Last Gasp in Kansas

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Ken Hill

Garry,

Glad you made it out and found some birds! It always to be ou there. The dogs and I went to western on Wed (1/31). We only put up 2 hens and the weather felt like early November (it got up to 60). It was a nice day to be in the sun especially since we are getting a heavy wet snow in CO.

Ken

Glad you got out at least one more time, Ken. And I hope your snow does not linger.

[Harold Pickens]

Garry, a good friend of mine who is also an associate editor at PDJ, was out in North central Kansas quail hunting the same time you were. He also struggled finding quail, much of the CRP and WIHA had been either mowed and bailed or grazed. Also heard alot of that happening on the high plains of Montana and on some of the WPA's I hunt in SD. Wanted to run the dogs on quail here( without a gun), but wife needed help.

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens

Garry, a good friend of mine who is also an associate editor at PDJ, was out in North central Kansas quail hunting the same time you were. He also struggled finding quail, much of the CRP and WIHA had been either mowed and bailed or grazed. Also heard alot of that happening on the high plains of Montana and on some of the WPA's I hunt in SD. Wanted to run the dogs on quail here( without a gun), but wife needed help.

Harold, the drought here in North Missouri was bad enough that farmers were permitted to cut hay on CRP land. Although the feds put the haying date after the traditional nesting season, the biologists have gained data that reorders the old peak hatch times. The poor farmers can’t catch a break…and neither can the quail. There’s an interesting article at Project Upland about weather and quail. Not particularly new stuff, but worth reading.