Scattershooting

We need some snow and cold

Wed, December 28, 2011

OK, this is getting ridiculous. Here it is almost January and we still have open water.

Canada geese all over Illinois are still content to graze on grass and loaf in yards and ballparks.

And any plans of ice fishing are on hold indefinitely.

Yep. We need some cold. And snow. Hey, it’s winter, let’s get some winter weather.

I spent parts of Monday and Tuesday in Peoria County hoping to get a shot at some geese. And we saw geese, including big flocks of specklebellies on Tuesday.

But those birds wouldn’t work and the numerous groups of Canada geese we had hoped to hunt were all content to sit around doing nothing more than grazing.

It has made for a frustrating portion of the season. But there’s still time in the Central Zone. We’ve got until Jan. 31. And birds are starting to arrive. In addition to the new birds we saw, I’ve heard reports of geese arriving in decent numbers around Jacksonville, Bloomington and Plainfield.

So maybe if we can finally get some winter weather, we can start seeing cooperative geese.

And maybe we can get out on the ice. My buddy Chef Todd is going crazy waiting for the hard water to arrive.

All we can do is wait.

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