5 September Group Asks for CRP Acre ReleaseCompiled By Staff, September 4, 2007, Mid-South Farmer "...the National Grain and Feed Association has urged Ag Secretary Mike Johanns to "seriously consider" measures to make ... acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program more available in 2008....NGFA said it conservatively estimates the United States will need to plant at least 4 million to 5 million additional acres of wheat, corn and soybeans in the 2008-09 crop year than were planted this year to avert potentially dangerous supply disruptions..."
And from the PJ Star, Huge harvest looms for Congress, September 4, 2007, Alan Guebert. "...foresee an estimated, now-idled 4.6 million acres moving out of the Conservation Reserve Program and into crop production by 2010..."
4 September Deer Hunter/Member FeedbackJohn, Thanks for calling me today. I appreciate your time helping me with [location deleted]....the deer were in [location deleted], gun season. Both were spot and stalk to within about 150 yards....8 point scored approx 130...10 point scored 155.
Any pheasant hunter will quickly notice the grass and that these deer were harvested from and what many deer hunters disregard as "bird ground".
Thanks Bill for your generosity at sharing your pictures. Give me a call before your next scouting trip. Teal"...Surveys conducted by the FWS in cooperation with [Missouri] state wildlife agencies this spring estimated the number of breeding blue-winged teal at 6.7 million...This year’s blue-winged teal population index is 14 percent higher than last year’s and 48 percent above the long-term average. It is the third-largest number on record. Breeding numbers of green-winged teal were estimated at 2.9 million. That is up 13 percent from last year, 55 percent higher than the long-term average, and the second highest on record..." By Jim Low, Missouri Department of Conservation, Saturday, September 1, 2007, Lake Expo
Kansas Upland BirdThe summer continues to be good for ground nesting, brooding and dwelling birds most notably Kansas pheasant and quail. The summer has been cooler than average and the rains good to insure the deep rooted tall grass cover continues to have the moisture it requires for pheasant cover.
The August rainfall indicates, as the latest in a string of observations, that the Kansas pheasant forecast is for good hunt quality as defined by good pheasant numbers and good during the season cover habitat. That along with our current farm year of increased grain production of corn, soybean and wheat means there will also be plenty of winter over waste grain bird food.
At this point in the year with the corn starting to turn brown and the tall grass gone to seed any more rain will serve the soybeans and winter wheat, but not much else in terms of pheasant hunting quality in Kansas. More upland bird forecast details for Kansas, Iowa and Missouri.
Number of Hunters Falls, Worrying SomeBy David Crary. Associated press, September 2, 2007. "...number of hunters 16 and older declined by 10 percent between 1996 and 2006 — from 14 million to about 12.5 million...primary reasons, experts say, are the loss of hunting land to urbanization plus a perception by many families that they can't afford the time or costs that hunting entails...the drop is worrisome. 'It's hunters who are the most willing to give their own dollar for wildlife conservation'"
While this article started out describing the condition of the American hunting segment of our society it turned into an anti-hunting platform.
"...Ray Schoenke, has formed a new group, the American Hunters and Shooters Association, primarily as a home for hunters who would support some restrictions on gun and ammunition sales. "The NRA's extreme positions have hurt the hunting movement," Schoenke said. "Soccer moms now believe hunters have made things more dangerous."...we should not condone the killing of any animal in the interest of sport," said Andrew Page of the Humane Society of the United States. "But as a matter of pragmatism, we target those practices that even hunters would agree are egregious...Page said. "I suspect the day will come when a presidential candidate goes to a local humane society to adopt a homeless animal, rather than go the field and pose as hunter with a gun."
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