What a Jacked up Year

Well, for us it's been a mess.  It's now December 6th, almost every water hole is froze up with current temp at 13 degrees.  We have at least 5inches of snow on the ground and for the last 3 days, the snow geese are just now pushing through.  There have been days of Canada Geese and Ducks but not a lot of days of Snows, until now.  Generally speaking the ducks and real geese push after the snows, what is going on?  We have all but given up on the season with just over a week left on ducks and I'm beginning to second guess our decision.  Every night, afternoon and morning you have been able to look up and see and hear the geese.  It is December 6th right?  This last storm didn't affect N and S Dakota so I guess it is just now getting cold enough up there to start the big push.  For those of you who have open holes it could be real, real good to finish out the season.  Back in the upper 20's next few days and upper 30's for the weekend, make sure you're ready to go.  That's all for now, check back for the latest and greatest and thanks for all the hits.

Unusual Day

The weather guys were off just a bit this morning.  They said the wind wasn't going to blow hard until early afternoon.  Boy were they wrong.  We had 15 mph when we sat down and soon after 20-25.  Almost too much!   About 8AM we got a show from the ducks.  I almost couldn't believe my eyes.  With huge North winds, all the ducks were flying North from the South.  Have no idea where they were all coming from but there were thousands flying overhead for about 1 1/2 hours.  There are a large amount of birds, both ducks and geese roosting in the area, I suspect they all went out for the morning feast last night or early this morning and what we were seeing was their return to the roost.  The reason I say that is because they flew North into the winds and never returned our way. 
The weather is definitely turning, the lows are getting in the teens and the highs are barely reaching 30.  We had no ice this morning which was a little surprising, but I'm pretty sure that luxury is over.  Snow and West/NWest winds forecast for Saturday with 100% chance of precipitation.  May be a bit sticky as the rain portion of the precip is due to start tomorrow night and go pretty much all the way through Saturday.  There are plenty of waterfowl around, if you're into scouting and chasing there is plenty to do.  If you're in a spot waiting for "new" birds, it's probably going to happen this weekend. 
The season is winding down but at the same time "heating" up.  There is plenty of shootin' left if you're up for it.  That's all for now, check back for the latest and greatest.