Year end hunting report

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.

I would like to thank everyone who made it down this year and look forward to seeing you all next year. We start up our snow goose hunts around the 15th of February in Missouri and move to South Dakota around March 15th. We have some dates still open, please call for more information and availability.


Dean Tlougan and Premier Flight Staff

Goose Hunting Report - 11/29/09

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.

The weather forecast shows cold temps with flurries late in the week. This could be the weekend to load up!

Here's two heavy honkers from Sunday:

Thanksgiving update

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. With a cold front coming we're expecting more birds to show up the next couple days so book your hunt and let's go get a couple.


Dean Tlougan and Premier Flight Staff

Crops Starting to Come Out

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.

Remember we have a split this year first season ends December 11th and reopens December 19th for ten days.

We're taking reservations for the upcoming season. We're doing duck hunts in Missouri and Arkansas and booking spring snow goose hunts starting in February.


Dean Tlougan and Premier Flight Staff

Premier Flight on Facebook

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. You may even see us updating the page with photos in real time - from the fields!

The season starts in just 12 days!

2009 waterfowl season

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

Early season starts Sept. 5th ends Sept. 22nd, regular season starts October 3rd to December 11th and reopens on 19th until the 28th. We picked up three new quality fields this year that we're excited about. Rochester is offering a early 5 bird limit that's new for us this year also.

Start making your reservations know to assure the days you want to hunt. Look forward to hearing from longtime clients and new ones, make this the year you go on a guided goose hunt.

Record year for Premier Flight

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.

This is the first season I can remember that this many birds had left town mostly because silver lakes turbine was down and didn't keep the water open in which the birds that migrated late just kept going.

I would like to thank everyone who made it down this year, even with the economy in the toilet hopefully that will improve. We're focusing on our spring snow goose hunts in Missouri and south Dakota. We will start up Feb 10Th and end around April 10Th still have space available for both states.

Dean Tlougan and Premier Flight Staff

Minnesota Late Goose Season 12/13 - 12/22

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.

-- You must purchase and carry a Late Season Goose Permit. It's a $4 that you must have in order to hunt the December season. We are checked by Game Wardens all the time so have it with you.

Watch Babe Winkelman Shoot Geese With Premier Flight

Watch Babe Winkelman shoot Canada and Snow Geese with us Online!

What better way to while away the office hours while no-one is looking?

http://www.goosegrinders.com/winkleman_guiding.html

New Snow Goose Hunting Pages

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!

Today we posted the following snow goose hunting pages to our snow goose area:

• What to wear
• Information about the spring snow goose flocks
• A bit about our snow goose guides
• Our strategy behind the hunt

The geese are flying south but we are already thinking about spring hunts. Give us a call and talk with Dean about a spring trip to South Dakota.

New Products Added to the Site

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

Our full line of t-shirts, hoodies and instructional CD/DVDs are now available.

Please take a minute to peruse our products and contact us for purchase.

Crop Harvest Behind Schedule

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.With a full moon coming on the 14th I'm expecting a good push of new birds.Most birds are eating in refuge right know,but with an increase of birds they'll eat it out fairly quick.still space available to book hunts.our season runs until december 22nd.Look forward to hearing from new clients and all past clients,should be a great year.


Dean Tlougan and Premier Flight Staff

game fair coming soon

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.Still have openings for early season hunts in sept.hope to see you there.



Dean Tlougan and Premier Flight staff

Record year for Premier Flight

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 season,hope to see you all next year.On behalf of Premier Flight staff , I would like to thank you and wish you a safe holiday season.It's time to start thinking of spring snow goose hunts.They'll be starting Feb 2nd in missouri and around march 15th in south dakota.Still have dates available,so give us a call and we'll help you arrange everything.

Dean Tlougan and Premier Flight staff

Late Season

Late season has started,not a great 1st day but made up for it onsaturday 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.


Dean Tlougan and staff

huge migration

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.

Dean Tlougan and Premier Flight Staff

honkers are here

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.With continued cold weather in the forecast hunting will continue to be awesome.Still dates avaiable now and for late season.Come shoot some honkers in rochester 1st season ends dec 7th reopen dec 14th until dec 23rd.

Dean Tlougan and Premier Flight staff

goose hunting getting hot in rochester

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.

Dean Tlougan and Premier flight staff

Goose hunting report

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.Book your hunts know to ensure the dates you wanted.Look forward to hunting with you soon.


Dean Tlougan and Premier Flight staff

hunting is starting out with a bang

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.


Dean Tlougan and Premier Flight Staff

Premier Flight Appears on Babe Winkleman

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.

Read the article on Babe's website and catch the show when it airs in your area.

Good opener

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 succcess 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.


Thanks Dean

Early Goose season hunts starts Sept. 1st

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.

New Website Design!

We are really excited to have a new website this year. Our team has put a lot of effort into the site and we hope you like it!

Please email us with your comments!

Pre-season preparation

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. From all reports that we have seen there was a good nesting conditions across Canada so we should see some liberal limits and a regular season again this fall.

Game fair is just around the corner in Anoka and this year will be back for all 6 days of the show. We hope you will take the time to stop by and visit us at this year's Game Fair. We have begun to take reservations for the early season hunts in the Fergus Falls and Twin Cities Metro area. There continues to be an abundance of local geese so these hunts should be a lot of fun. Call early to get the dates you want for this early season action.

We look forward to hearing from you soon and providing you a safe and enjoyable hunt.

C'ya down the road,

Lil' Goslin

Our first Blog Entry!

Welcome to our new hunting report area! We are very excited to start hunting this year, we are preparing fields and looking forward to the season.

Contact us now for the early season goose hunts!