Illinois

[woliung1]

Hey, Just a question, this morning on my way to work I was checking the private ponds I hunt and all of them were full. Do you think the migrators have made it to central Il yet, or are they using these ponds due to other ones freezing up.

[EVIL HUNTER]

I am up here in NE IL. Alot of the water is locked up but we still have a TON of birds up here.

[black feet down]

20 miles n.w. of the **** hole called "rockford" ponds ready for ice fishing rivers freezin fast and a bunch of honks checked out yesterday so get ready to much freakin snow :(

[trapshooter1292]

from what i have seen the past three days there are deffinatly migrators in the springfield area. :D

[GolfCourseGooseKiller]

i'm just north of evil hunter, and the rivers have the usual holes open; there are thousands of geese here. I disagree a little with black feet, we have 6 inches of snow on the ground, geese are feeding hard on corn still, haven't seen many birds checking out, but lots of birds moving in. I do agree with black foot, however, that central IL should be expecting to see lots of birds now, since madison just got 12 inches last night, and many of those birds were blowing by northern illinois this morning.

[unobogus]

Thanks for the information. I haven't seen any birds down this way yet! Hopefully this weekend.

[SBE II]

We have had a bunch of high flyers here lately, but I have seen some new birds also. They were thick here last week and sunday was our last day, so I would think you would be ok. Best of Luck.

[jstbob]

there gettin thick around here any open water is packed

[gandergetter]

There is a small kick of new birds. I'm in Pekin and we got some new birds on saturday but Braidwood is loaded so there will be another big kick!! Good Luck

[woliung1]

Thanks for the info guys, I'm in Farmer City and I checked this morning we are covered up. For those of you that are close, I would def. want to hunt Clinton lake this weekend.

[black feet down]

checked all the water roosts today, my best guess is we have lost about 70percent of our birds not that we wont get some more but even with madison gettin that much snow. there is a layer of ICE under the snow. golf course killer you better grind em this weekend, sounds like more weather next week.

[Blake Demuzio]

There are a lot of birds stretching from Braidwood to Springfield. I dont think the main migration in our part has really started yet, but it's about to turn on and be sick.

[black feet down]

killed 5 this morn. not as many here as last weekend but enough, they worked great and died with dignity 8)

[duckhunter101]

drove by a field that had at lest 250 geese in troy il

[EVIL HUNTER]

We wrecked them this morning. Still a ton of birds around up here. OH yeah and a old orange collar was shot today in are group!!!!

[tarpo]

We have no birds here... Stay away.... they all have bird flu...
:lol:

[GooseHunter14]

We have no birds here... Stay away.... they all have bird flu...

Exactly! Make sure to stay away from the central illinois waterfowl. All birds have te bird flu and if you eat them yuo will die! :roll:
:lol:

[Foilesmigrator92]

drove by a field that had at lest 250 geese in troy il

Where did you see 250 geese in troy

[GooseHunter14]

drove by a field that had at lest 250 geese in troy il

So did I... I bet it was the same field. Your name wouldnt happen to be mitch would it? My friend and a friend of his knocked on the ladys door (if its the same field) and said a guy wrote her a check for 2,000 bucks to give them sole permission to hunt her propeties.... WOW

[Just Hunt]

Here in Pike county, Ill. we thaught all the ducks were gone last sunday, we had the only blank for the season then wednesday 3 of us limited out in an hour and a half, who knows???

[Ledger]

were still seein a **** ton of ducks in the fields. High flyin, not wantin to work. Seems like we see the same groups everyday tho.

[black feet down]

-8 35 m.p.h. wind 10 in snow f**k me they gone. :x