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Several things. First, I have had a bunch of friends that have drifted either out of hunting all together or have switched from being primarily a bird hunter to only deer and duck hunting. These folks have the same access they always had but are just in a different place in life than they were...

Guys, this has turned into a dungeons and dragons fight with imaginary statistics and more imaginary bully-pulpiting. We have so many reasons why people are not buying licenses or going afield these days without us fighting amongst ourselves and making bad medicine in our existing ranks. Yes...

You're so lucky! I believe guiding on public land was made illegal in 2020. Trying to add acres to my area right now. It was introduced in the Senate a week or two ago. As for #1, I do all my management directed toward quail on the uplands as I know all quail habitat is also deer, turkey...

It's all math and statistics. The potential for the 21 season is based partly on the size of the population going into the breeding season. Then all the variables kick in. One variable is the physical condition of the hens coming out of the winter. I'm betting that is more of a negative than...

It is fairly sure that this cold snap will have taken it's toll on the birds. This season's population was already down from 2-3 years ago. We are in a drought pattern right now. If that persists into the nesting and brood-rearing seasons, the prospects for this fall will be grim. I'd say...

Was -11 or lower this morning with a -31 wind chill! Friday can't come soon enough for my birds!

Here is a quote from the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch: Brrrrrr . . . I'd hate to be a quail over the next several days. It's deja vu Dec 1983, which is the coldest extended weather period I've ever experienced. Forecasts call for ice, snow, and low temps around 0 degrees F on Sunday and...

Quail are a boom and bust species that has density dependent reproduction responses to population crashes. There are plenty of variables involved and those could lengthen or shorten the down curve in the population. My wildlife area quail population is usually on a 5 year cycle. The flooding...

Everyone I know that feeds uses milo. For pheasants it could be milo or corn. Put it where they will have overhead cover.

It's going to be tough on them persisting this long. The smaller coveys may be doomed. Pheasants will fare better. It would be nice if the sun would come out a bit. At least some space around cedar rows would melt off.

We have an electronic "E-tag" system now. It's located on page 26 of the hunting regs.

Sweet!

Deer are popular on my area as well, but the way I address habitat management is that all quail habitat is also deer habitat but not all deer habitat is quail habitat. With that basis, I manage for quail knowing it is also going to benefit deer and turkey. Native, I do not know Ms. Moore. I...

The answer to the Locust question is, have another drought like we had in 2012! That killed a lot of my locust on the area. Otherwise it is Pathway herbicide. Thanks for the compliment on my work. Have almost 36 years in with KDWPT and am getting more done that ever. Helps to be a scrounge...

Just so it's out there for folks who, like you, may not understand the difference between deciduous trees and evergreens, there are a few differences. First, evergreens do not go dormant come winter or drop their leaves. Second, deciduous trees store their reserves in their roots where...

All covered in this training book: http://bcsetterpress.com/. It is a workbook. You work on 1 thing at a time and when a certain level is achieved you give the pup a check mark and move to the next chapter. I've used it for over 30 years.

I haven't read all of this thread, so forgive me if I am travelling ground that has already been travelled. I is possible that the signs that brown dog is noticing (tracks, paint, flags) could be oil exploration grids as well. Could probably throw in wind energy prospects as well. Time will tell!

On the private side, a landowner has to "want" to work for wildlife in order to invest in practices that benefit wildlife that may well cut into his bottom line. Not all landowners have that interest. In the advent of "precision agriculture", I would hope that more landowners find out exactly...

Remy is correct. Research supports the idea that they are a net positive. I have seen a number of feather piles from pheasants in CRP and it would be easy to blame the loss on coyotes. I tend to think that we injure more birds than drop out of the sky and the dogs get to retrieve. I think a...

If you have been around farmers or ranchers much, you will notice that they do what makes them a reasonable income and what they can do with the machinery and manpower that they have. The burning in the flint hills is expansive because the land is not broken up by roads and other easy fire...