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I think most of this is pretty well documented here. If you pull up to WIHA and there's a truck there, drive on. There are more. In fact, I would check all the road frontage of the tract for vehicles. That's the biggest thing. You might see some other hunters, but this is the 3rd weekend of...

Box turtles. Multiple times this year while Prairie Chicken hunting.

Pretty good for us. We hunt a sandier part of the state, so while there were big puddles in spots there was no risk of getting stuck as long as you stayed on the roads. 6 of us killed 11 by 1:00 on Saturday. Mixture of private and WIHA. We quit then because it was getting warm and to save...

Wow. That looks really painful.:sick:

The forecast can be summed up like this, "it's better, and in some areas, a lot better." You have to read to pretty close to see where it also says, "but it's still not very good." I'm going anyway. Can't drive to SD every weekend.

Sounds like a great time! I miss having kids young enough for youth seasons.

As for apps, I use them all. I do way too much internet scouting from my desk with two monitors. I'll keep OnX, KDWP, and Google earth all open, and often I have the paper maps also at hand. All these apps seem to have different base images, and google earth pro has imagery going back for...

I bought some Meindls at the beginning of last season--Comfortfit Hunter Uninsulated. I expected them to need a little break-in and they did. I'm very happy with them after a season (20 days, give or take). They run a little wide for my foot, but that is consistent with the way they are...

Agreed. "Pockets" can be pretty small. Like maybe a handful of sections. Not even close to a whole county.

Ditto this. I took mine for the first actual hunting outing on Saturday. Their cardio and stamina seemed to be fine, but both came up with pad issues. It was a good reminder to start the Tuf Foot regimen once the pads heal.

In one sense it doesn't matter: I'm going to hunt regardless. In another sense it matters some: it helps set expectations and perhaps nudge me to make a January over-night trip to one region of the state or another.

AKP has it right with respect to proper ring placement and process for re-installing. I have a 30 year old 20 gauge with a very short barrel that has seen very little use. I bought it for my wife early in our marriage and she never caught the bug like I hoped she would. Anyway, 10 years ago I...

You can try Albert Barr at 316-200-2183. I bought some chukar from him a couple of years ago. I think he also had quail at the time. He's near Bentley.

Good to know! I've always avoided spots with windmills in the vicinity. There's plenty of info out there saying that chickens avoid areas with trees, homes, and other manmade structures breaking up the horizon. Guess that's wrong or for some reason windmills are not a problem. In my...

Doves in September. Usually only 2-3 trips. Then chickens here in Kansas as my schedule allows through the end of October.

My friends who are "local" oil and gas guys were not at all surprised by any of that. You're right, it was very big news and those companies were throwing big numbers out to lease ground. By the time they got to my family's ground, the hype was starting to subside but they still threw out a...

I can't say whether it's more effective than steel, but I'm pretty sure it's "at least as" effective. Maybe I'm just a bad or lazy bird cleaner, but to me Bismuth is worth the premium to avoid the chance of biting down on a steel #4. Likewise, I'll avoid all the tungsten products now available...

I was looking at our stuff last weekend. There were LOTS of quail calling, and I also saw a few while driving. Those that I saw I would not have called chicks, but I don't know what a 6 week old quail should look like. I also saw a couple of pheasants in the ditches and ONE pheasant "chick"...

I've never really done the gift thing, but I do send handwritten thank you notes after hunting. Way back in the day we had a local contact who was a friend of my dad who hosted a group of 10-15 for the opener. The local and his son hunted with us and sometimes a few of his friends (who were...

Twice last year someone else's dog in the group got skunked while hunting. Both of those dogs were kenneled in pickup beds, so no worries until they got home. I've had a dogs get skunked on an early morning training run, on golf-course exercise runs, and in my own backyard. The older one...