Where are the ducks

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  1. Nov 24, 2020 #1
    Natureman

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    Went for a boat ride yesterday at about 9:30 am to see where the hell the ducks are hiding. I went down the lower Detroit River and out into Lake Erie and seen under 200 ducks. I don't think they are hiding, they are just not here. Never have I seen so few birds going all the way back to the mid 90's in mid to late November.
     
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  3. Nov 24, 2020 #2
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    I agree, strangest migration or lack there of that I’ve ever witnessed. I had 2 hen Bluebill swim into the layout spread and didn’t have the heart to shoot, that’s it.
    Just another weird thing to chalk up to 2020.
     
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  5. Nov 24, 2020 #3
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    It’s a fair point I hunt general south DR area and have seen big flocks heading Canada side but not much decoying or even within calling range
     
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  6. Nov 25, 2020 #4
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    Ya gota runn some free bird! Lynerd skynerd;)
     
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  7. Nov 25, 2020 #5
    R.J.M.

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    Looking at the weather for Thursday NELP high of 50 . We won’t have good numbers for the split . Fingers crossed
     
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  8. Nov 25, 2020 #6
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    They flew straight to Sweet Home Alabama
     
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  9. Nov 25, 2020 #7
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    We are done hunting for the year. Pulled out all the boats yesterday. The coots have not even shown up.
     
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  10. Nov 25, 2020 #8
    Jerry Lamb

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    Sorry Slayer 2020 will go down in history as a bad year. In so many ways...
     
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  11. Nov 25, 2020 #9
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  12. Nov 25, 2020 #10
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    In more ways than one. One of our most "important hunters' has been in the hospital/nursing home, for close to a month now with serious health problems, not covid related. Nothing is the same without him. Age and health problems are really catching up to our "crew". The weird migration is the least of the problems.
     
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  13. Nov 25, 2020 #11
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    Sorry to hear that decoy slayer.
     
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    Ditto !
     
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    We’ve resorted to non sporting Old Squaw, sad times indeed.
     
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    DEfinatly bad year..same thing happened last year(Ohio) line..heck we dont even have the geese, which is very unusal. There were more ducks here in Sept and then they split! Just as season goes out here, they will show up. I guess the only good thing is should have more ducks next year.
     
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  17. Nov 25, 2020 #14
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    Kinda setting up to be a bad ice fishing year also, geeze cant catch a break!
     
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  18. Nov 25, 2020 #15
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    We had a very good week when the massive storm came through the plains and Canada. That was before Halloween.

    Did you guys do well then? Do you think it’s possible a substantial amount came through and the rest are sitting up north with these warm temps?


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