2013 Season
 

Hunting season starts next month.

For me Thursday., CROW !!!:corn: scott

Looks like an interesting story in picture 8.

Squirl season starts on thursday in georga.

The ground looked solid by the outflow of a stock watering tank but after a couple steps I fell through. Mud, muck and real BS .

Looks like there is some doves to hunt out here but i'm sure a cold front will come through and drive them south way to quick.

Back when we had lots of birds, we had a swamp that was an idea place to initiate a newbe. The birds would be in the middle of it and the swamp started out solid but would get pretty soggy in the middle. Many a hunter got swamped including myself.

That was out by Mullin, Neb, David. I know Pheasants Forever has initiatives to bring back significant game bird populations to Nebraska.

What was it that decimated the pheasant populations in the Midwest?

I've heard it was pesticides and herbicides used on cropfields causing eggshells to be too thin to be viable - very similar to what the widespread use of DDT did to birds eggs during the 40's, 50's and 60's. Back then populations of the Eastern Bluebird and Osprey (to name only two of the dozens of species affected) were decimated to such numbers that they have still not fully recovered.

Herbicides and pesticides in over use have caused a lot of it. The more recent use of Round Up ready genetically modified corn have been greatly beneficial in reducing the amount of herbicides used.
Then also lessening of habitat in some areas.

However, there are huge areas out here with significant game bird populations for the person who is willing to walk and has good bird dogs. It is unusual that those who hunt with me have not had the opportunity to limit out. End of season 2012 with a hard drought was difficult but we still found birds.