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Snowy owls? #7569678 04/25/22 08:30 PM 04/25/22 08:30 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 8,534 Northern MN O Osky OP trapper
Osky OP trapper O Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 8,534 Northern MN	Are any of you northern US guys still seeing snowy owls? I saw one today maybe 45 miles north of Minneapolis, seems awfully late for them to be here yet but maybe I am wrong? Osky "A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com

Re: Snowy owls? [Re: Osky] #7569689 04/25/22 08:42 PM 04/25/22 08:42 PM
Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 3,868 MN D Donnersurvivor trapper
Donnersurvivor trapper D Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 3,868 MN	Bummed I havent saw one this year, heard reports of everyone else seeing them.

Re: Snowy owls? [Re: Osky] #7569695 04/25/22 08:54 PM 04/25/22 08:54 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 7,239 Manitoba N Northof50 trapper
Northof50 trapper N Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 7,239 Manitoba	Still frozen up here easy hunting for them with muskrats in rut down there

Re: Snowy owls? [Re: Northof50] #7569702 04/25/22 09:01 PM 04/25/22 09:01 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 8,534 Northern MN O Osky OP trapper
Osky OP trapper O Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 8,534 Northern MN	Originally Posted by Northof50 Still frozen up here easy hunting for them with muskrats in rut down there Sure could be. I just don’t recall seeing them this far into spring down here but I’m no authority. The guys west of here in Dakota seem to see more of them so I thought I’d ask. The one I saw today was the smallest I’ve ever seen. Osky "A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com

Re: Snowy owls? [Re: Osky] #7569707 04/25/22 09:05 PM 04/25/22 09:05 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 7,239 Manitoba N Northof50 trapper
Northof50 trapper N Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 7,239 Manitoba	Are you sure it was not a Gyr falcon ?

Re: Snowy owls? [Re: Osky] #7569733 04/25/22 09:32 PM 04/25/22 09:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 8,534 Northern MN O Osky OP trapper
Osky OP trapper O Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 8,534 Northern MN	Nope. Flew very close then perched right in front of me. I did a hard look as I was thinking it was a different bird but no. Osky "A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com

Re: Snowy owls? [Re: Osky] #7569922 04/26/22 07:41 AM 04/26/22 07:41 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,525 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,525 Northern Maine	Yes my buddy Dan Tanner just took some pictures of one. Nevada bound

Re: Snowy owls? [Re: Osky] #7569954 04/26/22 08:43 AM 04/26/22 08:43 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 55,688 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 55,688 Minnesota	Haven't seen one here NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Snowy owls? [Re: Osky] #7569956 04/26/22 08:46 AM 04/26/22 08:46 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,525 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,525 Northern Maine	Dan Tanners pictures Nevada bound

Re: Snowy owls? [Re: Osky] #7569996 04/26/22 09:51 AM 04/26/22 09:51 AM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 670 ND DakotaBoy trapper
DakotaBoy trapper Joined: May 2010 Posts: 670 ND	I usually only see one or two each year, but I don't look too hard for them either. If they are still around, they must be gorging themselves on all the 13-stripe ground squirrels running across the snow banks in the ditches in the afternoons! "Pretty cocky for a starving pilgrim!" "An elk don't know how many legs a horse has!"

Re: Snowy owls? [Re: Osky] #7570013 04/26/22 10:12 AM 04/26/22 10:12 AM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 538 SD T Tray "Wilson Jr."
Tray "Wilson Jr." T Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 538 SD	Fairly common here in the winter, see 20-25 most winters. Haven’t seen one now for over a month, think they all headed north.

Re: Snowy owls? [Re: Osky] #7570036 04/26/22 10:49 AM 04/26/22 10:49 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 55,688 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 55,688 Minnesota	I hope they didn't get the " flu" NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Snowy owls? [Re: Tray] #7570041 04/26/22 11:01 AM 04/26/22 11:01 AM
Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 8,534 Northern MN O Osky OP trapper
Osky OP trapper O Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 8,534 Northern MN	Originally Posted by Tray Fairly common here in the winter, see 20-25 most winters. Haven’t seen one now for over a month, think they all headed north. Thanks guys. I notice them of course when they show up in the late fall and winter but yesterday seeing that one still here got me thinking I’d never kept track, what track I could, of when they departed. Osky "A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com

Re: Snowy owls? [Re: Osky] #7570065 04/26/22 11:46 AM 04/26/22 11:46 AM
Joined: May 2013 Posts: 4,977 Northern Michigan J J.Morse trapper
J.Morse trapper J Joined: May 2013 Posts: 4,977 Northern Michigan	They show up here ("here" being the northern Lower Peninsula) about any time after November 1st, and a guy can usually find them on into mid March no problem. There are stragglers nearly every year that seem to linger on past spring. It seems that summer before last there were some Snowys here all through the summer. Now THAT is odd. I personally have never seen any past March, or before late November/early December, but I know folks that have. Last edited by J.Morse; 04/26/22 11:47 AM.

Re: Snowy owls? [Re: Osky] #7570244 04/26/22 03:42 PM 04/26/22 03:42 PM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 3,697 Mn N nightlife trapper
nightlife trapper N Joined: May 2008 Posts: 3,697 Mn	Seen one near north branch a few days ago, surprised me that it was still around ï¿½Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.ï¿½ â€• Robert A. Heinlein

Re: Snowy owls? [Re: Osky] #7570295 04/26/22 04:52 PM 04/26/22 04:52 PM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 538 SD T Tray "Wilson Jr."
Tray "Wilson Jr." T Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 538 SD	I’ve read that most snowy owls don’t breed until they are 2 years away old, good chance that any stragglers that haven’t headed north are young birds that don’t have the urge to hurry up and get north to find a mate.

Re: Snowy owls? [Re: Osky] #7570639 04/26/22 11:37 PM 04/26/22 11:37 PM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 9,533 mn north of blakely S Steven 49er trapper
Steven 49er trapper S Joined: May 2010 Posts: 9,533 mn north of blakely	Originally Posted by Osky Are any of you northern US guys still seeing snowy owls? I saw one today maybe 45 miles north of Minneapolis, seems awfully late for them to be here yet but maybe I am wrong? Osky 45 miles north of the cities? I don't know who was more lost, you or the bird lol. "Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon". Milton Friedman.

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