Troy,
I couldn't agree more. On the last Sunday of the season, while returning to the motel in an area not far from you, my buddy saw two roosters out feeding in some beans. The area across the road from the roosters (crp) used to be WHIA (now leased) and it was the only area for a couple of miles with decent habitat that wasn't WIHA.
As it was close to sunset, we decided to stop and take a couple of pictures since the colors were so vivid. When we got out of the truck the two roosters took off. When they took off, the crp behind us erupted. I've seen some large flushes over the years, but never ANYTHING like we saw that evening (in Kansas). I'm going to be very conservative and say that 300 birds got up and moved further into the field. Birds came up for what seemed to be quite some time.
Down the road a mile or so, we saw a group of 5 hunters that were quitting for the day. We stopped and asked them what they had seen that day. They stated that they'd been in the immediate area hunting/pounding WIHA's for two days and had seen roughly 30 birds and taken two with the only two shots presented.
I realize that all are welcomed to hunt here, but the pressure this year was absolutely insane.
You're quite correct, the birds certainly know where safety is.
Point!
I couldn't agree more. On the last Sunday of the season, while returning to the motel in an area not far from you, my buddy saw two roosters out feeding in some beans. The area across the road from the roosters (crp) used to be WHIA (now leased) and it was the only area for a couple of miles with decent habitat that wasn't WIHA.
As it was close to sunset, we decided to stop and take a couple of pictures since the colors were so vivid. When we got out of the truck the two roosters took off. When they took off, the crp behind us erupted. I've seen some large flushes over the years, but never ANYTHING like we saw that evening (in Kansas). I'm going to be very conservative and say that 300 birds got up and moved further into the field. Birds came up for what seemed to be quite some time.
Down the road a mile or so, we saw a group of 5 hunters that were quitting for the day. We stopped and asked them what they had seen that day. They stated that they'd been in the immediate area hunting/pounding WIHA's for two days and had seen roughly 30 birds and taken two with the only two shots presented.
I realize that all are welcomed to hunt here, but the pressure this year was absolutely insane.
You're quite correct, the birds certainly know where safety is.
Point!
