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About 3 years ago it had snowed 3 inches overnight and I had the itch to get out. I had called several buddies the night before and none could join so I grabbed the dog before sunup and headed over there. Had never been there and it's within an hour of home so gave it a shot. Drove just past...

Talked with the guy who farms our ground last night and our's hasn't been cut yet. Gave it a shot yesterday, but just wasn't ready. Hope to have it out midweek next week. What are you guys seeing?

Do you guys think the cold snap Friday and Saturday night this weekend will drive the snakes underground for good? I have heard that up to this point they were still pretty active. I spent saturday evening of last opening day sitting in the vets office (barbed wire....not snakes....) and don't...

My local chapter of QU switched probably three years ago due to them being so unorganized. We were switched over to Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation, and have been more that pleased. http://www.quwf.net/

Interesting story. Went out to our place north of Hoisington to give it a go for the last weekend, driving to the homestead and within our section, on the qtr we don't own there is an old pasture with some nice weeds and a dried up (obviously) creek that runs through it. Back before everything...

Man. Driving from Florida to come hunt quail around here. That's dedication. Well, I live in the Lyon County area and can tell you quail numbers.....are below average. Do you have access to private land? That would probably be your best shot, obviously. I also have heard reports of some...

I made it out west for my second hunt this past weekend, and it was miserable. We were in the hoisington area, and did really well opening weekend. Took two newbies out with me, and between the three of us and my gsp we got 10 over two days, which was good. And they had a great time. The...

There is a new hotel on the edge of hoisington that looks nice. Bird cleaning station, dog friendly, and a little sports bar it looked like. Just a 20 minute drive to all the walk in hunting you could as for. It's right across from the Pizza Hut. Here is the link...

There are some quail, but very spotty. If the private land hasn't been hunted hard, or at all, you could be surprised. But it's pretty much the same as everywhere else on this side of the state. They are around, but nothing like it used to be. As for pheasants, I haven't seen any closer than...

RT.....Sounds like you handled it to the upmost degree. Know that there is nothing more you could have done, and rest easy now knowing that he is totally pain free, and perfect in every way. Hard to teach about the American Revolution through watery eyes...

I have an older dog too, of 12, and lay in bed at night and dread of the day we will have to part ways. We had him before we had our little girls. My oldest girl is 10 and youngest 5. They wouldn't know our house without him. I truly, truly worry of the day. Sometimes I wonder whether I...

I appreciate all the thoughts. I think my posting that was more my way of venting than anything else. That and just so people are always aware of the negative things people are doing, so we can do extra positives to somehow try and outweigh the bad. Lord knows there are lots of bad seeds out...

Ok. We have a farm and farmhouse north of hoisington, and it basically gets used 2-3 times a year by me. I live 3 hours away so the trip isn't just a hop skip and jump. My parents, who also live three hours away, own all the land, and it is broken up and scattered pretty well. So Saturday...

Well, all in all it was a success. Started off rough, with me getting 3 roosters in 3 shots in our second field all within about 20 minutes. I was polite and let them each have a whack on two of them, but their aim might have been altered due to the first time explosion of grass and cackle...

and just sippin' coffee waiting for the kids to wake up so i can see them off for their day. Gonna be hunting north of Hoisington on private ground. Had mixed reports from our farmers, so we'll see. For my usual group (for the past 15+ years) things just didn't work out for this weekend. For...