Posted By: bigwoody2 Web Member north kane county 11-16-2011 08:23 – – – plenty of birds still around, no pintails like boone county but full bag of mallards and canadas for the 2 of us. Posted By: Terry Wiseman Guest The Shoe 11-15-2011 19:43 – – – Took the 14yr oid and his buddy out sat afternoon for the youth hunt. I have never done this but after seeing all the mallards fri evenning i gave in. Him and his buddy had never killed a duck before but they both scored sat. Now thats cool and they prob will never forget.my boy ended up with 3 mallards and the other boy got 1 mallard. It was alot of fun to see it thru a kids eyes. They had several opertunities and just thoughly enjoyed it. Posted By: webmaster root Boone County 11-15-2011 12:31 – – – Quite a few birds… Continue reading

Posted By: Michael-PhillipsIL Field Editor SW Pike County 11-10-2011 13:29 – – – Many ducks have come in over the last few days while the woodies appear to have moved out. Yesterday 6 guys killed 34 ducks with 8 mallards and today 3 guys killed 17 with I believe 11 mallards. Also had some teal and gadwall mixed in. Many of the ponds north of Delair are pounding them and roosting thousands at night. Looks like game on! Posted By: webmaster root Boone County 11-10-2011 12:00 – – – Whoa — water was up 2 feet on the property with a rip current draggin’ short-lined decoys all over. Saw only 4 groups of ducks in the first 30 mins as we fixed decoys and none after that. Sure expected to see a lot more. The other blind picked up 4 geese. Not many geese flying towards us with all the… Continue reading

Posted By: qacol Guest Desplains River- State Area 11-05-2011 23:35 Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees Seen some new ducks today, it looks like the Gad’s and BH have moved into the area. The spoonies are thick but will not decoy.Only 1 mallard today. Posted By: Terry Wiseman Guest The Shoe 11-05-2011 18:58 – – – WAs down at the farm today,could here honkers and specks out on the lake. Drove down to look at the hole in the levee and saw a few mallards have showed up. Posted By: waterdog trainer Web Member Havana 11-05-2011 08:25 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees Finally got a decent day on Thursday. Two of us shot 8 mallards, 3 woodies and 1 ringneck. Quit a few mallards moving. Divers were thick. Grand Island is finally getting water into their feed after getting their pump repaired. That should help… Continue reading

Posted By: Scott-Martin Field Editor Ilinois 10-31-2011 00:27 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 50-60 Degrees Slow reports all over the state. Seems we are a couple weeks behind most other years. Don’t remember seeing all the pintails and wigeon and teal around in the mass bunches at this point before. Though, they are very concentrated in a mere few locales. Lots of little ducks all over but mallards and the main migration are not here yet. NoDak still open. Weather up there looks to be changing later this week. Lows of 22 most of end of week in Bismarck. Potholes will freeze. Some should head our way. Need a push. Posted By: 2footroper Web Member Bath IL 10-30-2011 08:03 Sunny & Clear, Winds Calm – 45-50 Degrees Finally fired our first shots for the season after 2 days last weekend and friday never seeing a duck in range. 1… Continue reading

Posted By: diverhunter50 Guest 10-20-2011 11:17 – – – Got out last night, definately a few new arrivals! Posted By: mgehant Guest Savanna Illinois 10-19-2011 19:17 – – 50-60 Degrees Hunted Saturday and Sunday, same spot. Took a few mallards and some teal on Saturday. Could’ve shot a pile of teal but we passed on many groups. Sunday I missed the only mallard that came in :). Again passed on a bunch of teal. Kind of disappointed in the wood duck numbers, however a few friends hunting near by took limits of woodies both days. Saw a pile of geese, but couldn’t get them to do much. Overall it was good weekend in the area we hunted, and many guys I know shot limits on Saturday. Talked to some guys today and they said there were a few new birds that came in the past couple of days. Gonna sit… Continue reading

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… Continue reading