Recent content by ben ji

The first year I went hunting was without a dog and I would just walk the thick spots of CRP and try and get anything that flushed. I know I got at least one but I was hooked. The next year I got a bird dog and saw 10x as many birds at the same spot vs walking it solo, plus it makes it a lot...

Last year one of the fields next to the farmhouse was wheat that was cut with a stripper head, the tall stubble was loaded with birds all winter. It was hard to hunt since the birds could just sprint down the rows but provided excellent cover compared to low cut wheat or harvested corn/Milo...

If she's not carrying a gun she won't need a license. The only way she could possibly get in trouble is if she is carrying the dead birds in the field with you and you get checked but even that is a maybe.

Good advice here on the roads and not just rain. Even 1 inch of snow can turn some dirt roads into grease by the afternoon. It snows 1 inch overnight and you're thinking "Great! I can see some tracks in the snow to know If there are birds around!" You drive to your spot in the morning when the...

I've only hunted 2 days so far in NWKS but the numbers were better than anything I have seen in 6+ years, especially compared to the drought years of 21-23. I limited out both days but the weirdest part was all the pheasants were killed where I normally don't have much success near the old...

I bought some random vest on Amazon 6 years ago for dirt cheap that is just now falling apart, will probably just buy the same one again. All I need is lightweight, pouches/openings for birds in the back, some bandoleers on the front for ammo and some pockets for dog treats/water/etc. If its...

I normally hunt about 5 hours away from where I live and throw all the birds in the "garage/workshop" fridge from 1975 until the day before or day that I leave. Then I do a rough clean outside, breast them out and take the legs then do a little more cleaning inside (rinsing off feathers etc...

Bird numbers out in NWKS were the best I have seen since I started hunting 6 years ago but it was definitely spotty. 1 man 1 dog and I got my limit each day which has never happened before. We have an old farmhouse on some family land I was staying at where I killed most of the birds. The...

You cant bring up songs about bird hunting without including the turnpike troubadours greatest jam, my favorite part is the end "Just a song about bird hunting in southeast Oklahoma".......but its so much more

I'm heading out this weekend because last weekend they were finally cutting the Milo on our land in NW KS. IMO Its not really worth it to hunt for birds until the crops are down, just too many hiding places while the crops are still standing. Which brings me to stripper head harvested...

There is nothing better than a light 1 inch snow overnight so that you can see pheasant tracks the next morning. You can do all the scouting you want but its the easiest way to know if birds are actually in the field you are hunting. A couple of years ago I was hunting a harvested corn field...

I've only upland bird hunted mostly but at some point I will probably hunt some deer or antelope. The thing I love about bird hunting is the worst case scenario you are taking a hike through nature with your dog. I have opportunities to hunt deer but I just don't like the idea of staying in a...

Had something similar happen a couple of years ago. The dog jumped in a tall thicket and an injured bird flew up but only made it about 7ft high, then it would run, the dog would catch up and it would fly up again but only about 6ft high. This went on for about 30 seconds and I could never get a...

I've seen groups of 40+ in the winter near our land by Colby while pheasant hunting, in the summer you will see smaller groups around. I'm pretty sure the biggest population in KS is a long the smoky hill river in western KS. Here is a terrible zoomed in picture of a large group of antelope. I...

I've never had any issues with Grass Awns in NW KS but a couple of years ago my dog got some wheat straw struck in her nose. We were hunting a harvested wheat field across the road from the farmhouse when she started sneezing constantly, about every 5 seconds. I couldn't tell what was going on...