Posted By:
webmaster
root
Boone County 11-20-2011 17:29
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Geese are thick, ducks totally MIA again today. We must be in the doughnut hole. Geese have ben feeding late at night all weekend.
Was and odd weekend for sure. Didn’t even hear shots on deer today.
Posted By:
2footroper
Web Member
Bath, IL 11-20-2011 05:29
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
Hunted Friday and Saturday. Friday was another great day with sun and wind. Full limits of Mallards with filler ducks like Teal, Pintails, and Gadwalls for everyone. Saturday was cloudy and more wind. Couldn’t scratch out limits for but got half way there for most. Saw a big push of geese both light and Canadas comming in from the North. They were high and moving all day long. Man I hope the cold stays away a little longer so we don’t get froze out early again. Be safe and have a great hunt. Let’em work and shoot’em in the lips!!!!
Posted By:
huntorski
Guest
Miss Pool 12 11-19-2011 18:07
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Mostly divers today
was hoping deer hunters would kick up everything from the backwaters and send them to the pool – evidently not many puddlers in the area
Ended up with 4 buffleheads and my first goldeneye
Saw tundra swans – single, pair and small flock – hope that doesn’t mean we are about done. Don’t usually see them until freeze up.
Posted By:
qacol
Guest
Desplains River- State Area 11-19-2011 15:52
Cloudy, High Winds – 45-50 Degrees
Seen new ducks, shot some spoons and mallards, looks like a new batch of ducks.
Posted By:
webmaster
root
BOONE COUNTY 11-19-2011 13:34
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No shortage of geese today — however they all flew over in one huge flock of 1000+
They all got up out of the corn north of us and flew over as they were heading back to their roost pond.
Ducks evaporated. Saw one flock of 30ish birds also heading back to the roost.
Everything must have been in the fields all night — the flight schedule was way off.
Hopefully some of those birds running from the snow to the north will start to arrive on the NW/N winds when they shift tonight.
Posted By:
webmaster
root
BOONE COUNTY 11-18-2011 14:44
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Just got a report from a friend that was sitting on a deer stand on our place today — new birds arriving all morning.
We could be froze out by Thanksgiving. It’s game on until then.
Posted By:
webmaster
root
MISSISSIPPI RIVER 11-17-2011 13:19
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Pools 4-14
Mallard 75,460
Black Duck 65
Pintail 5,085
Gadwall 33,515
Widgeon 5,545
Shoveler 900
BWT 10
GWT 4,075
Woodduck 90
Red Head 840
Canvasback 332,155
Ring Neck 32,605
Scaup 48,850
Goldeneye 2,820
Bufflehead 5,280
Merganser 170
Rudy Duck 1,580
TOTAL Ducks, geese swans: 650,290
Puddle Ducks 124,745
Diving Ducks 424,300
[Edited By webmaster on 2011-11-17 13:21]
Posted By:
webmaster
root
Boone County 11-17-2011 12:40
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Mallards still here and still wary. Seems like the other ducks have moved out. Smaller groups finished ok and added a few to the strap.
Biggest group of the day that worked nicely, finally made the low wide swing to line up. Of course their perfect, locked up approach was ruined by a low passing helicopter. The ducks flared from the noise and pulled straight up into the path of the helicopter — which also flared to avoid making duck sushi.
Interesting moment for sure.
Posted By:
Terry Wiseman
Guest
south central 11-16-2011 18:45
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went up north this am to the grandtower area,saw a few but slow. 2 of us scratched out 4 gaddies and 5 greenwings but hey that wasnt to bad for the first hunt of the season.
Posted By:
benjack71
Web Member
11-16-2011 11:07
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Good job Terry. Glad you had fun, it is a blast to take kids hunting like that. I use to enjoy taking my neice to mermet lake years ago before she “grew up” haha. Although she didnt actualy hunt and just went as a “non participant” she loved it. The staff there would always call her name for what blind we drew and she loved that. Glad you had a good time.
