2 and half days in nw ks

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only a pointer

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thursday bout10 i leave for nw ks heading west on 36 and hit one of my fav walk in spots around smith center a little grassy spot with milo close take about 10 steps in and out comes ole ringneck and boom thank ya ,walked the rest of field nothing so im done on to the motel as i am driving down 36 west 7 or 8 parrots fly across the highway out of wheat stubble into crp keep that thought i said to myself.I check into the motel planning on hunting ssome more spots around there i get up at 5;30 to eat nothins open i said i think im gonna go to norton and im glad i did i go to 3 walk in spots and it has my fav cover fireweed with grain next to each other nothing zero zip goose egg im wore slick the next walk in spot is wheat stubble so i sit ther in the truck eating lunch its about 1:30 and i said heck with it lets give a try iwhat do i have to lose ive never hunted wheat stubble i park my truck in a corner spot and walk the dogs up the road and dive in towards the wind and bring it back to the truck we get in there and i can tell immediately there birdy we get to one end of the field and bang goose snaps on point and i know hes got sumn cause when that head is intense and looking up its on!! i walk up and 5 cocks come out 10 yards in front of him and i drop 2 bingo !!!! it only took meahalf a day of making it hard and not using my head hello you seen birds flying out of the stubble before you started this!!!i go to the next wheat stubble field and once again they are there and i kill one i kill 3 on friday im happy saturday is a diff story wakeup at 6 in norton head south and hit a f*&%^n deer !!! im sick i go ahead hunt another big wheat stubble spot loaded with phez but they just wouldnt hold and very spooky about 20 hens and one cock evidentally it had been worked over i said im to sick to hunt cant open my door in my new truck another day heck with it to top things off i get a ticket lol on my way home . i had never hunted stubble before but with mild weather i promise it will never be overlooked!! i had a blast until saturday birds sure are expensive:)
 
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sounds like a good hunt, except for the deer. I was in norton around opener and i have never seen so many deer. I am waiting for the weather to get nasty, that will get them out of that short stubble.
 
O.P. great story! We just look at that expanse of stubble and tell ourselves , no way I can pin them down! If you get good weather or hit it different then everybody else you can have success!!!! I have seen those birds loaf all day in the stubble. It sure is fun when a plan comes together!!!:10sign::cheers:
 
We were in Norton, Thursday through Saturday.

We got a few birds pointed and shot. But it was tough hunting most of the time. Birds were really spooky.

Where did you stay. We stayed at the 5 star HillCrest :rolleyes: :D
 
i stayed one night there to in room 17 in the silver dodge to the left as you pull in what were you drivingi seen bird hunters towards the back in a white suv and other trucks around? and i did see one guy walking a setter fri night i usually go up and talk but he was a little far to say something.
 
Sounds like a great trip except for the deer attacks truck episode. Sad part is you could have just as easily hit the deer in midtown Kansas City, like a friend of mine. He wasn't having nearly as much fun as you! Maybe it's time to start the whitetail elimination society.
 
OaP-- my buddy and I consider ourselves hardcore hunters. This weekend was supposed to be Friday through Sun. We came home last night after very dismal results. Wilson Lake has some nice coveys of quail and few roosters.

Just one of them years!
 
southern i love quail hunting i will def give it a try out there i really like that norton area it was my first time out there and i def wanna go back i think its lacking on the quail but ive heard there a few there it is def parrot country im coming back in a few for sure.how many coveys did you guys see a day out there you can pm if you want
 
old i tell you what that area prob has the most mule deer i have ever seen i mean they are freakin everwhere and i mean some dandy bucks out there i saw one on walk in that i would have shot anytime in season of course it was the biggest mulie buck ive ever seen alive a5 by 5 tall and thick and past his ears wide!!!
 
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old i tell you what that area prob has the most mule deer i have ever seen i mean they are freakin everwhere and i mean some dandy bucks out there i saw one on walk in that i would have shot anytime in season of course it was the biggest mulie buck ive ever seen alive a5 by 5 tall and thick and past his ears wide!!!
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I'm glad they were muley's, I have a soft spot for mule deer, the darn whitetals are crowding the muley's out. I like those big muley bucks, I've seen a few in the Nebraska sandhills framed against the sky at the top of a ridge, I thought at first glance were elk! Was the deer- truck assailant a muley or a whitetail?
 
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i stayed one night there to in room 17 in the silver dodge to the left as you pull in what were you drivingi seen bird hunters towards the back in a white suv and other trucks around? and i did see one guy walking a setter fri night i usually go up and talk but he was a little far to say something.
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We were in the back building, room 30. I was driving the dark blue F150 that was covered in mud. I would bet that was me walking the setter, over by the pool.

The white SUV was some guys from Tx it think.

We had a tough time getting roosters pointed. Then when my setter pointed them I fricking missed most of the time.

We found 3 or 4 coveys of quail in the trip. Its not a great place for quail, but you will run across a few.
 
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