7 June Good Hunt on a Tough SeasonJon/John - just a short note to thank you and your staff for another successful Spring Turkey season. We had good success on hearing and seeing turkeys on all the different properties we hunted. We had a great time but we had to work it hard to get our limits in [locations deleted]. Found several nests with eggs and I attached a photo of one of the nests that had 25 eggs. Appreciate the patience of your receptionist in handling our reservations. HOO-AH! Randy, Ralph and Robert (the 3 R's from [home location deleted])
John - the pictures of the eggs and nest were taken on 28 Apr. We saw another nest with five eggs on 23 Apr. We had to deal with more rain days, thunderstorms and tornado watches this past season then any previous years but it didn't keep us from hunting. Hopefully the early Spring rain will help out with the upland game. Thanks for the response. Randy
HSUS Wins a BattleEquis maginze, June 2007 EQ Roundup, U.S. horse slaughter halted HSUS successfully stopped horse slaughter through a suit for human consumption using the lack of an environmental impact study specific to horse slaughter for human consumption. The impact to hunters is that HSUS classifies this effort as animal protection and seeks to protect all animals from any human use, food or otherwise.
HSUS also used an emotional appeal to secure donations for such animal protection court action. Horses where so selected above that of cattle, as the non-horse owning suburban and city dwelling public knows about Trigger, Mr. Ed as well as that horses have an unrealistic romantic appeal similar to Flipper or Free Willy. Talk to horse owners, veterinarians, farriers and ranchers and most will support horse slaughter for human consumption as there are a great excess of horses in the U.S. Further, in spite of HSUS efforts to stop all horse slaughter they still may be slaughtered for other than human consumption.
The fight between horse owners and the general public is the same as for hunters. Decisions based on emotion frequently overrule objectivity.
4 June Upland Birds & ForecastThe May 2007 upland bird forecast rainfall raw data with partial forecast analysis is posted to the upland section.
Spring RainsWith all of the rain that was accumulated during the month of May, it is critical to inspect every drain pipe on our wetlands to make sure they are not clogged with debris or whatever else mother nature might have up her sleeve.
If this particular overflow pipe was not cleaned out, the dam could have been damaged by floodwater and not been huntable this coming fall.
Wetlands with too much water.
The cause.
Snapping turtles clogging the drain pipe.
Flowing again. Just one snapshot into the constant stream of ankle biters that goes along with hunting lease land management. Plenty of snakes on the wetlands as well this time of year.
KansasQueen of the Heartland, How Kansas’s popular governor has maintained her success, By Alex Burns, Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2007, Harvard Political Review
HPR [Harvard Political Review]: You’ve also taken some more controversial stances on issues like gun rights [bold added] , abortion, and the death penalty, yet your popularity seems to be untarnished. Is there a particular way in which you went about stating your position that reduced the political fallout, or do you think that people are just more open-minded?
KS [Kathleen Sebelius]: "...The gun issue [bold added] has a long heritage in Kansas, which is the home of the original Wild West and has a huge hunting tradition. I grew up in the city, so I didn’t know a lot about guns, never owned a gun, and never had been hunting in my life. I recognized that my view on gun control, and particularly on hand guns, was likely to put me out of step with some of the folks. But I also knew that there were lots of hunters who actually supported gun control, and that I was going to be better off learning something about hunting and how to handle a gun. I learned to shoot a shotgun and I participated in some high-visibility hunts in Kansas. We promote hunting as a source of tourism and are trying to get more women involved. I now have the credibility so I can say, “I understand this is an important heritage, it’s a very important tourist factor, and I’m fully supportive of second amendment rights, but I don’t want more guns on our streets.”
Kansas 'wasteland' soars in value as wealthy sportsmen snap it upBy Michael Pearce "CRAWFORD COUNTY - Scarred by surface coal mining, southeast Kansas' strip pits are too rugged for farming. Coated with hellish briars and hair-thick brush, they offer little grazing. For decades it's been seen as some of the most worthless wasteland in Kansas. Not anymore. Not long ago valued at $300 an acre, some rugged land is now on the market for more than $3,000 an acre....Few states can match Kansas, though, for the overall package that's offered to those wanting recreational properties.
The state's pheasant and quail hunting has been legendary for decades. In central Kansas, around the Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area and the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, millions of ducks and geese migrate through every year.
Anyone who's spent much time driving rural roads on a sunny spring day can attest to our state's thriving wild turkey population.
But it's the state's reputation for whitetail and mule deer with large antlers that are bringing much of the interest..."
MissouriChanges in 2007 deer and turkey hunting regulations
Season dates are: Archery deer and turkey season - Sept. 15 through Nov. 9 and Nov. 21 through Jan. 15. Youth portion of deer season - Oct. 27 through 28. November portion of deer season - Nov. 10 through 20. Muzzleloader portion of deer season - Nov. 23 through Dec. 2 Antlerless portion of deer season - Dec. 8 through 16.
Missouri residents still can purchase firearms and archery antlerless deer permits without first buying an any-deer or archer's permit. However, nonresidents must purchase a firearms any-deer permit, a managed deer hunt permit or an archer's permit before buying a comparable antlerless-deer permit.
The Conservation Commission continued the trial of four-point antler restrictions for deer in the same 29 counties as last year.
Details about these and other regulation changes will be included in the 2007 Fall Deer and Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information booklet, available from permit vendors in July.
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