Got back from Kansas this morning arund 2:00 am. Man is it ever green in SE Kansas around Greenwood. They have had 12 inches in the last week. I didn't get to spend much time scouting or glassing the property I hunt but did see tons of country. The deer that I saw all were fat as butter balls. Saw one good buck but no where near the place I hunt. This year could be a record year. Lots of rain and cool weather. Spent most of the time fixing water gaps and gathering cattle that got out. We shipped 1000 steers. The rain kept the weight off. These were 50-60 lbs lighter than the ones we shipped out 2 weeks ago. To much rain gives 'em the squirts.
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Talked to My dad on phone and he saw 2 really big bucks running together this week and one was covered in velvet and the other one did not have any velvet. He said it should be an interesting hunting year! And he never gets excited over anything. Wish I had some trail cam's up there. -
I haven't heard of any being out of velvet. I was really surprised how few a deer we saw though. We spent all day Monday on Four wheelers checking pastures and water gaps and we jumped dang few. When we went and drove around my pasture (640 acres) we didn't see a deer. A few days earlier while feeding, there was was a bachelor group of 5 with a couple of good'uns, including my big one. Day late and a dollar short. The vegitaiton is so thick that you would have to right on top of them to see.Comment
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how about roosters? you see any pheasant?Comment
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No Mark we didn't see any Pheasants. Those are more to the West. We were in the Flinthills in SE Kansas.
I absolutly love Eureka and the Flinthills. The rolling hills and praries are beautiful. If you have never seen them you owe it to yourself to go visit. This year it was so green. The prarie was green for as far as the eye could see. During the fall the "gold" is even better. No place like it.Comment
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thanks Brandon but if there are no pheasants my dogs would sure be mighty disappointed! ;-)Comment
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A few years ago Dad, my brother and a few friends went Pheasant hunting up in the Mid-West part of the state on public land during the middle ofthe week. Said it was great hunting. Where do you go?Comment
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hunt north of Salina - between Concordia and Minneapolis (yes, there is a Minneapolis Kansas!). hunting there is consistently very good if not downright awesome. we hunt family farms with a guide we've been with for years.
public land hunting, however, can be iffy. depends on pressure, of course. can be good, can be lousy.
most folks in TX don't have a clue how big pheasant hunting is in KS (or other midwestern states). take Buck Fever in Texas and multiply by a factor of 50! it's a big deal up there. I go places in Texas with my Brittanies and no one knows what they are, or bothers to ask. in Kansas EVERYBODY asks "nice Britts, you bird hunt a lot?" or "how good are you gun dogs?" birds matter up there. bird hunting is huge.
that means every field is bristling with shotguns and orange-clad hunters that first weekend. birds on public land die or are herded to private land pretty quickly up there.
if you're going "once in a lifetime" get a guide - it's worth it. if you've got a chance to step out in the middle of the week on some public land and don't have huge expectations go for it. it just might be very good.Comment
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There were lots of adult, mid-size, and baby pheasants walking the road when I was there July 4th week anywhere there were large CRP patches. Was in the Great Bend area. Should be good hunting. Pheasant hunting is very popular the opening weekend but hardly see anyone around after that other than a little Thanksgiving week. Not much public walk-in land around us though and know it is more popular in areas that have more walkin.Comment
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Very kewl! I will be up there in about 3 weeks to get set up for the season. Talk about being ready.Comment
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Sooooooooooooooooooooooo, you got my stand up??Originally posted by BrandonA View Post
Cleared the shootin lanes??
Tie a deer up to the small tree just to the left??
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Well Sgiggy I meant to get around to that and ran out of time. Due to all the rain the time I had allocated to hunting stuff got replaced by fixing water gaps.Comment
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Sounds like an epic year is in order,thank's for the update! We are heading up for a scouting trip over Labor day weekend.Good luck to everyone heading up there! Will tip my hat to all the Texas plates that we pass on the way up this season!
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OK GUYS Have a few questions about drawing deer archery tags I plan on goin up there next year 09 I m gonna hunt public lands so i need a few pointers to get me in the right direction ANY help would be much appreciated I was stationed at riley for a little bit before i got out so I kinda know my way arounda little if ya would ( so as to not hijack anybodys thread ) please pm me with info I have been reading the kansas hunt rules in prep for next year and have a little knowledge of where i plan to put in on units or maybe not ? Like I said any info yall could help me with would be greatly appreciatedComment
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