Recent content by westksbowhunter

I encourage everyone to listen to the Jan. 8th commission meeting, especially the part on CRP starting around the 2 hour mark. It discusses that since the peak of CRP, acres have decreased 40% in recent years and talks about 100% emergency haying and grazing that isn't just limited to landowner...

I thought the payment you received was for the previous month, meaning payments are a month behind. Maybe a scam or something but I would pay them squat back. I am going to be drawing my social security next year.

I just ordered one of these. On sale for $59 at Rogers. I have a browning strap vest and I can load a pheasant without taking it off but it is a struggle and I know that isn't the design of most all strap vests. I hope I can load one without removal with this one. I hate taking a vest off to...

I'm not referring to killing chicks, I'm referring to huntable habitat. Now they harvest wheat on Monday and bale on Tuesday.

Plus, if you get some cold weather and snow the birds bunch up. People who like to drink and party come early and hunt in those large groups, those that like to hunt and kill birds come late.

I would rather see Kansas do away with the WIHA program.

I actually find late season hunting better than opening week and the whole month of November. Less people hunting and the WIHA actually gets a break. The wildlife manager at one of our reservoirs counted 5 different groups walking a WIHA area on opening morning. January is the best month to...

Could be but when they fence it off and put cattle on it, that probably isn't. But the bottom line is, many farmers, ranchers, and landowners are begging to cut CRP every summer. And much of the CRP swathing is done by out staters that come knocking when we start inching towards D2 each...

I have 2 and hunt them separate to keep them fresh, especially with the oldest coming on 12. I will generally get in 10 miles myself when hunting so the dogs are triple that. Besides it has been way to warm this year to hunt them together all day.

This should be the focus of Pheasants Forever in Kansas. Not buying land, not trying to increase public access, but focusing on issues relating to farming, ranching, and habitat loss.

Every manufacturer idea of IC, M, F, etc is different. .015 is generally the best all around but I like the way .012 which is a LM from Briley patterns the best. Benelli, Browning, etc factory tubes are allover the place in tolerences. Retay does put in a good tube from Tru-lok I believe...

4's generally don't pattern well from a 20 gauge.

2 roosters and 2 quail yesterday. 12 roosters in the last 14 days which was 5 hunting trips. Saw another 640 acres of CRP that got fenced with cattle. Every time I feel more optimistic, I get deflated with habitat loss. While hunting yesterday, on the radio they kept talking about the cattle...

I typically shoot 5's out of my 20's and 6's out of the 12's. Thought I might try some 6's through the 20 and see how they pattern.

I have shot 10 birds in the last 4 outings since the 20th of December. I will be hunting again tomorrow. Not seeing too many, or what I would call many. 3 or 4 covey's each trip but I am not looking for them. That is a long way from 15-20 covey's when hunting was good. I had a landowner...