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This is my first post, but I have been reading the threads on this sight for about 3 years now. This is not the first time I've seen this subject come up, and it's almost always the same thing, "The count must be wrong!" so I thought it was time I jumped in.
I've been duckn for about 10 years now and hunten for almost 20. Central IL is not known for having lots of duck, or at least it's not where I live, but with the decline in the number of upland game birds I had to find something to hunt other than white tails. Well, duck numbers were on the rise so ducks it was.
My father has a blind on a small lake near where we live and he was able to secure on for me, so a duckn we went. Long story short it's now what I live for every fall.
Has this year been slow, with out a doubt, but slower than past years. Some but not all. It's my opinion that the duck just are not here yet. Why, 3 reasons.
1. Spoke to some Game Wardens last weekend on the 4TH who said that a fellow warden had just returned from WI who said they were stacked up wuth ducks and geese.
2. My main hunten buddie is a trucker whose route takes him
through MO, IL, IN, WI, and MI. He tells me he is just now starting to see duck on the lakes, ponds, and pits he drives past in northern IL and WI.
3. Hunted ducks in South/Central IL over Thanksgiving in some backwater and almost all I shot or saw were teal.
Guys, it take two things to move these birds.One, cold, the type of cold that freezes thing up, and two snow, enough snow that the birds can't get to the feed. Neather of witch we have seen yet.
Mark my words it going to get bad, and when it does for about 3 day dar the doors because they will be here then be gone. I just hope it dearing season and I can hunt.
Well that's my 2cents, I'll get of my box.
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