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Unread 01-31-2015, 10:59 AM   #1
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Default High Plains Pheasant and Quail

Hunting for a week and closed the bird season. In some areas we were putting up 20 to 30 birds a day, other days 100 to 150 pheasant and maybe 4-6 coveys of quail per day. There will be good carryover to next year and if we get normal moisture of 18 inches we could have a very good year. Heavy and dense cover in many areas. Lots of fireweed, koshia, shattercane, big and little bluestem, bunch grass, plum thickets, quality cover.

We hunt irrigation corners by milo or wheat stubble. The birds were healthy. We had end of January temperatures of high 60's and into the low 70's so a couple days we knocked off early and one day visited Fort Larned, a well preserved frontier fort which I would advise persons interested in history to see. It was under the command of Fort Leavenworth, and more of an outpost rather than a command center. The glorious names of the 7th US Cavalry Regiment were not stationed here but Capt Tom Custer was here for a while. During the Civil War, the regular Army was sent east and the fort was staffed by territorial volunteer units. The fort was meant to stop northward raids by Comanches, who were very savage, and to keep the local Pawnees in check.

There are some photos of a two track which is the High Plains High Speed Information Highway and I can prove it because the red sign says buried fiber optic cable. The two track was a shovel ready project for the rebuild America funds.

There is a picture of a throne meant for a cattle king.

So we all had an opportunity to limit out for some days, but it was a great end to the season, with good friends and hunting ground owned and cared for by friends.
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