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Western Kansas Ulysses area has most of the corn picked, some milo cut but elevators have their dryers full so farmers can only haul dry milo to the elevator. That and the humidity are making milo harvest slow. Grass is good, cover is abundant but uncut milo will be a problem. Not as bad a...

Lakin Hunting Weather all summer has been favorable. A couple of bands of hail went through north of Lakin in June and early July. Probably effected bird populations in the immediate area. My road side assessment is good overall bird population, grass is better than it has been for a couple...

Hunting Dighton Don't know the outfitter for sure (Spring Creek Hunting maybe) but it sounds like you hunted on the ground of Sharp Brothers Seed Farm. Its northwest of Dighton around Healy.

Bird Populations I agree with your thought. I think there will be places which boast about excellent bird populations. But there also will be areas which have average to poor populations. Out in southwestern Kansas where I live, quail have struggled. Pheasants have made a descent comeback...

The winter snow has been nice. Unfortunately I live in an area which received 2 or more inches of ice on Dec 30th @ 31st before any snow fell. :eek: The ice made it tough on all livestock and birds. It broke the cover and laid it flat which really hurt the birds. :mad: Many of the January...

Intro Hello, my name is Mark Calderwood. I've been an avid pheasant hunter for 30 years. Always enjoy reading about everyones pheasant adventures. My hunting buddy in the picture is Dash. Dash is a 9 month old German Shorthaired pointer who just completed his first pheasant season. My...

Let me report on post season observations. Last season's hatch, in western Kansas anyway, was poor. The early heat and drought was tough on the chicks. Survival rates were very poor. Most birds taken this year were older birds. Kansas needs a good hatch this season to rebound. Hen numbers...