I used to eat, sleep, breath waterfowl but there got to be so many people competing for a spot to hunt up here that I all but quit doing it. We went to North Dakota for several years and had some great hunts, but now the land owner wants $ to get in and there are so many guys going to the slough we used to hunt. Around this part of the state, if you're not lined up at the boat ramp by 11pm, you wont get a decent spot. Sure do miss it though. Also, we haven't had the ducks come through N.W. IA like they used to. I haven't seen what I would call a migration come through here for about 5 or more years. Some say the ducks migration patterns have changed. I've kept both boats and my dekes just in case it ever picks up again around here.