Boon Broods in '012

[UGUIDE]

I just talked to a veteran native landowner from the Hosmer area and he thinks that is there is no major weather event this spring (like a hail storm or major downpour at peak hatch) that we will have a bumper crop of pheasants this summer.

I tend to agree but then I cannot ever figure nature out which makes this whole deal that much more interesting.

I know sloughs are dropping in water level and that means increased nesting and hunting acres.

Sloughs are down at least 50% from last summers high levels.

 

[UGUIDE]

Just out spraying 120 acres of CRP last 2 days and was encouraged by overall bird activity and sightings. Conversation with locals and seed store would also echo the same sentiments.

Locals comments were "Where id these birds come from, we didn't see any last week of season!"

?????

Pheasants can amaze!

SDJIM's feedback also supports the encouraging signs in the south.

I will be in Aberdeen area on Thursday. May have some reports up their.

 

[OKIEGunner]

Chris,

Great news. Now only if we can get some good news from Kansas as well.

 

[onpoint]

I sure hope your right, pretty tough to predict such a thing this early. It would be nice to hear some roosters cackling in the morning and evening again. I been only hearing one rooster over by my place. Dismal I tell ya. Go pheasants!!! :cheers::cheers:

 

[FCSpringer]

We were lucky to have plenty of birds around here get through the last couple winters. But now this cold wet heavy snow may have taken out most of the early hatches, if they even have hatched. I think they are just getting rolling here. The pen birds only have been laying for a couple weeks. I hope its good every where.

 

[haymaker]

This rain has upped my optomism. A mild winter followed by some moisture is a great recipe for birds. I was getting quite worried about dry but it looks great now.

 

[mnmthunting]

There's been a lot of precip all across pheasant country. Snow and cold too, more like March weather. I'm thinking the cold has probably held off the pheasant nesting? Yes, getting the moisture in the ground is good.:thumbsup:
Now we need a warm up and a nice shower now and then.

 

[safari]

SDJIM's feedback also supports the encouraging signs in the south. [/B]

SDJIM's birds are probably due to the birds that were pushed out of the neighbors 200 acre former CRP that went under the plow last fall. It will work out for him in the short run but the loss of that much nesting cover, as hard as SDJIM is trying to replace it, is going to hurt.

 

[SDJIM]

SDJIM's feedback also supports the encouraging signs in the south. [/B]

SDJIM's birds are probably due to the birds that were pushed out of the neighbors 200 acre former CRP that went under the plow last fall. It will work out for him in the short run but the loss of that much nesting cover, as hard as SDJIM is trying to replace it, is going to hurt.

Thats true and there were a lot of birds in that area both last fall and this spring.

What is great is my other properity that is over 7 miles away had almost NO birds last fall and has lots this spring--I don't know where they came from but they sure are welcome :thumbsup:

 

[UGUIDE]

I sure hope your right, pretty tough to predict such a thing this early. It would be nice to hear some roosters cackling in the morning and evening again. I been only hearing one rooster over by my place. Dismal I tell ya. Go pheasants!!! :cheers::cheers:

Been hearing a good number crowing in morning. Hear one right now outside lodge as i type this.

Was setting up a deer stand yesterday and this crowing rooster scared to crap out of me when he went off right next to me. Not sure what he thought I was but he was not scared of me I tell you. Must have crowed half dozen times as I set stand up. He owns his territory!

 

[Uncle Buck]

There are three crowing behind my house. Wish I was seeing more hens tho.