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SW Kansas Trip Report
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12/12/17 04:57 PM
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danceswithquail
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Re: SW Kansas Trip Report
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12/12/17 05:03 PM
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Yea Buddy!!! I wish I knew yall were up that way, I would have bought dinner one night!!!
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Re: SW Kansas Trip Report
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12/12/17 05:06 PM
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MI2TX
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Did you guys hit up all WIHA? Trying to decide if I should head to KS or AZ. Lots of access for Mearns in AZ but no cartel in KS. Also KS is a lot closer to Dallas.
In dog beers, I've only had one.
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Re: SW Kansas Trip Report
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12/12/17 05:44 PM
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danceswithquail
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No, we hunt all private. I drove by a couple of quailey looking WIHAs and they didnt have anybody hunting them. I have said it before, but get on google earth and look for areas with irrigation circles near the WIHA properties, those areas hold up better when rain fall is not optimal.
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Re: SW Kansas Trip Report
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12/12/17 05:46 PM
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bill oxner
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Sounds like a great time.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: SW Kansas Trip Report
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12/12/17 05:55 PM
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stinkbelly
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What type of cover did you find most of them in?
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Re: SW Kansas Trip Report
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12/12/17 06:36 PM
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Sounds like a great time.
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: SW Kansas Trip Report
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12/12/17 07:48 PM
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Looks like fun. Great pics
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Re: SW Kansas Trip Report
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12/12/17 09:00 PM
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That Rock Star pup has turned into a machine. And best part is she looks good doing it. I see Sadie didn't let her have all the fun.
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Re: SW Kansas Trip Report
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12/12/17 09:48 PM
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bill oxner
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Could you have used a UTV if they were legal? Could you have used one and not hunted off it?
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: SW Kansas Trip Report
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12/13/17 01:06 AM
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Thanks for the tip on the irrigation circles! That’s a good idea.
In dog beers, I've only had one.
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Re: SW Kansas Trip Report
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12/13/17 01:20 AM
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Pheasants were in CRP (e.g. knee high to waist high little blue stem). Find a patch of more than four or five trees in SW KS and you shall find the quail. We hunted rolling sand hills with tree lines and plum thickets on the quail.
Bill - farmers dont like UTVs rolling over their little blue stem at all, that would be a non starter up there as there are no two tracks in those fields but they do occasionally cut strips across if they need a short cut. I have never even somebody hunting off of one out in a pasture in Kansas in my 20+ years of hunting up there. Roosters dont dig the engine noise either
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Re: SW Kansas Trip Report
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12/13/17 01:32 AM
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Shecrappiekilla
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Ok, You are killing me! I got to go back this year.
That's some great dog work right there. Great pictures and the dust flying under pups feet says just how thought it was.
Congrats.
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Re: SW Kansas Trip Report
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12/13/17 02:33 PM
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colt45-90
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good job, thanks for sharing
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: SW Kansas Trip Report
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12/16/17 01:36 PM
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Here is a short video. Just did some of the points over my 1 year old as kennel I got her from wants it as well, so two birds with one video. Looking at footage, we had a lot of trails and break offs and then the birds would get up 30 yards out and a lot of hen lockdown points, so culled those out (man wish it would have been sub 65 degrees, lower wind and > 15% humidity on this trip as I think the bird population was best in four years in this area) On some browsers it may not start in HD, so if you dont see a red "HD" over the little gear icon when it starts, then click on the gear symbol and switch to 1080P HD vs the Auto setting (if anybody has figured out how to force the youtube player to always start in HD resolution, man let me know the trick) https://youtu.be/mB7Im2olvMw
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Re: SW Kansas Trip Report
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12/16/17 02:19 PM
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bill oxner
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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