Posted By:
Michael-PhillipsIL
Field Editor
SW Pike County 12-27-2011 22:03
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Did a final clean up yesterday and saw quite a few specks and a few honkers. This duck season started great but the last two weeks were a huge disappointment. I hear of lots of geese north so hopefully something happens up there to get these birds moving down and give us a decent goose season. A lake in my office park doesn’t have a goose on it while usually it has hundreds by this time. Hope they get here quick.
Posted By:
Scott-Martin
Field Editor
Central IL 12-21-2011 23:20
– – 40-45 Degrees
Didn’t get out for the fianle. Unfortunately. Would have liked to see what was happening with open water in the end of DEC in the bottoms. Reports are though that it wasn’t much of anything in our area.
Nov ducks arrived in a flurry and we had a good couple of weeks. Then it turned into stale ducks for many days with enough ice to scare them off but not enough to get new birds down our way. Reports from the north are that there are plenty more to come but we haven’t had the weather to make them do it yet. No snow up north means plenty if places to feed and now there is water everywhere so ducks around are dispersed. Great numbers in the state but we did not see them.
Maybe the weather will come and confuse the geese. No matter what it was a great season. They all are great seasons. More ducks for next year …. That’s what I kee telling myself. …
Posted By:
GooseMe1
Guest
Fulton County 12-20-2011 18:08
Cloudy, Light Rain & Drizzle – 35-40 Degrees
Myself and one other member was able to get in a last day of season hunt. 2 limits of mallards. LOTS of Specks around. Few large geese.
Posted By:
GooseMe1
Guest
Canton Area 12-18-2011 18:00
Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 35-40 Degrees
Was a surprise but the last couple days in corn field have been great. Hate to see season go out Tuesady, work is getting in the way for all of us. Was a good year for corn field ducks. Now if some more geese would show up.
Posted By:
waterdog trainer
Web Member
Havana 12-15-2011 22:10
Cloudy, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Had a great hunt today. 5 guns shot 20 Mallards, 1 Black, 1 Sprig, 2 Gadwalls, 2 Cans and 2 Honkers. We’ll be able to go to the end without being froze out. One of the best seasons in a long time.
Posted By:
Terry Wiseman
Guest
deep south 12-15-2011 18:09
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hunting has been extremely poor. No ducks. went to the bootheel for a couple of days and its amazing how far ahead the mo. dept of recources of the idnr. No comparison. They have birds south of us but we have none. what does that say about the idnr?
Posted By:
GooseMe1
Guest
Canton 12-15-2011 18:04
Cloudy, High Winds – 30-34 Degrees – Open Water
Seems to be a fair number of mallards around that have worked well the last couple days. Even killed a few Canadas today. Back at it tomorrow.
Posted By:
webmaster
root
INHS Waterfowl Survey 12-12 12-14-2011 11:17
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The INHS survey for the past week shows total mallards nearly two times the 10-year average of 106,514 and sitting at 202,250 for the combined upper and lower Mississippi River Survey areas. Total ducks are at 347,065 and also nearly twice the 10-year average of 156,947.
Mallards in the Illinois River Area are at 146,653 — up slightly over the 10-year average of 117,183. With total ducks at 164,460.
There are no shortage of ducks in IL at this time.
Detailed Reports can be found here:
http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/waterfowl/surveys/Pages/default.aspx
Posted By:
webmaster
root
McHenry County 12-14-2011 10:20
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Rain has been falling and all the water that had begun to freeze is open again. Ducks are still here in force and the season went out yesterday.
Goose numbers have been climbing back to levels prior to the freeze in our area. Should be a great weekend of goose hunting on the way.
Posted By:
webmaster
root
MvHenry County 12-12-2011 11:40
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Geese are back as quick as they left. Must have just shifted to the river for a few days.
