Recent content by akahunter

hunting in small groups can be tough until the weather gets cold. once the snow and cold hit, small groups is the best way to go. in the warm weather birds are spread out all over the place and they dont hold as tight. once the weather moves in they will bunch up into the heavier cover and hold...

i was in NW kansas last weekend, and we found most of our birds in milo too. cut and uncut. walked some great crp and wheat stubble, but didnt see near the numbers we did in the milo.

private, but heard some guys did good at a walk in in cheyenne co. near there

went in NW KS this weekend and saw dorothy blow by. hunted all day friday and the wind couldn't have blown any harder. 3 of us walked every type of cover all day long for 3 birds. then saturday morning the wind had died down and 5 of us limited out by 10am. couldnt tell you where the birds were...

has anyone ever heard of planting wheat as a food plot or border strip but not harvesting it. i know weedy wheat stubble is supposed to be the best brooding cover there is, but i was wondering if small border strips of uncut wheat would benefit birds / hunters.

heavy roosting cover at first light, food plots at mid morning, grass or lighter (lounging) cover around lunch, and food plots again before dark. thats always been the best pattern for me over the years. of course that all goes out the window with big weather issues.

the girls had fun. they are my cousins, and they had been one before but they just walked the fields with us and didnt hunt. this year they hunted and had a great time. they are twins and one is a tomboy and the other is a girly girl, so they are a funny pair when cleaning birds. ya, the...

Went out for the opener last weekend in NW Kansas. 10 in the group (2 12yr old girls on their first hunt) hunted til 2 on sat and sun and shot 37 both days. almost none of the birds held tight in the heat. plus most of the corn and milo was still standing. talked to a couple farmers in the area...

new to the site but been hunting forever. from colorado, but hunt mostly in NW Kansas. anyone do great on the KS opener?