20 November continued Upland Birds
You asked if I would give a member's perspective about Jewell county Kansas.
My recent journey to bird hunt Kansas started in Washington County with some known territory. Gusty winds to 35 mph that day made for some tuff shooting. I saw several coveys but they all were small by number of birds standards. Only flew 1 rooster. Typical Kansas weather for bird hunting.
The next day and a half I spent in Jewell County. I drove buy a lot of club ground that was very flat and in winter wheat. The grain markets seem to have most things in an uproar about crop rotation. I did hunt 2 milo stubble areas. I really like soft field edge and milo stubble for bird hunting. I saw a very nice sized covey on 1 and a "covey" of pheasants on the other. I have attached some general photos of Jewell.
Did get some good dog work for the dry conditions. Still run into this with the grain folks trying to increase acreage and return on land investment love this type of ground for bird hunting.
One of the new signs
Jenny doing her thing and the grey muzzle showing age - my old mongrel bird dog went to the hunting preserve in the sky a week before Halloween. I will be looking for a new pointer pup late winter or early spring if you hear of any.
I shot a rooster that went down about half way to the trees in the distance. Acted like a head shot with the gaining of altitude till it dropped dead. A hawk immediately went down in the same area and stayed there marking my bird till I got within 30 feet then flew. So I did retrieve that rooster.
The grain belt is looking more like this all the time with the reduction of folks living on the land and farm size increasing.
Looking forward to more birds when the weather gets tougher. Headed to Scotland for a few days of woodcock shooting. Keep up the good work and have a nice holiday season.
The big greenheads appeared in central Iowa in the last few days - that means it is getting time for some serious bird hunting.
Dan
Thank you Dan for the review. Every bit helps to make all things better. Good luck with your current and future dog. November 2007 page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 |
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