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I've been following this page for a decade since I moved to the west half of the state but every time I open it I find myself regretting it. It's always the same people complaining about the same things. You're spoiled. I grew up in northern Missouri where we could walk a whole day to see 1 or 2...

If you don't believe the state numbers you could look at the national hunter angler survey.... https://wsfrprograms.fws.gov/subpages/nationalsurvey/nat_survey2016.pdf ...but they probably conspire together to put out bogus numbers.

Liquid Bread Brewery but the Liberty Stout is excellent

I believe this falls under a combination of regulations and is open to interpretation of your action by the warden KSA 32-919. Hunting licenses. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law or rules and regulations of the secretary, a valid Kansas hunting license is required to hunt in this state...

Still have pups? Just had a guy asking where he could find GSP.

The state puts out a report every year with the number of hunters and harvest, 30 years ago there were >120,000 hunters vs. 62,000 last year, but the average days afield was more then too. Kansas was still harvesting over 1 million birds at the turn of the millennium. Doing some math at 1.68...

Museum is good, Gellas is good. If they're into history the original fort Hays is on the 183 bypass on the south side of town along with accompanying museum , across the street from that the city maintains a herd of bison including currently a white one which is has been popular. Fort Larned is...

I bet more peolpe get in car wrecks on the way to their spots then bit by snakes. I'd worry more about my hunting partners and muzzle control. Always hazards when you get out of bed can't let them keep you out of the field be observant, be safe, and give them a wide berth if you see them....Or...

Still will be a while before we know if we got the gig but I'm saving the numbers and will call once I know.

Dog facilities? Wife and I may be doing some work in the area for a week in late Dec. thought about bringing the dog along to sneak in a hunt or two if possible.

2016 Crow report posted below link under upland birds http://ksoutdoors.com/Services/Research-Publications

To add visual aid to drifters post attached are hatching histograms from 2008 brood survey this pattern is very similarly each year Also always better to have severe weather before peak hatch if nests are destroyed most hens try to renest after hens start to take care of a brood few will renest...

State and feds. disagree on how to handle the bird season was only closed after the feds listed the bird and it was no longer federally allowed http://m.cjonline.com/sports/outdoors/2014-04-12/marc-murrell-state-feds-odds-over-prairie-chicken#gsc.tab=0

10-4 last Sat. 4 guys, 1 dog (my lab) = 10 roosters, 9 quail Hunted behind good pointers too, but that's good enough in my book.

See "Texas Quail: Ecology and Management 2007" According to this text Bob's are the smallest Bobwhite < Gambel's < Blue < Montezuma Size is a poor identifier of species, lots of variation exists within species and size differences are small enough between species that your unlikely to be...