Chicks
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westksbowhunter
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As long as that cold raining week at the end of May and first couple days of June didn't kill early broods should be good. We dodged emergency grazing and haying for the first time in years.
M. R. Byrd
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Still haven't seen any turkey hatches and only one pheasant hatch. No lesser prairie chicken hatches. What I see is cottontails galore. Most ever for my seven decades. Lots and lots of dove at the moment if a cold front doesn't run them off. I am most pleased with the quail. See some hatches and a number of pairs, hopefully doing their thing. Thinking that there may not be much of a pheasant hunt this year at the Ponderosa.
Here is a little quail hatch at the farmstead. Quality not good as it was taken from a moving tractor.
Here is a little quail hatch at the farmstead. Quality not good as it was taken from a moving tractor.
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Carguy2Banker
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Sounds like lots of pheasants and chicks were seen in the "pockets" during wheat harvest. Of course, these are the same areas that have been rebounding nicely over the past few years. Ample rain, insects and lots of wheat stubble to offer good habitat. I'm optimistic that things will be good in Western Kansas again, barring no disasters.
westksbowhunter
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I saw a nice brood of quail today. Good sized and great flyers so I am assuming around 6 weeks old.
westksbowhunter
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Saw a brood today that was probably 3-4 weeks old. Some of those nests didn't make it early.
westksbowhunter
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Last year was actually the best hatch we have had in the last 10 years. I would say this years hatch is comparable to last year.