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    Road conditions

    I can give my own report from the past weekend. It was tough. Warming temps combined with the snow melt made them roads greasy. Started off Friday at the first patch of WIHA encouraged, saw a bunch of birds. That excitement was short lived, spent the next couple hours bouncing from WIHA to...
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    Road conditions

    Anybody been out and about on the roads in "central (west central) KS" say west of 183? has the snow melted off yet? https://www.windy.com/-Snow-depth-snowcover?snowcover,38.567,-97.932,8 Wondering how accurate this is.
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    SNOW PC's

    interesting, i wouldve guessed perhaps they hunker down more in snow to get out of the elements. thanks for your insight.
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    SNOW PC's

    Anybody ever tried hunting PC's in snow? Curious if you think they hold tighter.
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    2023 Iowa bird hunt pics and/or stories

    Hunted up in IA while up at the inlaws on NYE, in an area i'd say is less favorable compared to other parts of the state based off what i read in the forums and the info i see on Iowa DNR's site. Hunted a couple really nice patches of IHAP and didnt see a single other bird hunter. Excellent...
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    Opening Day in Kansas

    Between sat/sun we moved 6 coveys of quail, only hunting about 4 hours both days. Saw more non resident deer hunters than fellow bird hunters.
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    Thoughts of a OG

    Correct. Would be nice if every farm in America left a buffer strip surrounding every ag field/waterway not only for wildlife but for the water quality due to sedimentation/fert runoff. Until that makes financial sense though, every available acre will continue to be row cropped.
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    Upland Forecast

    Cant shoot the one remaining Kansas pheasant by sitting on the couch! I'll take a day in the field over a day sittin at the desk 10/10 times despite the impending doom on bird populations.
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    Start of Prairie Chicken Season

    The chicken i downed on opening day didn't have a single insect in its crop.
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    Chick Sightings?

    Was out running the dogs Friday and came across a hatch of young quail chicks, no bigger than golf ball size. "...newly hatched quail broods are also very vulnerable for the first two weeks of their lives because they cannot fly. " Seems as if these chicks were no more than a couple weeks old...
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    Looking for recommendations for shooting preserves

    Anybody know what pen raised pheasant are selling for these days?
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    Reports

    If you've never ripped out the crotch of your pants while crossing a fence are you even a real bird hunter?!
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    Midwest Drought Article

    https://www.kcur.org/2022-11-25/heres-how-this-years-drought-has-battered-the-midwest-and-what-it-might-mean-for-next-year?fbclid=IwAR3Nuj3PMCyDr7wyWPtr_tdLjNk_eP5hIYP-GpFKqjwuLqFOqLzAJ-Isezk&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
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    Kansas Upland Taxidermists

    Looking for personal recommendations on quality taxidermists that have experience working with prairie chickens.
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    Wiha Tracking/Management

    interesting concept. some of that money could be reinvested into the software/systems used to manage iWIHA as well. I'd imagine that is half the battle right there, simply funding to support a vision like that. I share similar thoughts to you, it's hard for me to come up with a long list of...
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