Posted By:
Magmodel12
Guest
Pool 16 10-16-2011 17:22
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – –
Saw 1/3 less ducks this morning..nothing flew past 9
Posted By:
Scott-Martin
Field Editor
NE IL 10-15-2011 22:04
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
Lots of ducks in our cove this am and lots of shooting on the lake to our north but after the initial volleys the bird vamanossed to family friendly ponds. They like the weather there better. We had a very slow opener but managed to come home with a few ducks. Most reports from friends were the same. Teal here and there and a few young mallards. Seems like we had a few birds around. Keep your eyes peeled to the north! Scott
Posted By:
Magmodel12
Guest
Pool 16 10-15-2011 20:32
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – –
usual wood ducks before shooting time but did see groups of big ducks till 10am.
Posted By:
qacol
Guest
Desplaines conservation 10-15-2011 19:29
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – –
only 1 drake mallard today. guns were blazing all morning throught the dpr. cousin got 5 in another blind but he missed many more. 1 blind shot 25 mins early and DNR was there to catch them when they left(SWEEET). another hunter decide a boat blind was way to hunt dpr and he got warned by dnr. Seems some folks have no idea how to read regs or ask ?s.
Posted By:
Scott-Martin
Field Editor
NE IL 10-14-2011 21:26
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 50-60 Degrees
Game on! Good luck to all tomorrow. Looking forward to your reports. Scott
Posted By:
webmaster
root
10-14-2011 12:36
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Good luck to everyone this weekend. Not a lot of ducks here in Northern IL but the shooting ought to keep what’s here moving.
Expect next weekend to be a totally different story. A cold front is building in Alberta and will hit hear early next week. Expect a fresh round of new birds and ones passing through all next week. Good time for vacation days 🙂
Posted By:
diverhunter50
Guest
NW 10-14-2011 07:50
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Not alot of ducks around for the opener. Spent almost a week to find the birds we are going to hunt tomorrow, and it is far from a sure thing. Seems to be some woodducks, teal and a few mallards. Had some buddies saw some pintails and shovelors last weekend, but not many. Does seem to be decent goose numbers, and quite a bit of the corn picked in our area might help hold them a little while.
[Edited By diverhunter50 on 2011-10-14 07:51]
Posted By:
qacol
Guest
Desplains River- State Area 10-12-2011 20:31
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 60-65 Degrees
Youth Hunt Sunday: The 3 kids did good 2bwt 3 mallards and 3 woodies. They could of had more but hay their kids…
Posted By:
webmaster
root
Boone County 10-10-2011 11:34
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Youth hunt was hot, slow and uneventful. Had one group of gadwall and one group of teal give us a flyover. The boys managed to scratch out one wood duck.
A ton of geese in the area, but they went from the nearby roosting pond to the cut field that was literally across the street and then back.
Harvest is rolling along but in this heat what is here isn’t flying much.
Water levels are near normal and there is a ton of forage under it. The duck food really sprouted in dry areas during July, August and early Sept and is covered in water now.
Looking forward to cooler temps and hungry ducks.
Posted By:
davehunter03
Web Member
will county 10-10-2011 07:21
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Out and about yesterday and saw an increase in Longnecks, seems as though we have some early movers.Ducks, zippo.
Sr.
