longtimer wrote:We never got a big push this year, and it was slow most all the season. Hunted yesterday in the snowstorm and did scratch out a couple, ringer and Susie, but only saw 7 ducks. Lakes froze up now, so seasons over for me.
Looks like it will be the year that never happened for me. Came home from South Dakota yesterderday as most everything was froze except really big water. Probably could of hunted yesterday but side roads were not in good shape and not worth getting stuck in snow drifts. Hunted Monday in the blizzard for a few hours . Had to walk in a very small field spread since you could not drive into the fields. Very poor results and saw some migration but nothing was stopping. Had to walk through four foot drifts in the ditch to get to the road. The few days before we did tons of driving and found ducks here and there but not concentrations that would get you excited.Talked to on one guy who said if you did find a field feed you would have four or five groups of hunters all watching them. Said he asked permission at one farm and had been the third person that day to ask. Been going for over 20 years and this was by far the worst year and lowest duck numbers we have ever seen. Bluebills have not come through our area in three years now. I normally get excited about hunting the river now but with four weekends left I think even the river will be done by this weekend with the brutal cold. I guess she probably done.
