Brood Reports?

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Waterfowler2001

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Hello All, Originally from Western Kansas. Now living in Coffey County. I have been seeing a lot of quail in the evenings when I train my dog. Great to see. Friends been seeing more pheasant broods out west then previous years. Anyone else hearing the same?
 
Disappointed that I am not seeing any broods in the road ditches. Saw my first in a road ditch in Haskell County last week. Hoping to see more soon.
 
Seeing quite a few quail, including a few broods here in Montgomery / Chautauqua counties. I have two hen turkeys with a dozen poults between em coming through the yard every morning.
 
Waterfowler2001 said:
Hello All, Originally from Western Kansas. Now living in Coffey County. I have been seeing a lot of quail in the evenings when I train my dog. Great to see. Friends been seeing more pheasant broods out west then previous years. Anyone else hearing the same?
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I live in the same area and hearing/seeing the same.
 
Talked to biologist today who just finished up a brood survey. In some area's they are seeing more than last year. However, in the county where I live and the county to the west they are not. He said we are still in D2 and that emergency haying and grazing has begun which will make it worse.
 
I was looking at our stuff last weekend. There were LOTS of quail calling, and I also saw a few while driving. Those that I saw I would not have called chicks, but I don't know what a 6 week old quail should look like. I also saw a couple of pheasants in the ditches and ONE pheasant "chick". The pheasant chick flew extremely well, but was noticeably smaller than a November bird, seemed to have little to no tail, and I could not tell if it was a hen or rooster. The cover looked great and so did the milo.
 
westksbowhunter said:
Talked to biologist today who just finished up a brood survey. In some area's they are seeing more than last year. However, in the county where I live and the county to the west they are not. He said we are still in D2 and that emergency haying and grazing has begun which will make it worse.
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Tell them to put the mowers away and hook up the flatbed, hay coming out of ears here in the Southeast.
 
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