Where are the ducks????

[tjwatty]

As of today I have hunted about 25 days of the Illinois waterfowl season, at this point we have a total of 43 ducks. Of that 43 only 8 have been mallards, at this same blind site in 1998 we wre at 154 ducks, with 48 being mallards. In the 15+ years I've been doing this, this is the worst season ever. I shouldn't feel too bad, I talked to a 78 yr old hunter today who says it's the worst in 48 years. We've heard the ducks are already south, that they are in Minn. and Wisc. etc. etc. I personally have just resigned myself to this weekends blackpowder deer season and then getting ready for turkey season in April, then preparing for next year with a goose hunt scattered in here and there.
I hope the rest of you will leave a few for next years crop please.