Ladies and Gentlemen,
Here is the info I have to date. I have gone back for the last month and taken the data that I could find on threads posts, etc. and tried to make some sense of it all. It is NOT the last word in info. Matter of fact, it probably isn't even close enough for government work. But I think we can make some minor conclusions from what we are hearing. I obviously haven't been able to make any conclusions based on when these birds were seen as to time of day, weather, cover, time of week, along the road, in the field, how hard they hunted,and 100 other factors that influence what we see. What I hoped to do was find out from some hunters who were hunting same area for at least the second year exactly what their gut feelings were about the numbers. I paid more attention to the numbers seen than to how many were bagged. Let's face it, some of us dudes are just not as successful hunters as others. I am therefore going to put it in print, some will be by counties and some by cities since I may not know the county and too lazy to look them up.
Pheasants numbers up--Seward, Stevens, Milford, E. Finney, N. Gray, W. Hodgeman, Rush, Rooks, G. Bend
Pheasants down--S. Pawnee, N. Edwards, Dickinson, Jewell, Trego, Ness, Cawker City, Smith Center, Ft. Riley, Russell
Down or same --Sumner
Quail up--S. Pawnee, N. Edwards, Dickinson, Trego, Ness, Ft. Riley, Cawker City,
Quail Down--Jewell, Oakley
Same or down--Rooks
It has been my experience that talking to the locals isn't always very accurate unless they are hunters. They just don't realize how many birds that it takes to make a successful hunting situation.
Keep sending me your findings and we'll keep this updated as the crops are out of the way now and the weather is more favorable for good hunting.
Good luck.
Here is the info I have to date. I have gone back for the last month and taken the data that I could find on threads posts, etc. and tried to make some sense of it all. It is NOT the last word in info. Matter of fact, it probably isn't even close enough for government work. But I think we can make some minor conclusions from what we are hearing. I obviously haven't been able to make any conclusions based on when these birds were seen as to time of day, weather, cover, time of week, along the road, in the field, how hard they hunted,and 100 other factors that influence what we see. What I hoped to do was find out from some hunters who were hunting same area for at least the second year exactly what their gut feelings were about the numbers. I paid more attention to the numbers seen than to how many were bagged. Let's face it, some of us dudes are just not as successful hunters as others. I am therefore going to put it in print, some will be by counties and some by cities since I may not know the county and too lazy to look them up.
Pheasants numbers up--Seward, Stevens, Milford, E. Finney, N. Gray, W. Hodgeman, Rush, Rooks, G. Bend
Pheasants down--S. Pawnee, N. Edwards, Dickinson, Jewell, Trego, Ness, Cawker City, Smith Center, Ft. Riley, Russell
Down or same --Sumner
Quail up--S. Pawnee, N. Edwards, Dickinson, Trego, Ness, Ft. Riley, Cawker City,
Quail Down--Jewell, Oakley
Same or down--Rooks
It has been my experience that talking to the locals isn't always very accurate unless they are hunters. They just don't realize how many birds that it takes to make a successful hunting situation.
Keep sending me your findings and we'll keep this updated as the crops are out of the way now and the weather is more favorable for good hunting.
Good luck.
