Got back from MO...tough hunting. Got migrating Juvies to play but lack of wind in the morning and evening killed us the first 2 days. day 3 little to no birds then started raining so we bailed. looking forward to getting after them in two or 3 weeks in ND. I will say when the wind was moving any birds that came over worked really well coming down from the stratosphere well and finished decently.
As of Yesterday zero birds where I hunt we will just say in between devils lake and the SD boarder. That is from first hand friend visual report that was ice fishing for 3 days straight and is a big hunter. Canadas just got there on Friday. Snows are normally a week behind the Canadas from experience. I would say there will be a push late this week into the weekend then a steady stream for a couple weeks. The giant masses may be Devils lake area in a week week and a half but should be plenty of birds through 2nd week of April IMO. And as I stated before if you put the miles on there are always hauntable groups around till end of season. May only be 1,000 or so on a roost but they are young and dumb and normally more patternable.
Blue sky migrators coming might be the prettiest sight in waterfowl. But bad weather on feeding birds is tough to beat too.
Agree.
