This back and forth all started with an insult about me having highly trained dogs. My dogs come from FC-AFC-MH-GMPR titled dogs. They are ff, cc, trained to handle, run blinds, etc. They also quarter like a springer. Lots of time and effort put into them. They retrieve hundreds of birds each season. I don't appreciate an insult towards their abilities and the time and effort put towards achieving such levels. Its not for everyone but I enjoy it and enjoy watching dogs work. As far as trying to keep people from hunting, that could not be further from the truth. 2003-2012 were some of the best years ever for pheasant hunting in Kansas. During those years, I averaged right at 75 birds per season for me alone. 2012-2014 were tough. However 2015-2016 were decent. Then back down again. That is what you will get from most hard core hunters. That is what you will get from my good friend who is a retired upland biologist and farms a lot of ground out here. Quail hunting was terrific in the 70's and 80's then dropped drastically. Many days we moved 15 coveys a day back then. While central KS has seen improved numbers the last 4 years, it is far from what it was. As far as deer hunting, all I have spoken is the truth. I have been killing deer here since the early-mid 80's. All bow kills. Many in the 150 plus inch range. My assessments are accurate. I am foolish in that I constantly take the bait of fsentkilr when he starts with the insults. I did call him a liar after the rift started from an insult about my dogs a few years ago. If you read through this thread you will see that he always has to throw shade first. Some people are what they are, and you can't change that. I offered a year or so ago for him to go hunting with me out here to see how my dogs hunt, of course he declined. We do hunt much of the same area. Mostly Ness County. I had a farmer friend out here this year, that farms roughly 6000 acres, ask me to simply not hunt his ground this year because bird numbers were low. I don't think that hunting would have any impact on bird numbers but respect that decision. The cold night we had around June 6th destroyed what would have been a terrific hatch this spring. That's how it is like it or not. Hopefully we have a mild spring and early summer and bird numbers trend upward. I can't control the weather though.