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How fast will the grass respond to rain and decent temperatures? Looks like the area is going to get another good soaking today? Any chance this is too much rain? I quail hunt in W. Oklahoma and KS, part of our lease burned, actually most of it did.

My friends in Oklahoma lost their entire ranch, NE of Beaver, 8,500 acres of great quail, deer, pheasant and most importantly to them cattle habitat gone. This rancher is a true conservationist, enrolling some of his grass in CRP for the lesser prairie chicken initiative. Luckily nobody lost...

Just got back from out there. This was my 3rd trip from Michigan. I would say bird numbers are down from 3 weeks ago when I was there. I think some of the smaller covey's joined and made big covey's. Not sure if the ice storm killed off any but my guess is yes. I will say, I had great dog...

Is the mentored program not available to out of state hunters? If so that's a shame, he and I would really like to come out this year.

Too bad South Dakota doesn't have a better youth hunting program. I was going to come out over Christmas with my 10 year old son to go pheasant hunting but, unless I read wrong you can't hunt until your 12 in Sodak. Too bad. Here in Michigan, we parents get to decide what age our kids can...

Perfect! That is a true double. Congrats, even a report pair is a hard feat and I've missed many a both.

Kansas sounds like Michigan. lol Just an fyi to an earlier poster. A "true double" means both birds are in the air before the first shot is fired. What you shot was a report pair. It doesn't diminish your accomplishment but, if you were to ever to talk to someone "in the know" they would...

Been lurking for a while and am looking to make a possible trip to KS in either Dec. or Jan. Looking at the North Central area. We went last year and found a couple of covey's a day but, they never seemed to be in the same cover type. What do you look for when it comes to quail cover vs...

Hi All, I am new to this forum. I wish I found it before we went to Kansas. Started in Clay Center and headed west to Hill City. Didn't see many pheasants, we did see a fair number of quail and praire chickens. Great habitat and I am sure great hunting earlier in the season but, the public...