Dog boots

[birddude]

I've hunted around Hays without dog boots. But down around Kinsley I did need dog boots. So, is there a kind of cutoff area or will I need boots in between?

 

[westksbowhunter]

I live in between Hays and Kinsley and hunt everywhere and never found the need for dog boots. There is no way my dogs would tolerate them, they would have them chewed off within 5 minutes. The boots would be more trouble for them than the sandburs. I did have a dog 30 years ago that was a little tender footed, but it was cactus that would bother her.

 

[akp]

Hunted the Kinsley area for years and years and never ran boots. Occasional sand bur. You must’ve hit a big patch. Used to hunt up into Rush Co a lot too. I don’t think I ever ran boots in Kansas. I’m sure south of kinsley a ways you’re getting into them bad because in Oklahoma I had to pretty much anywhere west I hunted. Keep some duct tape in your vest. That’ll get you by in a pinch.

 

[birddude]

Thanks, how about Porcupines?? If I remember correctly, there were some there.

 

[akp]

I have never encountered them up in that area of Kansas. I have in the Oklahoma panhandle though so I’d say if you’re farther south closer to Liberal or so watch out. I’d keep pliers in my vest anyway… westks could chime in on that since he lives up that way.

 

[birddude]

I have never encountered them up in that area of Kansas. I have in the Oklahoma panhandle though so I’d say if you’re farther south closer to Liberal or so watch out. I’d keep pliers in my vest anyway… westks could chime in on that since he lives up that way.

Yeah, I think it was south of Pratt where I had a couple encounters.

 

[westksbowhunter]

Thanks, how about Porcupines?? If I remember correctly, there were some there.

I hunted and lived in Kansas for 60 years and have seen 1 porcupine in the summer at cedar bluff 30 years ago, and living here all my life, have never gave a thought about a porcupine at all. There isn't really anything to worry about in Kansas other than a snare from a trapper or barb wire. The weather is mild, the cover is thin, and our bird population is low. We will harvest less than 300,000 pheasants again this year. Good luck!