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Went out this past weekend Fri. and Sat.

Saw more birds than I've seen sence the first weekend, and most were mallards. Flocks were high in the sky and had little success in getting them to come down, but had a few. 3 mallards in the bag and several more that were in the spread and gone before we got a shot off thanks to flapping our gums and not paying attention.

Like T.J. said, lows in the single digits are called for this week in IL, but if the ice does not get to thick and I can get the boat in the lake and brake some of it out from in front of the blind I think that it holds alot of promise. Season goes out here on the 28th and I like to get some more duck befor it does.

We do have several local geese and we bagged 2 this past weekend, but have yet to see any that I thought were migrators, they decoy so much easer than locals,. I hope these cold fronts will bring them down too. I'd like to get in a few field hunts before they go out Jan 31st, assuming the DNR does not close the season early.

Sorry, to those who I offended with my first post, but my father has been doing this for more than 30 years and he shares my opinion.