three bean fields that have come out and two of them are already holding birds. Season opens Saturday at 9:00 a.m. Looking forward to another great year!. We added 3 new fields in key locations which will give us more options on places to hunt.

August 24, 2009 by Ken Kralick

Premier Flight is now on Facebook! Do a quick search for Premier Flight Guide Service and you will find our page. Become a fan and suggest it to your friends. We will be posting our blog updates on the Facebook page this season.

August 12, 2009 by Dean Tlougan

Well another season is approaching fast. We finally got a split season again which will give us some great hunting opportunities.

March 13, 2009 by Dean Tlougan

The snow goose season has been as good as anticipated. We're taking advantage of the great hatch we had this year. We have one more week in Missouri and will be starting in South Dakota this coming Thursday. Snow geese are starting to get into Yankton and surrounding areas so timing should be great.

February 22, 2009 by Dean Tlougan

With the big warm up a week ago the snow geese have showed up in big numbers. The guides are telling me it's the most geese they've seen there at one time in years.

January 02, 2009 by Dean Tlougan

Happy New Year from us at Premier Flight to all of you! Hunt safe in 2009!

December 24, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

Well after a long season we're wrapping things up in Rochester. In review Premier set another single season record killing 1423 birds. The harsh weather at the end the season didn't help sending most of the birds packing south.

December 08, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

The Minnesota Late Goose season is set to begin in another 5 days and we are ready to go! There's a very important reminder if you come to Rochester to hunt the late goose season.

December 05, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

Watch Babe Winkelman shoot Canada and Snow Geese with us Online! What better way to whittle away the office hours while no-one is looking?

December 01, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

We ended up with a great weekend of hunting, we shot 63 birds on Saturday in 8 different fields. The birds are hitting most of our fields now. Shot 35 on Sunday with the arrival of fresh snow. With the grass being covered up the birds have to come out to eat, that's what we have been waiting for.

November 24, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

Hunting has been very consistant the birds aren't flying heavy in mornings most of them going to grass. The evenings have been far better which is a trend I hope ends soon.

November 16, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

The ponds are frozen, the ducks are nearly gone but the geese are in the area! There are a ton of geese in the area right now and we're having good success putting birds on the ground. The migrating birds have seen just about everything at this point in the season so our presentation really has to be right to get them into range.

November 11, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

Little late on report this week had to do some deer hunting. Hunting has been excellent shot 23 on Saturdays and 35 on Sunday. Tuesday we had 3 three groups out and everybody shot their limit. Ended the day with 41.

November 09, 2008 by Ken Kralick

We saw a big migration of birds over the weekend with the cold weather pushing them south. Our guided hunters had no problem on Saturday and Sunday - shooting limits and near limits from our fields on the west side of town.

November 07, 2008 by Ken Kralick

It's official, the snow goose migration has started. Shallow ponds and small lakes are freezing up throughout Canada and the northern states. Now we are hearing multiple reports of snow geese around Western Minnesota and Eastern South Dakota.

November 06, 2008 by Ken Kralick

We try hard to continue building the informative content of our website. It's not just about taking clients out on a guide hunt for us - we also want you to learn about what we do so you can do it yourself down the road!

November 04, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

With the temps on the rise we surprisingly had good weekend of hunting. We shot 16 birds on sat and 19 on Sunday. Today I took 4 hunters out west and shot limit in 30 minutes.

October 31, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

The Minnesota DNR 2008 Migration Report is reporting numbers of snow geese entering northern Minnesota. We are always happy to see Canada freeze up as it pushes these birds south.

October 30, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

We hunted hamburger hill today the first time in 4 days. We're trying to let birds get in there so we can have more productive days in future. We shot 14 birds today, just short of limit but a quality hunt.

October 27, 2008 by Ken Kralick

We had 3 unguided hunters today and they were successful shooting 4 birds. Birds were sluggish in morning but flew well in afternoon. The hunting has certainly picked up this last week, great time to get down and enjoy a hunt.

October 27, 2008 by Ken Kralick

Friends of ours spent the weekend hunting geese in in North Dakota over the weekend and saw the first Snow Geese of the season! They were completely surprised when a small flock of juvenile snow geese buzzed their decoys in morning.

October 27, 2008 by Ken Kralick

A heavy front blew into the area Saturday night and it really stirred the pot for Sunday morning hunts. The forecast was for winds out of the NW at 20-30 MPH with gusts to 50 MPH - snow flurries were possible.

October 26, 2008 by Ken Kralick

There are a lot of new birds in the area and we saw our fair share! Saturday was clear and windy the entire day. We weren't sure what to expect with the cold, clear skies but it proved to be a successful day.

October 24, 2008 by Ken Kralick

Join Bill Urseth and Trevor Goudy in a late season hunt for a giant Canadian goose in Rochester, MN. We guided Bill and Trevor on a late season hunt were they had all the opportunities for giant Canadian geese that we could throw at them.

October 23, 2008 by Ken Kralick

We had 6 people out today and had a great day of goose hunting. We had several small flocks come in and had our 12 bird limits by 8:30.

October 20, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

After a slow start the farmers are going at the harvest at a good clip now. Hamburger hill is on track to get cut on Thursday. Hunting over weekend was a little slow due to warm temps and lack of wind. Did see new birds come in today with north wind. We had three hunters in Fergus Falls today they shot their birds pretty easy.

October 18, 2008 by Ken Kralick

Two of our hunters ventured away from the Rochester basin on Saturday to chase ducks in the rivers just East of Rochester, Minnesota. The goose hunting in the Rochester area has been strong but the duck hunting has been hit or miss in the fields.

October 18, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

As of today beans are a little over half harvested and to find a corn field cut would be hard to find. We have a corn field getting cut this weekend that should help us out.

October 15, 2008 by Ken Kralick

We get asked all the time, "What's so great about snow goose hunting?" The answer is simply, "Have you ever watched a snow goose tornado?"

October 12, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

We are proud to announce our latest addition to the GooseGrinders.com website.

October 09, 2008 by Ken Kralick

Water levels are hit or miss around SE Minnesota but there are plenty of ducks in the area. The MN DNR reports for Winona states: "Unusually good numbers of wigeon around, large rafts of coot, good numbers of wood ducks and teal."

September 10, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

The goose hunting season has started with a bang with good numbers of geese being shot. We had decent success during the early Goose season in Rochester. Now the regular season has begun and we are already taking birds. The weather has been mild and dry.

June 19, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

We'll be at Game Fair coming up August 8th thru 10th and August 15th to 17th. Stop and visit us and make reservations for upcoming season. Some new fields have been added we're excited to add these to our long list of fields.

March 25, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

March 23rd we saw huge snow goose migration into Lake Preston, South Dakota area. Even though we have alot of ice on the lakes, birds are finding water on edges and runoff areas. We've been shooting decent number of birds but expect it to get better everyday. With the delay of spring we'll be extending our stay in South Dakota at least until 15th of April.

March 16, 2008 by Dean Tlougan

As of March 13th there was a good movement of birds into Lake Thompson area. Temps are to stay in mid 30's. That we'll keep birds around searching for open water.

December 25, 2007 by Dean Tlougan

Yes, it took until last day but we did it. Shot 1330 birds outdoing last years 1325. Thanks to all that participated in this 2007 goose hunting season, hope to see you all next year.

December 16, 2007 by Dean Tlougan

Late season has started, not a great 1st day but made up for it on Saturday and Sunday. We shot 79 on sat and 87 on sun. Birds are rolling time to get your last bang in for the year. We're open until sunday the 23rd.

December 03, 2007 by Dean Tlougan

On sunday I witnessed one of the largest one day migration I have ever seen. Birds piled in to rochester flock after flock.We shot 89 birds on saturday and another 65 on sunday.9 guys shot there 18 today. If your thinking about hunting we're open until friday dec 7th reopen dec 14th until 23rd. Hope to here from you.

November 26, 2007 by Dean Tlougan

WOW! What a differance a little weather makes. We've shot 180 geese in the past 6 days and the geese are showing up in large numbers. If your thinking of booking hunt the time is now.

November 13, 2007 by Dean Tlougan

We're finally starting to see large amounts of birds showing up in the metro and rochester. Birds are coming out of refuge on daily basis now,and the hunting has been excellant . Time to get hunting is know,book your guided or unguided trip today.

October 30, 2007 by Dean Tlougan

We're starting to see better push of birds come into state. Rochester is seeing a good push of birds. We're getting birds breaking the refuge line more consistently, providing some great hunting opportunities. Still got a few fields not cut but making good progress.

October 08, 2007 by Dean Tlougan

Even with the warm temps we're seeing good migration coming into the state.most of our fields have been harvested including hamburger hill. We're taking out small groups and having excellant results. Good time to book your hunt now for this fall. Also we're taking bookings for spring snows.hope to hear from you soon.

September 18, 2007 by Dean Tlougan

For the most part opener was a little slow but we did enjoy a flock of 13 in our face and killed 7. Second weekend brought better hunting weather, we did have much better success and did bag a couple limits. We have until the 22nd to hunt these local birds with the 5 bird limit. Regular season starts on sept 29th and runs until dec 7th.

September 09, 2007 by Dean Tlougan

We were proud to host Babe Winkleman and his daughter Karlee on a Rochester Canadian Goose hunt. The show has been airing throughout the midwest during the months of August and September.

August 28, 2007 by Dean Tloughan

Early season goose hunts are upon us. We are looking forward to opening Sept. 1st and we still have dates availiable so call soon to book spots. There is a 5 bird limit on early goose hunts from Sept 1st to 21st.

August 17, 2007 by Dean Tlougan

With the warm temperatures that we have received early this summer, the crops in our fields are starting to look really good. There is more corn planted this year than we have ever seen so barring any disasters from mother nature we should have an awesome fall season. It's never too early to start thinking about the fall hunting plans.