Migration Has Started

Hello again all my technologically advanced and well connected Waterfowl enthusiast friends. Well this post is a bit late. We hunted Thursday and observed a large push of new birds into the area. Many, many, many new Ducks, Cans and Specks as well as a decent number of Snow's. The morning fog and little winds lent itself to zero decoyable birds. All groups of Snow's large and small responded well to the "firing of the horns" but wouldn't finish. They all just floated around the sky wondering just where to land. We sat out until about 1PM, but the high sky and little wind just kept 'em going. Wouldn't you know it, the wind starting howling as we were loading up the trucks to go home. The Snows that we did see didn't appear to be sticking around. It's now Sunday and the area reports are of little success thus far. We were almost 100% iced up on Thursday but I recon by today after the big rain and winds the last few days we should be opened back up. Phone reports today and yesterday have Snow Geese all over around Desoto Bend and the adjacent areas. Fridays report for the "Hay Ditch" was of no success and no large numbers of Snow Geese. The Ditch will be manned later this afternoon and I'm hoping for a good report. After doing some checking, it appears that History has the birds showing up sometime in the next 5-10 days. We'll see how that all plays out, hopefully our schedules allow us to be on the move when the birds are. The SSPI (Sure Shot Predictive Index) is still saying around 100 for the Conservation season. The success and action should be starting anytime, we'll keep up with the news as we hear it. As always, check back for the latest and greatest and thanks for all the hits. MBO