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just read a weather report from hays. colby received 1.66" in may, goodland 1.27 " off 2.95" for the mo., hill city rec. 2.12 ", off 1.66" for the mo. but off a full half since the first of the year. hay has rec. 2.16" for may but off 2.5" for the year. not a lot of moistue, thought that they were doing better than that


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Not good news. Too bad for everyone. :confused:
 
moisture

as of about june 4th, atwood is off about 25% and norton nearly 30%. been hoping to say something nice. peak moisture in the area is may, so much for that

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Heat is on

Looks like a week of HOT stuff! Here come the triple digits!!
 
weather site

just recently found an internet weather site called weather collector, from there for example you can pull up moisture received for most towns anywhere, just give the state, dates wanted and click on the town or weather station, it is current to within the last 4 days and it shows that most of western kansas needs help, will meet with pastor john tomorrow, gonna plant some quail for his mutt and likely shoot the .410, he has been broke to loud noise and banging pans so don't expect a problem but ya never know till the dog runs for the truck. he has seen and been chasing a few quail already, pup us about 18 wks i think, after that i will get the john to praying again
 
Just can't win!!! Birds hatching and then 110 degrees. Just like last year. Baby chicks can't regulate their heat. It flat out needs to cool down with some moisture.
 
I dont know if the average temp matters as much as just the peak or highest number but this looks a little better than 100 Degrees. This is for Colby.

https://www.google.com/search?q=wea....57j0l3j62j64.8814j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I know the rain during brooding season can be a killer so maybe if we get timely rains throughout the year like june , july or later it may be good. I wish the KDWP site would do some sort of updates maybe quarterly or something. They have nothing so far.
 
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I dont know if the average temp matters as much as just the peak or highest number but this looks a little better than 100 Degrees. This is for Colby.

https://www.google.com/search?q=wea....57j0l3j62j64.8814j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I know the rain during brooding season can be a killer so maybe if we get timely rains throughout the year like june , july or later it may be good. I wish the KDWP site would do some sort of updates maybe quarterly or something. They have nothing so far.
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if you think kansas fish and game doesn't tell ya much, pull up the colorado one, it is worse than useless. rain won't bother the chicks this year at least not cause there is to much of it. hail is the killer right now, especially if the weeds are on the short side, maybe we will all have to turn into dove hunters and then as soon as we do that we will get a freeze the 2nd day of sept. and then we can turn to shooting dry land ducks

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Here's an update for you folks. The overall statewide pheasant crow-call index was down 37% over last year. 48 of the 64 routes were in the negative. The Flint Hills were down 27%, Glaciated Plains no change, Northern High Plains, down 39%, Smoky Hills down 48%, Southern High Plains down 41%, South-Central Prairies down 37%.

All that being said, this says nothing about the nesting success, just the year-to-year survival. The roadside brood surveys begin July 25 and should provide us with production numbers for the year. It won't take a very sizeable chick per hen ratio to make up the 37% reduction in spring population numbers. However, parts of the southwest will struggle to do this. Unfortunately, information may be slower coming out this year as our pheasant biologist is leaving to go back to Utah.
 
Do we really need a biologist to tell us we are in for another hard year? After last season I can tell you if the population quadrupled it would still be slim picking. Maybe take his salary and put it towards another warden. Make more poaching cases stick in court. What we don't need is to pay someone to tell us there are less birds. Lets do it like in the old days. Scout before season and shake hands with Mr farmer. Help build some fence which will create some cover and also build friendship. Just my opinion.
 
no big surprise....but even with a great hatch, it will take more than one season to recover substantially.
 
denver

i know that denver isn't really considered prime pheasant country but is sure has it's share of turkey running around, just take a look at our government. anyway for the month of june moisture is off over 90% and the year to date is down 30%. that's a big deal and in the mountains roasted blue grouse are the order of the day. weather wise i would like to find something good to say, having a hard time, think it is a bit too early to see chicks running around, they got a little late start this year, while wheat harvest last year in the n. w. kansas was one of the earliest on record which is bad for chicks, this year it is estimated to be about the 2nd week of july which then bodes well for the chick.. they always seem to talk about wheat stubble and or wheat for nesting but in all my years of walking wheat i have rarely ever found a nest destroyed or other wise so it is hard for me to understand what a big deal it is, do know however from listening to the farmers that the combines do chop some of them up but that doesn't mean they where hatched there.

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