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I once got stung by a scorpion while deer hunting in the Chautauqua Hills in the dead of winter. 0 degrees and a foot of snow on the ground. F’er crawled up my shirt and stung me in the back. Wasn’t expecting that.

Seeing quite a few baby quail and turkeys around the home place in SEK. I’ve heard some encouraging reports on pheasants and quail from my farmer friends out west.

I’ve been hearing some good reports from a couple of my farmer friends out west. With decent carryover in many places from last year, and hopefully a good hatch this year, I have some optimism for the coming season. Quail are looking pretty good in my AO. We will see what the future holds.

We’ve had the most rain we’ve had in several years in SEK. Almost too much in places, but I’ll take it.

Looks like they’re getting some much needed rain in spots out west.

There are places in the state that have significantly more birds than where you hunt, based on your reports.

There are pockets of pretty decent pheasant numbers in western Kansas, that I found even during the worst years. I have the chance to hunt around a couple of feedlots where they really pack in during the wintertime, and can kick up hundreds. “Pockets” is the key. It very much depends on where...

Great write up! Thanks for coming and enjoying our state. Don’t beat yourself up too much about the shooting. It sounds like y’all had a fun time afield!

I have always just seemed to run hot and cold. It is what it is. I don’t worry too much about it.

They hatch out 50/50. If there are roosters around, the hens are too, somewhere (and vice versa).

Wow! That’s wild. 17 trucks? Shooting a bird over your friend’s pointed dog? I’m usually pretty calm, cool, and collected, but I have no idea how I’d have reacted to that one.

They most certainly do. Many become entirely non navigable. I had plans of being out there to hunt the opener, but I’m going to let things dry out for a few days.

From what I’ve seen and heard from last season, and so far this year, is that there are more birds around than there’s been in some time. Obviously it depends on where you are, and they definitely have a long ways to go, but things might just be looking up a bit. I sure hope so.

Been nearly 5 years of terrible drought here in my part of southeast Kansas. An area that usually gets pretty good precipitation.

Good numbers of quail in my part of SEK (for 21st century standards). Multiple large coveys on all of the properties I hunt, including right by my house. I see them every day. The quail and turkeys have both had good hatches here in the last couple of years. Our turkeys were almost gone, but...