Late Sring Snow North of Pratt

[kansaslabman]

Hey Guys. I hunted the opener trying to get into some quail and didn't do so hot in NE kansas. I still got a spot north of Pratt and south of Great Bend near St. John. I understand by reading the upland bird report that there was a big snow storm in march that hit there. I was wanting to know if anyone has hunted in that area to testify if that really did hurt the quail numbers?

 

[Cass]

I just had a great hunt today near Larned. Two of us limited out on quail. I was surprised to see so many, the best quail numbers I had seen in years.

Hope this helps.

We were also one pheasant short of both limiting.

Cass

 

[Crusaderhunter]

Cass; what size of shells do you use when going for a mixed bag?

Mike

 

[kansasbrittany]

I just had a great hunt today near Larned. Two of us limited out on quail. I was surprised to see so many, the best quail numbers I had seen in years.

Hope this helps.

We were also one pheasant short of both limiting.

Cass

I saw more quail out that way than I've ever seen there as well. It's going to be a good year for quail hunting out there. Pheasant numbers aren't bad either, but I've seen better pheasant years in that area.

 

[only a pointer]

I just had a great hunt today near Larned. Two of us limited out on quail. I was surprised to see so many, the best quail numbers I had seen in years.

Hope this helps.

We were also one pheasant short of both limiting.

Cass

was that walk in cass?

 

[kiotehntr]

Cass; what size of shells do you use when going for a mixed bag?

Mike

I usually use 6's for mixed game. I will have a 5 thrown in there about the 3rd shell though just in case...

 

[Cass]

Cass; what size of shells do you use when going for a mixed bag?

Mike

I used high brass 6's with 1-1/4 oz. of shot. It's a good compromise. If you get into quail and start chasing singles I would step back to a lighter load of 7-1/2's.

Cass

 

[Cass]

was that walk in cass?

No, this was private land that is leased from a big cattle feeding operation. We found the quail in pasture with lots of plum thickets and in one grass CRP corner.

Cass

 

[only a pointer]

No, this was private land that is leased from a big cattle feeding operation. We found the quail in pasture with lots of plum thickets and in one grass CRP corner.

Cass

right on good job, man i cant wait to go freakin work!

 

[kansaslabman]

Guess the kdwp report was wrong about that then. I know for a fact that they were wrong about the NE region of kansas. They boasted of substantial increases in quail populations. We only saw 1 small covey which normally is 4 or 5. Thanks for the reports guys good luck this fall.