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Hunted about 6 hours on Sunday, all WIHA. First field produced one covey. Second produced one hen and two wild flushes. Third was a motherlode of hens. 12 or more hens, and 2 roosters. Several held for points, which made it a lot of fun, albeit unproductive. No roosters shot, only one...

Congratulations! I'm glad that we have producers like you who value wildlife, and I support your right to monetize what you've built. For many years I've thought that wild pheasant hunting in Kansas would benefit from a little more commercialization. This is doubly true in an...

I also used Michael Murphy and Sons in Augusta. The process was different than I expected, but it definitely helped. First we spent a few minutes in the shop working on length of pull, discussing the recoil pad I intended to add, and stance. Then we went outside and shot 5+/- rounds at the...

We returned to one of the more productive private fields from last weekend and saw about the same number of birds (10+/-). The only real shootable flushes were hens. Also saw two coveys of quail. One of them was a repeat from opening weekend, but I think the other was different. We moved...

Yes, reports are running from average to awful. But I'd also say that the quail reports are a step or two better than the pheasant reports. I saw more quail on Saturday and Sunday than I expected to. I can't say anything useful about the Hays area, except that we were south of there. But...

IMO definitely worth a call/email to BOSS. They're a small enough outfit I'm sure they would be very interested and would probably make it right.

Kind of depends. There used to be a half section of good CRP that we tried to hunt opening morning. There was always one truck with 2 guys and 2 dogs there very early. I think they slept there. :) They camped out on the east side and would walk a mile through to the south and then a mile...

First two spots on Saturday were central Kansas, private, and normally hold birds. Saw three roosters, maybe. I think on of them was a re-flush. No hens. Moved about 25 miles NNE to some other private and saw decent numbers, perhaps even comparable to last year. Also saw two coveys of...

Then Kansas must be "far north" :) When I was at K-State in the 1990s, you could tell whether someone came from a farming family or a city family by how they referred to meals. For the farm kids, "dinner" was the mid-day meal and "supper" was the evening meal. As recently as a year ago, my...

I was scouting in the middle of last week and saw a few birds. 2 roosters, one hen, and a covey. This was on three different fields. I think we'll see a few and kill a couple or 3.

Should also say that the ribeye sandwich at the Scoreboard in Huron was much, much better.

Can't say that I was impressed two weeks ago. The menu was very limited--your choices were 4 different size cuts of prime rib, a steak salad, and maybe one other thing. Mine was OK, definitely not bad, but one of the best in SD? Doubtful. My buddy ordered a scotch "neat" and the waitress...

Cancelled our hotel rooms out west. We're just going to day-trip out of Wichita. Depending on success, I'm considering a return to SD after Thanksgiving.

That's always a conversation in our house. The last three have been Tess (RIP), Scout, and Trace. Trace is named after Buffalo Trace, one of my favorite poisons. I've always wanted to name a dog Switch (for switchgrass) or Blaze (for Blaze Orange), but I get outvoted. My wife likes names...

I know prairie dogs aren't really the vibe here, but I thought I would offer these here first. My dad is a regular, but not that high volume, prairie dog shooter. Every few years he gives me a big box of brass to sell. I give the money back to him and he buys more ammo. This is a five-year...

I agree with you that those things would make a huge difference. Problem is, the program to pay farmers to do some of those things already exists...

Big difference between a stubble field (corn or milo) of 1980-1985 and one of 2022. Lots more weeds, lot better habitat in those stubble fields in the 80s than today. But today's fields are much better at generating profits for the farmer and food for the world. I remember hunting irrigated...

I think it also depends on the food source. In Kansas corn stubble doesn't really provide much cover. If that's their food source, I think they feed early, even in the dark, and then head back to cover before light. Milo, on the other hand, can provide a lot of cover. Sometimes even enough...

CRP near grain. I'd have to go another 30-40 miles west to see wheat cut with a stripper header. But if there were any where I hunt, I'd hunt that.

We didn't. Only pheasants. We were east of the river learning that some parts of SD used very different seed mixes in their CRP plantings than I'm used to seeing in KS. It was a great time and we'll go back.