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Dread'n the end of the season here out West. Went twice to Kansas in Jan and 5 days in New Mexico in Feb...great bird numbers. 90 degrees in NM with lots of birds and very little dog work.

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great pictures and sounds like a great hunt...charlie

What part of the sunflower state were you in?

Crow counts up 29%.......(-:
 

The news from Kansas is crow counts were up this spring. If all goes well should be a great season. We head there 2nd week of the season for 6 days of wild bird hunting. Love Kansas.....SXS Ohio

I love Kansas too! I plan to be there for at least 3 four day weekends in January

I lived for about 2 years (1971-73) in Shawnee Mission, Kansas . The three things I remember most vividly about my time there were: 1) 23 cents a gallon gas, 2) the fabulous quail hunting just north in Adair, Iowa (scene of the first daylight train robbery in the US thanks to Frank & Jesse and the boys), and the incredibly large pheasants just west and north of Adair in the endless cornfields around Littlefield. On our SD pheasant hunting trip a few years ago it was a big shock to see the giant power windmills marching over the landscape like feeding shorebirds in a meadow.

planning on going to Kansas after there deer season ends sometime in Dec.

I plan to be in sunflower state almost every week of the season. The crowing count is very upbeat. Hopefully, the birds will do well over the next 4.5 months.

Ken

I am planning on making a trip to NW Kansas in January, around Hill City. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have a friend who hunts this area and seems to do well on both quail and pheasant. I know the weather in Jan. can be a big factor

Have been turkey hunting with an outtfitter in the flint hills for several years. The last couple of years he has been saying that the quail really coming back. So this year when deer season is over, I am headed out to hunt with one of his guides that has GSP's. I have no need of a pointing dog in Mississippi.

Harold,

You need to get the WIHA maps from KS DOW. They will be available in September. You can call the DOW and they'll send them to you or you can pick up the maps at Walmart in KS. The KS upland bird forecast also comes out in September. This will provide a little better idea of the birds by region and counties. Take it with a grain of salt, but it is the DOW forecast.

Areas around Hill City get hit pretty good and bird numbers were low in the area last year.

Ken

I do well around there...My good friend lives in Logan. Jan can be interesting, shirt sleeves or blizzard conditions. Last year we saw two rattlers on the grasslands in Jan.

Ratlers...yikes Hope you turned them into good snakes...(-: I hope for cooler type weather, better hunting and no stinking snakes! SXS Ohio