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    Opening Weekend

    Did one jab him with a few spurs and sour him maybe?
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    Anyone going to be out this weekend?

    Anyone going to be out Big running dogs are great for trialers and if you are young enough to run after them. I have been hunting over dogs since 1950s and trialed for a lot of years. The dogs that run to horse back etc don't generally work out for boot hunts. I have only seen 1 dog that could...
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    First time in SW kansas

    I don't remember much walk in around there but haven't been in a couple years. They used to have a party night before opener down at Hugoton, might help you. BE SURE YOU HAVE PERMISSION. GOOD LUCK.
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    Raise out of state fees!!

    I have been hunting, Kansas included, for over 70 years. I believe I can say that the cost of a license and killing out all the birds are not related. There are, unfortunately, residents and non-, that are not ethical and should have trouble sleeping at night. If an extra fee would make the...
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    Merry Christmas

    From those of us who live too far to make it often to Kansas thank you for the posts, and especially the pictures. There's something about being able to connect once you have had a similar experience. I still feel the thrill of the hunt, anticipation of the trip, smell of the clean air, and the...
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    please help! my boys have talked me into a kansas pheasant hunt

    Help Go to the FAQ on the top of messages. Click on FAQ. Type How to post pictures. Click and then scroll down until you see the description of how to post. There are several ways.
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    please help! my boys have talked me into a kansas pheasant hunt

    Please help Sounds like you all are having what it is all about. A great time and the birds are just a bonus. Planning the trip and looking forward to it are the best part sometimes. I have been chasing them for 70 years and still get excited just to see one. Having your family along is the...
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    please help! my boys have talked me into a kansas pheasant hunt

    Please help Lucky to get to enjoy your family in great outdoors. The Southwinds Motel is priced right and across road from Pancake House., Cattlemans etc. Liberal that is. Wal-Mart at north end. All you need is a bird. Not much WIHA AROUND THERE. It is hard to find someone to ask sometimes but...
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    Hypoglycemia

    Hypoglycemic Had a pointer once that would hunt hard and then start slowing down, come over to me, start shaking and maybe fall down. Pretty scarey first time out. I started carrying some glazed doughnuts. When the symptoms first started I would give him a piece or two and make him stop for a...
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    2nd weekend reports.

    2ND weekend reports Bill, I know you have a guilty conscience out there hunting while the rest of us Are slaving away. But just remember, somebody has to do it. When you retire you open up a spot for somebody else to work. So you are doing you civic duty. And with grain storage at a premium...
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    Time for crop to empty

    Time it takes for crop to empty 10 4 Curious because last weekend had a few birds to clean, all empty, regardless of time of day. Trying to correlate a possible change in feeding time etc. Need all the help I can get to find some birds.
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    Time for crop to empty

    Does anyone have any factual data on how long it takes a pheasant crop to empty under normal circumstances?
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    Beats working

    Great pictures Thanks so much helps when you can't be there and want to enjoy a great sport.
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    Evolution of pheasant hunting in SW Kansas

    Evolution of I hope some don't try to read between the lines and come up with some ideas that weren't intended. I most certainly wasn't condeming anyone, farmers especially. They surely have all the right to do as they please and I greatly appreciate them letting me use their property. And I am...
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    Evolution of pheasant hunting in SW Kansas

    While planning for my next hunt I kept thinking back to my earliest memories of bird hunting beginning in the late '40s. I was raised around Meade, Haskell, and Seward counties, but I doubt if there was much difference in the other parts of the state. I am not one of those "old guys" who thinks...
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