Recent content by chase0109

Tragic and I feel terrible for the owner. I couldn’t imagine having this happen to one of my girls. I’d be devastated! I hope the shooter is identified and gets charged/convicted. Hard to believe the AG couldn’t at least charge the shooter with animal cruelty. Sounds like the cops on site...

As someone who unfortunately has more experience with their dogs getting sprayed than I ever wanted, I’ll give you my tips/advice. I’ve never had my dogs sprayed while actually hunting. But I run two GWP’s for hunting and work, and they find quite a few skunks working Vineyards. Last fall my...

This is a good thing. Although I would have been fine if they made it 1 bearded bird fall limit. Cutting out the hen harvest. From another forum I heard they will be going to 1 bearded bird statewide, removing the second bird option in units 1&2. Also limiting non-resident permits starting in...

As a former MN resident, who turkey hunts multiple states including MN as a NR now. I would strongly suggest opposing an increased turkey limit in MN. If you hunt nothing but private land probably will make no difference. But the public land is already under max pressure and increasing the bag...

I would agree not all leather conditioners are the same. I use Obenauf’s on all my boots and leather goods. Preforms great for me. You can order it right off Amazon these days. Chase

I don’t post much, but figured I’d give an update in this thread. I’m hunting Aberdeen area, South Dakota right now. Hunted yesterday and today. Lots of snow up here. Pretty much all the cover is under snow pack and the cattails are heavily snowed in! Unless a bunch of melting happens, plan to...

This is a very interesting thread. As a long time reader, rare poster, and OOS hunter who hunts a lot in Kansas I thought I might be able to add to this topic. I have been hunting Kansas since 2006. Mainly for jackrabbits over the years. The last few mainly for pheasants. All of my upland...

Hi Jerry, Usually cottontails are hunted with birds on a perch above. Trees, telephone poles, hay stacks, ect. Red tails or harris hawks will follow the falconer (we act as the dog flushing game). They learn to follow us. Then they use skill and height to crash through the brush or thread the...

Troy, I couldn't have ever said it better myself! AS hunters we should all be conservationists and learn what the real issues are. Habitat is key :thumbsup: At the risk of getting lynched I'll also toss in farming practices. Up here in MN most land gets turned over in the fall creating vast...

Hi JSMITH, I'll weigh in because I started the thread of falconry in Kansas. 1. I don't think it effects the pheasant population at all. Quail really depends on the population cycle. But if quail go down so does the reproduction rate of raptors that use them as a food source. 2. I love...

Hi fsentkilr, I understand your thought process. I really do. But falconry is a non impact art and will not make any difference to the # of pheasants you see. We are allowed to legally kill hens via falconry. Kansas Reg: (k) The statewide season for taking game birds by falconry shall be...

That's a tough question. Are we talking wild or falconry? In the wild birds will expend as little energy as possible for the biggest reward. If your talking meadow voles for a RT, probably very high success rate per attempt. If were talking RT's on pheasants and jacks, very low due to the...

Hi BrownDogsCan2, I know this questions was directed at Toad. But because I have a vast amount of experience with raptors I'll give it a go answering it. Toad trapped his bird as a passage. Basically a fancy word meaning a young of the year bird that has fledged and hunting on its own but not...

Hi gsh lover, I'm happy you enjoy the thread. I will post some pics and updates once I get back to KS. I'll be going out with KansasGsp (member here) next weekend. I'll post how that goes and hopefully he can give a report based on what he sees in the field. Thanks, Chase

PM Sent. Thanks, Chase