Kansas quail numbers are just stupid this year. Seems every tree has a quail under it. Pheasants are OK, but we are moving 8-10 coveys a day while pheasant hunting. The snow doesn’t hurt either. The singles are bouroughing under the snow and holding tight as heck.
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Kansas…….just stupid.
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Tight Lines
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What county are you in? Saw a bunch of quail this weekend in Greenwood Co. Not a single ringneck though...
You need to get another third of the way across the state to get into decent pheasant numbers. We had a good day yesterday on pheasants and a decent number of quail. Today we struggled on pheasants so we switched gears and starting hunting places that hold both. We had to quickly start counting quail because we are getting close to our quail limits, but only 1 pheasant each. Hunting in fresh snow changes everything.
Tight Lines
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We were not pheasant hunting, just setting up for deer season for my brother...it was awesome seeing the quail running in the snow! It's definitely not the state it once was for some reason, where we deer hunt even though not the hotspot for pheasant we used to see them regularly on drives and hunting the area...didn't see a single one in Butler, Reno, Greenwood, or Sedgwick in a week there...crazy...
Tight Lines
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Nice!
NCMTNHunter
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I’d rather find 10 coveys of quail in a day than 1000 pheasants. My dad is on the back from Nebraska now and they were finding a bunch too.
Duff
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Looks like a blast JJ! Enjoy!
alphachief
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Just got back. Hunted Sand Hill one afternoon for three hours. 3 big coveys…six birds. Spent the rest of our time at Upland Inn.
IMO, Upland Inn has become WAY too comercialized. Is Jason still claiming they are wild birds? That place used to be fun, but it’s gotten out of control for my liking. However, from Greensburg north, all the way to the NE border, there are a ton of quail this year.
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alphachief
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I’ve never considered them wild. Great place to take clients and I always sneak in some public land wild hunts.
Mac
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I was in Greensburg 11-22 to 1-24.
Y’all hunting WIHA land or private?
Both.
We did on this trip, but you don’t need one. I do a couple outfitted trips with my father in law every year, but otherwise, I hunt public land on my own in KS and NE. Hit the central part of KS North and South of I-70 and look for good quail habitat on WIHA lands, and you’ll find birds.
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