Recent content by Kansan

I’ve been doing well, but mostly fish in a few ponds around the house. Elk City is my home lake. I live very close by. It was world class crappie fishing just a few years ago, but has really been hammered hard as of late, and I’ve heard it’s not been as good. My family has been hunting Elk City...

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.