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Seeing a few hundred Canada geese flying around today.... but I am about 60 miles south of Lake Erie.

Oh wow

A guy I know said they’ve had a good season so far but they have water and many do not. Also was told not seeing many on wheeler refuge. 🤷‍♂️

I went with son- in-law and 2 of his buddies. We were limited out by 630am. No trash ducks either. I would say he owns the best duck hole in nw Alabama

Here’s a little insight

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15HrCxrCm5/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Looks like it hung out a little at reelfoot lake

Now I see Cohen connection.

Seibold area was a shootout a box or 2 of shells were shot for sure. Either a push of birds and some sky busting going on. Crappie were scared to bite.

I actually heard some mallards this afternoon while deer hunting maybe there is hope

Swamps and low lands froze solid. Drove across a causeway and a few bridges in Guntersville yesterday open water is covered up. Several group flying the area. Bundle up go get-em.

I saw a lot more than usual yesterday on my scouting trip. Couldn’t find anybody that wanted to fight the cold this mornin

I am going Friday am, hope some mallards push in. they saw greys, woodys, and teal this am

Talked with a friend today and we kept bouncing off where the ducks are figuring. We’re in a drought and there is very little water anywhere it normally is. Then asked where are the divers. They were the first to go missing on Pickwick years ago. One thing that happened was guys running into the rafts of ducks and blasting away. That kept being a reoccurring problem. Have any other hunters noticed the lack of blue bill, cans redheads and goldeneyes? He’s not seeing the beasts of ducks like he usually does and has been on the rivers almost since the 80s

We used to shoot blue bills and cans in the afternoons in Arkansas when we did not limit in the timber. I enjoyed those hunts almost as much as the timber shoots. You didn't need to worry about the hide, a few black and white decoys in a line to a wad of mallard decoys and you could shoot bluebills until you ran out of shells. That was the 90's and those areas are now a diver wasteland. Been years since I have seen a big raft of divers.

The Tennessee river system across north Alabama used to hold a good number. Years ago it was that rare to see an old squaw. Used to kill lots of goldeneyes up around Waterloo. Killed redheads in second creek. Several divers in spring creek. Rafts officers at his island at the head of town creek on wheeler.

My buddy’s saying one day last week he saw ducks in one spot on wheeler. In an area with lots of houses and that was the most he’d seen his year anywhere in the river.