Where to hunt pheasants and quail in Kansas 2015

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Jakeismydog2

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This time of year the Kansas forum starts to get really active with people wanting to know where to hunt birds. Posts with a title like this one can easily get over a thousand views from non members to the site. I want to be helpful to all of you looking for that information.

1.) Join the forum and contribute to the conversation here. Once you have been around the site awhile and have developed relationships with guys on here, you may well get invited to hunt with some guys on good land.

2.) If you join the forum and have successful hunts, share them with all of us. We really enjoy seeing each other be successful and hearing stories of how your puppy is coming along etc. DO NOT give specific locations of where you hunt. That can really pi$$ off people. You would be amazed at how 1 post like "got my limit today at Sand Hills State park" can affect the hunting pressure at that location.

3.) If you do not want to put the time and effort into Ultimate pheasant hunting forum that's fine. It's not for everyone. Then here is what I suggest:

WIHA - Kansas has a great system of public hunting on private grounds. Here is a link to the maps. You can use google earth to scout from your couch. I have shot plenty of birds on these lands.
http://ksoutdoors.com/KDWPT-Info/Locations/Hunting-Fishing-Atlas/Fall-Hunting-Atlas

Corp of Engineers land - most of the reservoirs in the state have public hunting around them. Maps can be found on the Corp website.


I hope that info is useful. If any other members have other suggestions please feel free to share them.
 
Thanks for the info. All the reports I've been reading have me thinking about just sitting out this year. Not worth the drive. Just sayin'.......
 
CharBroiled said:
How about I caught my limit around Big Brutus?
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I'd never hunted Mined Land Wildlufe Areas. Have heard of some monster catfish and trout (truthfully) caught in some of those pits. Looks like it would be good bunny habitat though.
 
cheesy said:
I'd never hunted Mined Land Wildlufe Areas. Have heard of some monster catfish and trout (truthfully) caught in some of those pits. Looks like it would be good bunny habitat though.
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It used to be great quail habitat till they let them go into thickets! I have actually seen "Brutus" when I was flushing a covey, but not where it is now. Need a bunch of chainsaws, a fire, chemical destruction of European grass , a wind storm, more CRP patterned after soil bank, or all five, repeatedly. Don't know about trout, but I have seen alligators there!
 
This weekend I hunted SW Nebraska just north of the Kansas line and it was poor. I hunted a stretch from around Alma (north of Hays) on west to around Danbury. Saw a total of two pheasants and heard two others.
 
Jakeismydog2 said:
This time of year the Kansas forum starts to get really active with people wanting to know where to hunt birds. Posts with a title like this one can easily get over a thousand views from non members to the site. I want to be helpful to all of you looking for that information.

1.) Join the forum and contribute to the conversation here. Once you have been around the site awhile and have developed relationships with guys on here, you may well get invited to hunt with some guys on good land.

2.) If you join the forum and have successful hunts, share them with all of us. We really enjoy seeing each other be successful and hearing stories of how your puppy is coming along etc. DO NOT give specific locations of where you hunt. That can really pi$$ off people. You would be amazed at how 1 post like "got my limit today at Sand Hills State park" can affect the hunting pressure at that location.

3.) If you do not want to put the time and effort into Ultimate pheasant hunting forum that's fine. It's not for everyone. Then here is what I suggest:

WIHA - Kansas has a great system of public hunting on private grounds. Here is a link to the maps. You can use google earth to scout from your couch. I have shot plenty of birds on these lands.
http://ksoutdoors.com/KDWPT-Info/Locations/Hunting-Fishing-Atlas/Fall-Hunting-Atlas

Corp of Engineers land - most of the reservoirs in the state have public hunting around them. Maps can be found on the Corp website.


I hope that info is useful. If any other members have other suggestions please feel free to share them.
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All these suggestions are fantastic. As Hunter94 stated in another post, I'd add to please leave the public (and private) areas you hunt the way you left them, if not better. Collect garbage, empty hulls etc on your way through. It takes very little effort, and can go a long way.
 
oldandnew said:
It used to be great quail habitat till they let them go into thickets! I have actually seen "Brutus" when I was flushing a covey, but not where it is now. Need a bunch of chainsaws, a fire, chemical destruction of European grass , a wind storm, more CRP patterned after soil bank, or all five, repeatedly. Don't know about trout, but I have seen alligators there!
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If it were not for the Mined Land areas we would not have any habitat left here. The farmers helped to destroy our quail populations not KDWPT. Brutus has been in the same location for nearly 40 years.
 
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