Upland/Waterfowl Meat Pole 2018-2019
Contributors to this thread:Kansas
From: Kansan
04-Nov-18
Well the Kansas youth pheasant and quail season was this weekend, and most waterfowl seasons are on. Everything will be in full swing by next weekend. I myself spent the weekend in South Dakota chasing roosters. They were tough, but I managed to get one in the bag. So fellas, show us your birds!
From: LTG 11
09-Nov-18
Eyes on the sky....
From: KYBourbon
09-Nov-18
Logan that’s a great pic. Someday If like to have a duck dog.
I’m new to waterfowl. It’s awesome. My gun was broken yesterday in the marsh...wouldn’t shoot straight not matter how many times I fired. ;)
From: Kansan
09-Nov-18
You can't beat a good dog.
From: Ksgobbler
10-Nov-18
First spot was frozen. Birds were flying over the house so I set up, shot one and the flight was over. I took the young dog first spot and the wife said Molly cried and cried. So when I hunted my pond since its easy for her I took her. I didnt see the bird come in, she told me. Her last season and she is semi retired.
From: Thornton
10-Nov-18
From: writer
10-Nov-18
Took a young friend hunting, hoping she could get her first waterfowl yesterday morning. Joined another friend up on a pond he hunts. She got these two with her 20 gauge.
From: KB
11-Nov-18
Hosted a buddy from Alaska the last two weeks for his first Kansas trip. He killed a good buck midweek so I told him we’d run west for opening weekend. Had to work a little, but put together a limit Saturday.
From: sitO
11-Nov-18
Congrats guys, good stuff! BTW...Mike's "buddy" is WAY better looking Kaleb
From: Thornton
11-Nov-18
Is that a Browning Superposed Writer?
From: Ksgobbler
12-Nov-18
Brother and I crushed them this morning. 5 mallards with gadwall kicker each by 0648
From: sitO
12-Nov-18
Sweet!
From: writer
12-Nov-18
But it did take 20 minutes, part of which was the dog having to swim down my poor shooting.
From: Quailhunter
13-Nov-18
Hunted southwest KS last weekend. Had a good time and killed some birds. My old dog is almost 12.
From: LTG 11
14-Nov-18
From: Kansasclipper
14-Nov-18
Looks like a superposed to me.
From: LTG 11
15-Nov-18
Best way to spend an icy afternoon with Ember...
That's a dream limit, writer.
From: Ksgobbler
17-Nov-18
Couldnt hit shit today. Still a nice mid day shoot.
From: writer
18-Nov-18
Had plenty of those days, too.
From: Ksgobbler
24-Nov-18
Did have but one chance but we got them and little man was super excited for his duck hunt with dad. He is 5.
From: sitO
24-Nov-18
Now that's awesome Matt!
Looks like the last waterfowl hunt I did with Mark on my lap ;?)
From: sitO
25-Nov-18
Wasn't too bad in the layout this morning ;?)
From: Ksgobbler
25-Nov-18
Got my birds but the wall of white hit on the walk out. Didnt get pics of the pile due to conditions but when they werent as bad took this
From: Fauntleroy
03-Dec-18
My favorite thread if the year!!!
From: Fauntleroy
03-Dec-18
From: Fauntleroy
03-Dec-18
From: Fauntleroy
03-Dec-18
The wife even got to get away from studying and shot her first quail.
Looks like everyone else is having a blast. Keep after em fellas. Now that the deer tag is filled it's BIRD season!!!
From: Dixie
04-Dec-18
My sons came up from Louisiana and Texas and hunted during the snow we had. We had a blast killed a lot of ducks and just had a great hunt in general. I made photo albums for them at Walgreens to remember this hunt for a lifetime. Walgreens did a wonderful job and had them ready the next day.
From: Kansan
04-Dec-18
Love the pics Justin, especially that chicken. I'd love to shoot one someday. Looks like you got into some decent numbers of quail too!
From: Thornton
04-Dec-18
What county you in Kansan? I grew up hunting chickens
From: Fauntleroy
04-Dec-18
Kansan- Thanks! Plenty of chickens around Alta Vista.
From: Thornton
04-Dec-18
When was the last time you saw at least 50 around there?
From: Kansasclipper
04-Dec-18
Date on the camera is wrong. These were from last weekend. New 20 gauge Benelli has fired 3 shells this year. My photographer is terrible, if she would have gotten the pheasants in the pic my head would have been cutoff.
From: Kansan
04-Dec-18
I’m in Chautauqua county. We have some chickens around, I’ve just never hunted them. Fascinating birds for sure.
From: Thornton
05-Dec-18
I used to see a few down by Howard but they disappeared. I grew up hunting big flocks in Greenwood County but the overgrazing and frequent burning has reduced them to nothing
From: Fauntleroy
05-Dec-18
Thorton- Never, but that sounds amazing. I'm a Colorado transplant while my wife goes to KSU and the biggest flock I've seen was a dozen.
From: Kansasclipper
05-Dec-18
Used to have them in Cherokee and Crawford county but there isn't a single one left. Last one I seen in Cherokee county was around 90 or 91. Just a shame.
From: Thornton
05-Dec-18
I won't hunt a flock with only a dozen. A few years ago in Butler County there were 13 on my favorite quailspot and I never took a shot at them. When my old lab ran them to the end of the pasture and flushed them by me, I got it all on video and never raised my gun
From: Kansasclipper
06-Dec-18
It is really sad when you think of how many we used to have. Driving about sunset just east of Wichita back in the early 80's, the sky would be covered with flock after flock, just hanging in the sky.
From: Bodyman
06-Dec-18
East of Salina is where we hunted in the 80s and we hunted them in the mornings flying in like jets it was a blast. They have declined in ok also it's sad
From: Bodyman
06-Dec-18
P.S. I would rather eat pheasant
From: Kansasclipper
06-Dec-18
Yep they are horrible tasting. We just hunted them like ducks. Except no decoys. Pretty easy to predict flight patterns and there were so many.
From: Thornton
06-Dec-18
"Horrible tasting" is a matter of opinion I suppose. I always enjoyed eating mine. In Colorado, blue grouse are considered a delicacy and they are nearly the same bird. Same goes for the "chickens" they have in Manitoba. Almost the same exact bird we have and they are considered delicious
From: sitO
06-Dec-18
I've eaten the "mountain ckns" a few times on Elk hunts...makes me wonder if whomever started calling them that ever had a ckn? Beats a Mountain House meal and that's as far as I'll go.
From: Thornton
06-Dec-18
Manitoba chicken
From: Kansasclipper
06-Dec-18
Guess so, I just never liked them. Quail on the other hand are about my favorite.
From: Bodyman
06-Dec-18
Yep Yep Yep you can keep that dark liver taste in stuff
From: keepemsharp
07-Dec-18
The early season chickens are a lot better eating, perhaps they might be younger and perhaps they are living off grass hoppers instead of milo.
From: Thornton
07-Dec-18
It's like waterfowl, you either like it or you don't .
From: Kansasclipper
08-Dec-18
Shot a limit of pheasant today and 3 quail. The 20 gauge is now 7 for 8 on pheasants. Missed one today. Went 3 for 4 on quail.
From: Bodyman
08-Dec-18
Well you can't gripe about your photographer on this one
From: Kansasclipper
08-Dec-18
She did pretty good on this one. Beautiful day to hunt. Didn't see very many at all. Matter of fact shot everyone I saw except for the one miss. Had a couple of hens flush.
From: Quailhunter
08-Dec-18
Ok, now take that Light 20 out and shoot it... we know the Benelli works.
From: Kansasclipper
08-Dec-18
It kicks like a mule. I am going to buy a 28 gauge for my next gun.
From: Thornton
08-Dec-18
I've got a couple of everything but a 28. I've shot them and noticed they pattern great and many shoot them better than a 20. I enjoy the 16 gauge as well. Very little recoil but It's hard to find steel shot for it.
From: leftee
09-Dec-18
Oh how I miss my old model 42 410. Shot a lot of birds with it.At one time had 3 then,like a damn fool,sold them.
From: sitO
09-Dec-18
Great shootin Jeff, and the dogs look like they had a blast!
I've got a 42 410, it's what I started with too...havent shot it for years but loved that gun.
I've also got a Franchi AL 48 featherweight 28ga, and a 20ga Franchi. I used to take every Thursday off and hunt quail with my uncle near Raymond in those sanhills. He had a great GSP, and I had a mediocre English Pointer...miss those days.
I really think you'll like the 28 Jeff, and with 6's it's good for quail or a close range rooster.
From: Quailhunter
09-Dec-18
I bought an Ithaca 37 in 28 a few years ago. Fun little gun. Here in a few years I’d like to get my son something he can hang on to. Maybe a Benelli like the one you have? Shot light stuff through it? Will it cycle the light cheap stuff?
From: Kansasclipper
09-Dec-18
All I have shot through it is Fiocchi Golden Pheasant #5's. Cycles like a dream. When dove season rolls around I will probably just buy a case of Golden Pheasant in 7.5's. This is the one I have been eyeing. Been wanting an Ithaca for years now. A little over $2000 for one. That Benelli is a great buy. I picked mine up for $950 at Smokey Valley.
From: Quailhunter
09-Dec-18
That’s the one I have... you’ll like it. The Ohio made guns are fantastic. Those Ithacas are about the same price as your Benelli with standard grade walnut... maybe a couple hundred more. You’ll deal directly with Ithaca and ship to your FFL. I think they only approach that amount if you get fancy wood on them. The standard grade wood is nice anyway.
From: Ksgobbler
09-Dec-18
Fwiw there are going to be some Benelli M2 20 ga available for around $700 here pretty shortly. Since I picked up my O/U last year its my go to upland gun.
From: leftee
09-Dec-18
leftee's Link
As to Ithaca’s,once Ks stops rifle hunting and goes shotgun only for firearms,(tongue in cheek)they will be in real demand as their construction enhances accuracy.Some custom gunmakers use them for high buck client builds.
From: sitO
14-Dec-18
Had a good morning finally
From: Thornton
14-Dec-18
That will never happen guys. Maybe certain units with hobby farms and houses everywhere but not most of the state. Several states that previously only allowed shotguns and muzzleloaders now allow straightwall cartridges like 45-70 and .500 S&W
From: sitO
15-Dec-18
And again
From: sitO
16-Dec-18
Two man limit today, and a couple bonus mallards
From: Kansasclipper
16-Dec-18
2 quail and 1 pheasant this morning for me. Been sick and unmotivated so no pics. The 20 gauge went 2 for 3 on quail and 1 for 2 pheasants. Kind of an off day shooting. Wasn't really ready on the first rooster flush and when I pulled up I thought it was a hen, no tail feathers. By the time I realized it was a rooster he was about 35 or 40 yds. Did see a couple of groups of hunters and a one legged doe. Had her leg blown off at the knee. Had some skin dangling. Very sad and sickening.
From: Quailhunter
16-Dec-18
Saw a pretty good deal on one of those Ithaca 28s on gunbroker a couple of days ago..
From: Kansasclipper
16-Dec-18
Well I just bought a new custom made recurve from Tim Finely at Kota Bows so my wife will go nuts if I buy another gun now. But I am going to check out gunbroker. At my age it probably doesn't matter how mad she gets anyway.
From: Catscratch
16-Dec-18
Great pics guys! Love all the bird KS has too offer.
I haven't shot a pheasant or chicken in years. My dad's place use to have a lot of chickens. They came in like clockwork every morning at the same time and was a blast to hunt. One year the flock dropped numbers and we quit hunting them. The next year they were almost non-existent. Never rebounded and are very rare to see out there anymore. I still have a few on my place but not enough to hunt.
From: Quailhunter
16-Dec-18
Haha yea I understand that...friend and I are gonna check out those elk co WIHAs over the break. Make a day of it. Maybe we will move a few coveys. We can be up there in an hour and a half or so. They’re not too far from where I hunt in Osage Co, Ok so maybe there’ll be some birds there.
Man, those geese look fun. Never hunted them.
From: Ksgobbler
17-Dec-18
The state quail biologist came down my road while I was working in the ditch saturday morning doing their xmas bird count. Hadn't been seeing many. Ive yet to move a covey on the WIHA or private around my house. Even my place that had 2 coveys last year has none this year. The milo I planted for them is getting eaten by alot of other critters though.
From: Thornton
17-Dec-18
I haven't been seeing very many quail on my or my family's property. Only found a single cripple on public so far.
From: Kansan
19-Dec-18
Seeing lots of quail around home. Lots of coveys with 20+ birds. People have been doing pretty well on them. I’m heading out west tomorrow to get after the pheasants.
From: sitO
22-Dec-18
Have you ever set out 380+decoys...and not pulled a trigger?
I have :/
From: Ksgobbler
22-Dec-18
No juvies this year, snows gonna be tough.
From: sitO
22-Dec-18
Saw 1,000's, but they just wouldn't decoy. That's why they call it...
From: Westksbowhunter
22-Dec-18
7 quail 2 roosters
From: Kansan
22-Dec-18
Way to go Jeff! Can’t beat hunting over a couple of good labs.
From: Westksbowhunter
22-Dec-18
Have not lost a bird this year!
From: writer
22-Dec-18
Do they point?
From: Westksbowhunter
22-Dec-18
At me when I miss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If a bird holds yes. My female actually caught one today. Could have been a cripple I suppose. Found 5 coveys today. 10-15 birds per covey and I don't think any of them had been shot into. Hunted all new spots.
From: writer
23-Dec-18
Mine is inconsistent on points. If the bird’s rock hard he will sometimes. But, he’s so easy to read I can sit him on a whistle. When he gets close he locates a lot of birds with his hearing. Glad you’re finding birds.
From: Westksbowhunter
23-Dec-18
I never trained any of mine to point. If they did fine, if not fine. Just find the bird and put it up in front of me. Then go find it after I kill it. Mine are good at trailing. They may trail a bird for 150 yds or further before it flushes. When they start running so do I. I don't whistle sit mine anymore. No noise at all works best for me. I think hunting by myself makes me more successful. My son had shoulder surgery so he can't hunt this year but when we hunt together we never talk in the field. Can't figure out why guys yell "rooster". It sends the rest of the birds into an Olympic Sprint.
From: Ksgobbler
23-Dec-18
Ive hit 3 different wiha around the house. Yet to move a covey. I need to head west.
From: Thornton
23-Dec-18
West- every dog I've ever had trained itself to find birds. Lots of exposure and time in the field I guess. My golden used the be gunshy and now she finds quail that other pointers miss. She has a very methodical way of hunting and will often find cripples my lab misses.
From: Kansan
26-Dec-18
Decided to take a short walk about yesterday for some quail. After about 15 minutes, I got into a huge covey of ~30 birds. Wanted to leave plenty for next time, I know where they are
From: TwoDogs@work
26-Dec-18
I spent the 24th hunting WIHA in an area that I have had past luck. 9 miles walked, 11 pheasants, and 1 quail flushed. Two pheasants and one quail put in the bag. I felt fortunate to take them. I saw total of 4 roosters and 7 hens in 7 different WIHAs. The Pheasant population is definitely down in the areas of the state that I hunt. This includes private and WIHAs.
From: sitO
26-Dec-18
Made some more "Pastrami in the sky"...and a collage ;?)
Thanks again for the recipe Charlie, it's killer!
From: KSBOW
27-Dec-18
Looks amazing Sito!!
From: Ksgobbler
27-Dec-18
Hoping this front brings so new birds.
From: sitO
27-Dec-18
I checked my new "honey hole" at 2pm, there were 5-600 Canada's on the field...but that was 2pm and we all know it means nothing for tomorrow morning.
Taking a couple of young men on their first goose hunt so I'm hoping they cooperate...or yea, some new dumb ones are on the way!
From: Catscratch
27-Dec-18
Sito... those might be late morning birds. I use to deer hunt the morning, make it back to the goose field in time to set up for the 10:30am flight, then jump a couple of ponds for ducks before ever coming back home for lunch. I found those late morning flocks to he very reliable.
From: LTG 11
28-Dec-18
Kyle, you leave the skin on your goose pastrami? any different prep than a skinless goose breast?
From: Ksgobbler
28-Dec-18
Just got in. No shots fired. Picked up some new geese but the few ducks I saw didnt act new.
From: sitO
28-Dec-18
We didn't pull a trigger either...frustrating. Some guys set up on the pond 1/2mi N where they'd been "loafing". They had a good hunt by the sounds of it...can't blame'm I'd have hunted it too if I had permission.
No skin left on the birds for the Pastrami, it's just the seasoning and lighting that makes it look that way I guess. The "roast nets" are stuffed with chunks about 3-5" in size. Here's the recipe I got from Charlie(ks chas) after he brought some to the KBA Convention and I absolutely couldn't believe it was goose!
From: Kansan
28-Dec-18
Had a good duck shoot this evening.
From: sitO
28-Dec-18
There we go! Lots of Mallards came with this front, that had to be fun!
From: Kansan
29-Dec-18
You know it was! We got out early enough that they still started pouring in at dark to roost. Hopefully they keep a nice hole open, supposed to get down to around 15 degrees tonight. Going to try it again tomorrow afternoon, then I’m heading back out west for upland.
From: Ksgobbler
29-Dec-18
Heck we lost most of our mallards. Today was worse than yesterday.
From: writer
29-Dec-18
We lost scads of birds on the main three places I hunt. Been terrible at all.
From: sitO
29-Dec-18
Strange, I saw more birds(both ducks & geese) from Augusta to Hutch yesterday than I have all season? We had several hundred Mallards go over us Friday morning and then Mark sent me a pic of dang near a thousand on the beans near our spot. Most we'd seen in the last three weeks was maybe 100?
However, my buddy in Emporia said he only saw 6 ducks scouting this afternoon, and around 100 geese...I guess it's spotty?
From: Thornton
29-Dec-18
Any good public land river spots? Most of the ponds are frozen
From: Ksgobbler
29-Dec-18
Your buddy in Emporia wasnt lying. Although I saw more geese than that today just outside Emporia. Heck my brother was scouting and sent me pics of geese standing in a NWSG field. Never seen that before. Ive got a pic on my phone of the closed side of FHNWR from yesterday. No ducks in that pic. No ducks on ponds. Its like the twilight zone.
From: Quailhunter
30-Dec-18
Quail hunted up in Elk Co two days ago. Saw very few ducks around. Was a big group across road from us with trailers hunting a large pond. Didn’t hear them shooting any.
From: Thornton
30-Dec-18
I drove by and through 3 wildlife areas this afternoon looking for ducks. Found a flooded beanfield with a river behind it that had a few hundred mallards. The dog and I only got 1 but we didn't have any decoys and we got there too late. I'll definitely be going back when the ice thaws on the field
From: Thornton
30-Dec-18
From: Kansan
30-Dec-18
Drove from Caney to WaKeeney today to go pheasant hunting. Winfield area was LOADED with ducks. Stopped near Burden to let the dog out and I could hear someone having a barrel burner hunt. Then I got into Canada’s thick all the way from Wichita up to the area I’m in now. Got into quite a few pheasants today! We’ll see what tomorrow brings.
From: leftee
31-Dec-18
Despite a very light south wind,heard lots of shooting in the St Paul/Parsons area Sunday.Morning and evening.
From: Matte
31-Dec-18
Man sucks to read this. Lost my hunting dog back in November and just don't feel like hunting birds without one..
From: Thornton
31-Dec-18
Go get a new one and give him a great life like the last one
From: TwoDogs@work
31-Dec-18
TwoDogs@work's Link
Matte:
I could not agree with Thorton more. January 31st 2013 my brother and I went pheasant hunting. I had a 7 year old German shorthair (Lady) in her prime and likely the best bird dog I had ever owned. At 4:00 P. M. Lady worked and pointed what turned out to be our 8th pheasant. I made the shot and she retrieved the winged bird for me.
About 10 days later Lady was not right. I took her the Vet and the news was not good. She had Autodysnomia(sp). A rare but fatal bacterial infection that attacks the automatic nervous system. In a few days she was gone. I decided there was room in my heart for another dog and I found some Brittany pups on Craigs List. Abby came home with me a few days later. I have said many times I hope her litter mates received as good as home and brought as much joy to their new family as she has. Abby has kept me bird hunting which a big part of my life.
Here she is at 4 plus months pointing a quail wing.
From: Kansasclipper
31-Dec-18
Well my female was in heat the last 3 weeks and skipped another opportunity to breed her. I just don't have the energy or desire to raise another litter. Easier to buy a pup from someone else. Had a bunch wanting puppies too. Maybe next December. Damn it's cold out!
From: Matte
31-Dec-18
Looking but I have not found any Brits yet. Emailed a breeder that had some listed on the AkC market place but have yet to get a reply. Waiting and watching I'm sure something will come around.
From: writer
31-Dec-18
Wise words, Jason. Matte, friends are going down to OK to get a puppy on Saturday.
From: Ksgobbler
31-Dec-18
Maggie ready to go home.
Maggie ready to go home.
Ice retrieve
Ice retrieve
Dang the birds have a phd but still got 4. Maggie's first time hunting ice like this so this was a learning and confidence expedition. I figured I would be death to singles, pairs, and small bunches. That wasnt the case. I had one single swing 7 times.
From: Kansasclipper
31-Dec-18
Get you a black dog Matte. One that has Riks Risky Raider in the pedigree on top and bottom. Minnesota is the place.
From: Thornton
31-Dec-18
When my old Shadow died, I looked at hundreds of classifieds. I couldn't find a really large lab like he was. Finally stumbled across a farmer north of Wilson Lake that had two males left and there mom was a 90 pounder that still hunted at age 11. We drove straight there and bought him.
From: Kansan
31-Dec-18
It has always puzzled me when people lose a dog, never get a new one, and often times quit bird hunting. I got my current lab (have a 1 1/2 year old female now too) Moose in early 2016, and my 9 year old died unexpectedly less than 6 months later. While it’s certainly painful to lose a good dog, I feel that by getting a new one, you “start a new chapter”, so to speak. Both of my new labs have been doing excellent on both waterfowl and upland, and they’re the entire reason that I bird hunt. To me, there’s no better experience in hunting than watching my dogs work.
From: Catscratch
01-Jan-19
Hadn't seen many ducks at all (on small water) for several days... but there's quite a few around this morning! Good luck to you guys.
From: Rambo
02-Jan-19
Here is a my GSH Jack out of a breeder in Harveyville,Ks. I am so pleased with Jack. He was a breeze to train. I raised him in the house through the winter where he got the skills of minding and fetching . He is six and still brings me my shoes and socks every morning. He is smart vary smart. I love dogs and as soon as I could got Jack after moving back to Kansas from Colorado. PM me to get the breeders # Matt. Thanks
From: Rambo
02-Jan-19
"Jack" is a stud of a GSH breed.
"Jack" is a stud of a GSH breed.
I have little luck at best posting pictures .
From: Rambo
02-Jan-19
He's a antler hunter as well.
From: sitO
03-Jan-19
From: Thornton
03-Jan-19
What county?
From: Ksgobbler
04-Jan-19
Literally took all damn day. They few I decoyed came in tight.
From: Ksgobbler
04-Jan-19
Sito how do you like the goosebuster lp xl. My regular xlander isnt quite long enough for my 6'3" frame so it sucks for long sits like today.
From: sitO
04-Jan-19
Well it's not mine actually, a buddy just got it...I'm using a Final Approach and not sure what model but yea it's too short for me as well.
We're going in the morning so I will get you some more info, he's a big guy too.
From: Matte
05-Jan-19
Kody working with him and tail feathers.
Kody working with him and tail feathers.
Meet Rooster
From: Thornton
05-Jan-19
Good looking dog! I miss my Brittany Sam.
From: writer
05-Jan-19
Literally a lucky dog.
From: TwoDogs@work
07-Jan-19
Nice looking pup. You and Rooster will both benefit with him in his new home and family.
From: Ksgobbler
13-Jan-19
Snow day mallards yesterday
From: Kansan
13-Jan-19
Beautiful pic! Looks like a fun hunt. I love hunting in the snow.
From: sitO
19-Jan-19
From: sitO
19-Jan-19
It was COLD out there today boys and girls! Couldn't keep the hole open this morning but we shot three this afternoon...tomorrow will be better.
From: Kansan
19-Jan-19
We shot 10 green heads today, arctic conditions for sure!
From: sitO
20-Jan-19
That's a good day Kyler!
We saw over a thousand geese yesterday and about as many ducks. We didn't put out any goose decoys and the ducks were using the river, which is too deep to hunt, and a slough South of us.
Set out over 10doz this morning but had a frozen slough and the geese never flew...that's huntin I reckon.
From: sitO
21-Jan-19
Even though the Canada's didn't cooperate again...we fnally got these boys a couple birds.
From: sitO
22-Jan-19
Slough finally opened up overnight, and my taxidermist/buddy and I had a good hunt. We had another drake down, but when I got up to him he jumped and flew 5' off the ground all the way to the river in the background there. I need a dang'ol dog!
From: Tstrand13
22-Jan-19
Good shooting sito the geese haven’t been cooperating here in Wyoming. The ducks showed up yesterday but the season ended last week, go figure! Ready for spring thunder chickens
From: t-roy
22-Jan-19
I haven’t duck hunted since they had a points system. What are the the daily bag limits in Kansas now?
From: sitO
22-Jan-19
Thanks Norman, but If I had been shooting good we'd have been done by 8am...heck if had even shot decently we'd have been limited easily and much earlier. Had fun and they worked fairly well, that's about all I need.
Troy, from the KDWP page below...
DUCK LIMITS : Six ducks including no more than, 5 mallards, of which only 2 may be hens; 3 wood ducks; 3 scaup; 2 pintails; 2 redheads; and 2 canvasbacks. Possession limit is three times the daily bag limit.
From: Kansan
22-Jan-19
Good shoot Kyle! Our best pond is loaded with mallards right now, so I hope to close out the season with a couple of good hunts this weekend. And you DO need a dang'ol dog! Watching my labs work is my favorite aspect of bird hunting.
From: Matte
22-Jan-19
Looks like an awesome hunt.
From: Thornton
22-Jan-19
Quite a few ducks and geese passing over my place tonight. Ice cold front and a NW wind pushed them low.
From: sitO
23-Jan-19
That's a HUGE bird on the right JT and you put a hole in'm, good hunt!
From: Bodyman
23-Jan-19
great looking dawg
From: sitO
23-Jan-19
Gonna hunt geese in the morning just W of Augusta. If anyone would like to go just send me a PM. I've got the decoys, layouts, and I've even got extra 3.5" BB's if you don't have any...got a few 3" as well.
From: writer
23-Jan-19
Got the “you should have been here yesterday,” but knew conditions weren’t in our favor. Didn’t get skunked, and six candidates for chicken-fried duck breasts.
From: sitO
24-Jan-19
Saw lots of birds this morning, but most just flew on by to the field they've been using this week a mile W. That guy "won't let anyone hunt" supposedly.
Never tried the Ckn fry MP, but may have to, is that in your cookbook?
From: writer
24-Jan-19
Finally got out to my best spot for roosters. Got 3 1/2. Hit the first rooster too far back, and it flew 150 yards before dying. In the 20 minutes it took to swing around and get it, two hawks had taken every shred of breast meat, and all the entrails. Had hawks and eagles clean up ducks, but first time on pheasant. My fault for not making a better shot.
From: Thornton
25-Jan-19
Nice! I haven't shot a limit of Kansas roosters since 2007 I think
From: sitO
27-Jan-19
LONG last day of Duck Season, but Mark and I finally got these boys, and some others, on some birds.
From: Kansan
27-Jan-19
Took almost all day (should’ve been done a lot earlier) but a buddy and I managed to scratch out a two man limit for the last day. No better way to end the season.
From: writer
27-Jan-19
Hate to see it end, but...
From: sitO
03-Feb-19
From: sitO
05-Feb-19
One man limit of Canadas, and a bonus Speck this morning between my Taxidermist buddy and I.
From: Kansan
05-Feb-19
Way to go! We don't shoot a whole lot of specks in my part of the state. Kind of special when we do.
From: sitO
05-Feb-19
Thanks, us either...and the "sad part" is that it was out of a flock of 8 that literally landed in the dekes...we suck at the shooting part ;?)
From: Thornton
05-Feb-19
Thank you again Kyle!
From: sitO
05-Feb-19
You hammered that sucker, wish we'd have seen more brother...next time!
From: Kansan
06-Feb-19
Hey, you're on the board; all that counts!
From: sitO
15-Feb-19
Ain't that cold ;?)
From: Tstrand13
15-Feb-19
Mark just sent me that picture that’s awesome!! On public land too!
From: Thornton
15-Feb-19
Hopefully their brethren will make the same mistake in the morning!
From: Thornton
15-Feb-19
Hopefully their brethren will make the same mistake in the morning!
From: crestedbutte
22-Feb-19
Did anyone on here participate in last weekend's Inaugural Goose Games?
From: Kansan
23-Feb-19
Snow Geese? I’ll be after em’ hard as soon as they show up.
From: writer
23-Feb-19
When they show up? Where are you?
From: crestedbutte
23-Feb-19
No, larger Canadian goose tournament. 1st place team of 4 hunters shared approx. $1,400.00
From: Westksbowhunter
23-Feb-19
15,000 snows and canada geese in my back yard. 50 yds from the dog kennel.
From: sitO
26-Feb-19
Here are a few clips from our goose hunts this year...I can't shoot but you already know that.
From: writer
26-Feb-19
Boy, you can sure see where the corn is poured on the ground! :-) Fun to watch, especially from that angle. Shooting looked pretty good on the double.
From: Kansan
27-Feb-19
Im in SE Kansas, but hunt them near Hiawatha with family. No birds to speak of up there yet, been far too cold and snowy, and looks like it will be until around the second week of March.
From: leftee
28-Feb-19
Very nice Sito.Thanks for making sub zero temps and 10ft snow drifts even more painful.
From: Kansan
18-Mar-19
Been a tough spring snow goose season to say the least, but we’re getting some shooting in.
From: Does
18-Mar-19
Very nice video Sito. Would love to kill some Ks birds.
From: sitO
18-Mar-19
Thanks guys, and man I'm envious Kyler...love all the color variations! I almost went "all-in" on a snow spread this year but kinda glad I didn't...they are a frustrating bunch to hunt ;?)
From: Kansan
18-Mar-19
They sure are Kyle, more so this year than most. Snow Goose hunting can certainly be frustrating, but man is it addicting! Few things in the outdoors are as awe inspiring as watching thousands of snow geese locked up circling down on you.
