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2 hypothesis - #1 - Archery hunters - they probably kill more deer by losing them every year than rifle hunters could ever dream of. #2 - as someone else pointed out - stress -- if you are in an area where no one lets anyone hunt and lots of outfitters I'd wager your doe to buck ratio is...

#1 - I'm a mule deer fan - White tail are like rats - you can shoot one in any of the 50 states -- Mule deer you can not - I'm nearly 42 and since my 20s have watched the mule deer herd in KS go completely down the toilet worse than pheasants have or really about on par. #2 -- Westks answered...

Here's where I'd argue that your equation is how a simpleton (not that you are) would view it - which ALL of our politicians have very short sightedness. Lets say we were revisiting the heyday of the 80s-90s and up to 2008 or so of upland birds and there was MORE regulation as there should be...

It wont sadly. Our state government is worthless. I live in Topeka and cant stand any of them. One of the elected state officials doesnt live far away from me and owns a hunting preserve - he's been at the forefront of some bad bills for further pimping out wildlife. I didnt vote for him...

Well you're just a bit younger than me - but yes - like a frog in a pot of water set to boil - sneaking up on a lot of people.

I dont know how old you are but the writing has been on the wall for a couple decades at least - people have been giving these arguments to the KDWP since the mid 00's -- the problem has been that the power left the Biologists hands decades ago at this point to manage the deer herd - it started...

We didnt go up that way but went somewhere else - I think you'll be here for a few days per your posts - just drive outside of the affected area for the fire - you can find the maps online. I'm just glad the trees didnt have leaves on them the cleanup would be 100x worse. The prairie recovered...

Need to fight fire with fire and class action lawsuit -- cuz you know them seed bastard companies would sure as hell sue you the farmer if you saved your own seeds and God Forbid a bird took a shit in your field and a volunteer GMO came up -

This forum is slow so not sure there are many active Okies on here (sorry as a Kansan that what we were taught to say hahaha - I'm sure you have a nickname for us) Anyways KS has had many debates over how our WIHA program is funded which I believe is mostly Pitman Robertson funds -- from my...

Look at the financials of Pheasants forever - I haven't taken a deep dive into DU - but PF does fuzzy math -- the money doesnt go where they say it does -- smoke and mirrors -- That being said - DU has done more for pheasants than PF could ever dream of in KS.

Nothing will happen until there is a focus on soil health and bio diversity -- Until companies like Monsanto, Bayer AG, Pioneer et al can find a way to make money on soil health you're fighting an uphill battle - We previously had it - how quickly it's went away since the 90s -- it's not just...

Some did jump on ya - sometimes what is said online is taken the wrong way as there is no non verbal body language to go with it - Anyways should we start an intro thread? May seem helpful - would also be nice to have more contributors here - many aren't active anymore due to discussion forums...

That could be one way - the other is a pie in the sky dream of working with mother nature instead of fighting it - however that would cut out profits for large ag companies. (Bayer AG, Pioneer, etc) -- they have too deep of pockets to allow policy changes that will affect their pocketbooks...

You'd never think this place would be located where it is - but Fly Boy Brewery and Eats in Sylvan Grove, KS Other than that - lots of good hole in the walls all over the state. Fly Boy is a bit more memorable.

KS is unfortunately slowly turning that direction - it's really sad.

You forget about those pig barns that litter the land from Texas to around N of Garden City when they stop again.

New Mexico in my short experience is the same way -- Through a connection I got back in 2016 a rancher friend had an in with another rancher in NE New Mexico -- the landowner was allotted so many tags based on what seemed to be pretty sound management and when you bought the tag the landowner...

The problem goes back years - Mike Hayden the POS he is decided to make deer hunting the focus - after that all the grumpy old men running the government and landowners had tunnel vision as far as deer go since that was the low hanging fruit. Towns will continue to die as a result. You can...

There have been a few places I'd need them but just avoid - a guy on some of the FB groups has a Youtube video floating around some of the upland groups (easy to find there) on how to make dog boots with duct tape - If I was planning on using them that's how I'd put them on - cost effective and...

What's sad is just 10-15 yrs ago I'm guessing many parts (or VASTLY MORE OF IT) was similar to SD - of course depending on where you were at -- SD you can't get into quail - many places I'd go in the late 90s early 00's into 2010 a guy had a damn good chance at a limit of quail and roosters if...