Second Wilson's comment. Saturday had winds up to 30-40mph, tumbleweeds to knock your truck over, dirt and grit blowing into your eyes, etc. About noon the wind switched from the SW to the NE, dropped to about 15 mph, and the temp dropped from 72 to 48 in 20 minutes. I scouted Friday afternoon, hunted Saturday and Sunday morning, then scouted around Stratton and headed home.
This was my first Roundup and I hunted some by myself, and some with as many as 20 hunters. We got a few birds but did not see any concentrations. The organization was great, maps and properties well marked, and lots of property. There is not much traditional cover in the area as most all CRP has been hayed. A fair amount of cornfields had also been cut/baled or disced. On the other hand there were also fields of standing abandoned corn and those held birds. There were very few small spots to hunt like the center pivot corners I'm used to hunting as most corners were either cut or had winter wheat. Lot's of big fields of traditional 7" wheat stubble or corn-either standing abandoned, traditional cut, or disced or baled.
There was an area to the SE that had a 2 mile by 3 mile land enrollment so it would help to have a big group, lots of dogs, posters, wing blockers, etc.
I'll definitely be going back but probably during the week so I can have my pick of places.
Tom
