Recent content by nwkansnative

You can look at cameras on Kandrive.

I shot a rooster over a ditch one time and he went down but looked like he was going to be a runner. I stepped into the ditch and went up to my waist in snow. By the time I got through he was 40 yards away in a green wheat field just standing there. I kind of ducked down to formulate a plan and...

It’s not fenced.

Does anyone have a farming solution to the phragmites? We have had a couple of draws in rooks county taken over by them. Great deer and deep pheasant cover but impossible to hunt. Have them disced under? Burn them (has been really difficult to attempt as dry as it’s been?) leave a portion or...

My one disagreement is the number of hunters. Way down from even 5 years ago where I hunt. We went to a restaurant in a prime pheasant hunting town at Noon on Saturday and we were the only orange hats in the place. Two tables of bow hunters. Opening day used to be an EVENT. Now, it’s barely noticed.

North Central woke up to near tropical storm winds. Three guys, two dogs, 3 roosters, 4 quail and we missed a lot of quail. This morning (much better wind situation) 2 hours, 1 rooster, missed more quail, 2 guys, 1 dog. If you are willing to hunt quail with an occasional bonus pheasant it’s not...

Can I ask what you consider NW? I think to me that is likely west of rooks and Phillips and maybe west of Graham and Norton? I’m not sure if the definitions have changed or just my perception but interested in your NW definition.

Hunted Rooks County (private ground). Pheasants were hard to find but some are there with work. Quail were pretty decent. Cover is not good. Interesting observation, I saw 3 coyotes from Friday through Sunday (more than usual) and many more cotton tails than usual. Are the rabbits there because...

So, I took my 9 month old GSP hunting this weekend in NW Kansas. Didn’t expect much but thought she would be interested, run to dropped birds, etc. hunted with 2 other guys and one other (10 month old dog). She was not interested and in fact “skittish” in the aftermath of a bird getting up. She...

Any pups still left?

We had 5 hunters and 1 good dog and hunted hard Saturday in Rooks County. (it is a big county, I don't give a crap about hiding the county). 9 pheasants, 8 quail. Did not find the numbers of quail that we have in the past but there is a LOT of cover and still some standing milo in some places...

I have to agree with fsentkilr. In almost 10 years of reading this forum I've never heard Bowhunter say one good thing about bird numbers.

90 miles north of Hays is Nebraska