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Talking quail. Intense cold following snow cover can really affect these smaller birds negatively.

Haven't pulled the gauge yet, but I'm guessing 5-8 inches. Not good for the birds! Have 4 foot drifts on the lee side of some fairly small crop fields I passed. Sure hate that this is going to be followed by low, low temps!

Had 4-5 inches here. Had .42 in the gauge once it melted. Next week looks like we'll be indoors a lot again.

Moisture this winter will sure make a fire in March more possible. Got a trace of wrap around precip this afternoon. Cooling off for sure!

That help you with my goals? Got another .60 last night. Marsh construction halted for the holidays and the January rifle doe season.

I don't want to hijack this thread. You might read this post: https://forum.ultimatepheasanthunting.com/threads/burn-range-management-season.17701/ This particular burn was a safety burn of 9 acres to allow the contractor building the new marshes to burn his log piles without worrying about...

Only .17 here. Nice to lay down Wednesday's burn.

I am not set off hearing it. I agree with a lot of it. Was a hunter long before I was a biologist. We are still working with a 1960's staffing in many places and the demands on our staff have definitely increased since then. I (hunter Troy) think that we need to get back to "Fair Chase" a...

Each morning lotteries require staff to facilitate them. If we are open 7 days a week, that doesn't fit in to our 1 and 2 man staffed areas, much less our managers that staff 2-10 areas.

It won't be a matter of them making the decision to give the birds some rest. We will have to pass regulations modifying when our areas are open so that rest is part of the season structure. Folks will buck initially, but in the long run our harvest will be increased by having those birds stay...

Statewide our waterfowl areas are getting so much pressure that our waterfowl are often blown off ahead of when they would normally have moved further south. We need to limit some of how that pressure is applied and that will ultimately increase our harvest by keeping those birds in state...

Some of the millet varieties are much more adapted to droughty conditions. Where all my area is sandy loam, I include proso, German, and sometimes pearl millet in my mix for those years when the more productive varieties burn up.

Have a NAWCA grant and we're building 2 additional wetlands.

When you have to bid things out, timing has to be flexible!

We've had 1.09 here so far. Knew I could make it rain by starting a dirt moving project!

You've been a wonderful son! Now take the time to relive the sport that helped make you that man! You've earned the chance to walk those miles again!

That one picture shows all of the various stages of woody invasion. Shelterbelts planted with good intentions have caused enormous destruction. A more careful selection of tree species would have been all it took to have prevented this. One thing Matto said is only true to a point. At some...

This is a good resource. https://neinvasives.com/E-1054-WoodyEncroachment.pdf

Again, it is a cost thing. They will continue to expand and you continue to spend your habitat dollars doing work on that same thing over and over. It is much easier to find some other species to plant that will provide the positives that Russian Olive's do without the negatives.

I do still have 1 male and 2 females available. First and fourth pics are a tricolored female. Second and fifth are tricolored male. Third and sixth are an orange and white female.