Well I'll be headed to Kansas again this fall. probably be hunting some of the same area I've hunted with my buddies for the last two years. Bird numbers may be down and there may not be as many fields as posted in the WIHA thread but gonna go and have fun anyway. May knock on a few doors too.
I can't believe some of the stuff posted on the WIHA thread. I grew up back east in Virginia, was a Soldier for 21 years and landed in Colorado at retirement. (No I am not looking for thank yous or invites, I did a job I loved until it was time to move on and was proud to do it and thankful to have a job. ) Throughout my military career I was all over this country, and have never seen so much public land or land open for public use; good, bad or otherwise.
In Va where I grew up if you had no family relation to someone there was no way you were hunting private property and public land was mainly National Forest if you lived close enough or 40 are wood lots "managed" as Wildlife Management areas. Even during squirrel season the woods looked like a pumpkin garden.
I was stationed at Ft Hood in Texas, Ft Polk in Louisiana and Ft Knox in Kentucky all those states were pay to play and the pay part was very high. I would not bash WIHA too hard. In just two or three fields in Kansas or, Colorado for that matter or fact, I see more land open to hunting than I saw open to the public anywhere else I have lived.
I can't wait for my Kansas trip. We may or may not find many birds though I am sure we will find a few. I am also positive we'll make some new friends while we are out there too; you folks in Kansas are some of the friendliest and most hospitable people in the nation; regardless about what is said about southerners and you do a steak better than the average Texan. I really enjoy it out there. One of my new favorite hunting memories is an argument/discussion I had with a local hunter in the Wakeeny area about whether GSPs or Brittanys are better pheasant finders.The dog and I can't wait for Nov 9th.
I can't believe some of the stuff posted on the WIHA thread. I grew up back east in Virginia, was a Soldier for 21 years and landed in Colorado at retirement. (No I am not looking for thank yous or invites, I did a job I loved until it was time to move on and was proud to do it and thankful to have a job. ) Throughout my military career I was all over this country, and have never seen so much public land or land open for public use; good, bad or otherwise.
In Va where I grew up if you had no family relation to someone there was no way you were hunting private property and public land was mainly National Forest if you lived close enough or 40 are wood lots "managed" as Wildlife Management areas. Even during squirrel season the woods looked like a pumpkin garden.
I was stationed at Ft Hood in Texas, Ft Polk in Louisiana and Ft Knox in Kentucky all those states were pay to play and the pay part was very high. I would not bash WIHA too hard. In just two or three fields in Kansas or, Colorado for that matter or fact, I see more land open to hunting than I saw open to the public anywhere else I have lived.
I can't wait for my Kansas trip. We may or may not find many birds though I am sure we will find a few. I am also positive we'll make some new friends while we are out there too; you folks in Kansas are some of the friendliest and most hospitable people in the nation; regardless about what is said about southerners and you do a steak better than the average Texan. I really enjoy it out there. One of my new favorite hunting memories is an argument/discussion I had with a local hunter in the Wakeeny area about whether GSPs or Brittanys are better pheasant finders.The dog and I can't wait for Nov 9th.
