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I would be happy to join up with you sometime this coming season! I myself am a greenhorn to chasing chickens (last year was my first), but have learned a bit from a few more knowledgeable posters here. From my first chicken hunt, I instantly fell in love. The prairie chickens themselves are...

Not going to be much warmer down here! Looking close to -10 here on Sunday with snow. That’s pretty darn cold for far SEK.

Excellent!

Iowa thought the same thing. Their numbers were in the shitter for a long time. They’ve really had a rebound up there in recent years.

Had a great opener with good friends, dogs, and a few birds to boot! We’ll be back this weekend to do it again! Y’all have a wonderful state with great people.

I just fired up the pickup, and am headed toward the Carroll area. I have a friend who’s family farms up that way, so we always meet up for the opener. Looking forward to being up there. I love your state!

I’m up hunting in the Dakota’s right now. What a world of difference.

So I’m out here chasing chickens for the first time. Really enjoying it, and I’ve gotten into some birds! A quick question. How do cattle affect things? I have found several places that look good, but currently have cattle on them, so I’ve been avoiding those spots for now. Thanks for the...

Pheasant populations are undoubtedly down in a big way, no question about it. That said, it’s not totally as bleak of a picture as some here paint it. I don’t doubt anyone’s account of very poor numbers in the areas they’re familiar with. The places I hunt (nearly exclusively WIHA), are no...

I plan on chasing them for the first time ever later this week. Excited!

Tall wheat stubble makes for good cover. In the area I worked in and hunt, there is almost no CRP. But there is tall wheat stubble, and there are birds.

Where I worked on a farm in far western Kansas, they like the stripper headers because the tall stubble serves as a mulch to retain moisture, and keeps the soil from blowing too bad. It also helps hold snow a little better. Most everyone in that area uses strippers.

They mostly use stripper heads at points I hunt further west than you, leaving the stubble nice and tall, and I see more birds out that way, too. I have no doubt that the tall wheat stubble is why the birds are there. I wish more folks further east would use stripper heads for that very reason.

Thanks fellas! I’m anxious to get out amongst em! Such an awesome bird.

I’m going to give them a try for the first time here in a few days. Any tips for a rookie hunting with a pair of labs?

There’s a lot more of us than you would think.

Just had 2 hen turkeys come by, not 50 yards from the house (Montgomery County, KS), with their combined broods. Nearly 20 poults between the two of them. That’s the largest bunch of turkey poults I’ve seen in many years. Sure was glad to see them! I will note that these birds were smaller than...

Awesome photos! Looks like the birds had a pretty good hatch your way

Good on y’all for getting out there and putting in the effort to help the birds out! Sounds like a nice piece of land, with good potential for bird hunting!

Seen a few quail broods in southeast Kansas.