A Little Chicken hunting

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KSBrittman

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Made it out for a little chicken hunting , these birds always seem to be hard to come and it seems to take a fair amount of boot leather to get them .

The first day of our hunt we left east part of the state around 3;30 in the morning to get were we needed to be at a decent time . The first day we walked 10 miles plus and put up a couple flocks and the edge of shotgun range but we found a pattern emerging . We saw birds in Alfalfa fields early . The following day we set up behind a few Alfalfa Bales in field we knew birds would be using and I was lucky enough to pull a double with my DT sxs 20 Ga.

I am thinking the uplands could be a little more bountiful this season , is anybody else seeing a few more birds than last year ?
 
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Great picture! I hunted 8 days for chickens the past two weeks and will post a report to not hijack your post. As far as more birds in the uplands, yes and no. I saw more chickens than I can remember seeing in a long time. Driving around we saw good numbers of quail along the roads and the dogs pointed several coveys in areas I didn't expect to see quail. I didn't see near the pheasant along the roads I have seen in the past. Heard some crowing in the mornings but even that was down compared to normal. Now with that said the cover looks great and I think the birds are there and hard to see because of the lush thick cover. Plenty of crops still in but in the last week a lot of beans and corn has been cut. The milo didn't look far behind as combines were being staged. I hope the pheasant numbers are up higher than I think they are. November 12 will tell all.
 
What neat birds. Beautiful.

Sounds like a great day. Thank you for sharing!:thumbsup:

Nick
 
One of the best photos posted, great to see a young man out and not having his head stuck in some video reality game, when true reality is just on the other side of the door. Great parenting. Regards.
 
odenney said:
One of the best photos posted, great to see a young man out and not having his head stuck in some video reality game, when true reality is just on the other side of the door. Great parenting. Regards.
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Thanks a bunch , this little guy added a lot to the hunt and memories of anticipation and excitement for the hunt . He walked from sun up to sundown with me and his dad . We left Topeka at 3:30 am and quit at near dark, fun and real trooper .

He and many other kids posted on here are the future and the face of hunting in the 21 st century .
 
KSBrittman said:
Thanks a bunch , this little guy added a lot to the hunt and memories of anticipation and excitement for the hunt . He walked from sun up to sundown with me and his dad . We left Topeka at 3:30 am and quit at near dark, fun and real trooper .

He and many other kids posted on here are the future and the face of hunting in the 21 st century .
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As odenney said that is one of the best photos I've seen, it captures a big part of the reason I hunt: Great Memories. Congratulations and keep up the good work.
 
Got to get out on Monday for a little while. Hunted the morning. Got really hot. Was a little wet where we were so it got humid too. Took off mid day and went back at it in the evening for a couple of hours. Saw 3 different groups total. Couldnt get close to 2 of the groups. Tree dwellers. The 3rd group got up about 20 yards in front of the dogs on point. About 50 yards in front of me.Had 4 dogs locked up. As I approached they flushed wild. I took a tough shot but no good. Got to shoot my gun at least. Found some quail too but didnt find any chickens that were alone or just a pair.
 
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