NE Kansas is not much better. Last year was not a good year, but this year is worse. A decade ago I was seeing 4-6 coveys a day. Now I am seeing 1-2 Coveys with some days no coveys. North of me I often bump a hen pheasant or at least see a pheasant slipping away way out. This year in five days in the field I have seen one hen total and five coveys total; further all the coveys have been small 6-12 birds, no twenty bird coveys at all.
Friends report negative numbers in both south central and SW Kansas. A few report a hot spot here and there where the population seems to have survived ok, but they are the exception.
