I kinda wrapped up the season last week. Overall would rate it poor, with worse to come. Even with my bad legs, I managed to get enough days in the field to get a fair sample. Last outing saw maybe 10-12 Birds over 2 days. My guest left here for central Kansas, saw none in three days. Losing CRP quickly which will stress population even more through the winter and reduce nesting habitat in the spring. As soon as the roads clear, Friday?, I am headed south to winter out...Stay safe and well, guys...
Same scenario around Downs, Kansas for the pheasants but the low numbers might be attributed to a hail storm there. Did see a few more around Norton & was told of many sightings by farmers around Norton but warm temps prevented the farmers from harvesting their crop due to an aphid gumming up the harvester. So there was more than ample cover. But we did find around 30 coveys of quail, with the majority around Downs or Lake Waconda, each nearing a total of 30 birds per covey. But difficult to capitalize on those coveys in high winds using #4 & #5 shot. And we just had too many hunters to have an effective, safe shot on the covey-rise.
Cheers,
Raimey
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