7 September ScoutingJohn, With the cool weather, I took a run up to [location deleted]. They have been getting plenty of rain and the crops are really good. Corn everywhere. I do not know how it will effect bird season, may be like Iowa; waiting until the corn is harvested.
Attached are a couple pictures of a doe. The interesting thing is the one of her jumping away. Look at her ears pointed right at me still. Mike
Thanks Mike, your pictures are always interesting.
Iowa Upland Bird Roadside Survey ResultsIowa DNR has published the results of their August road counts. The highlights concerning MAHA lease land region in south central Iowa include:
Higher than desired spring rainfall correlates to our observations described in earlier updates.
Roadside counts of pheasants lower this year than last.
This region has: "...the most potential upland habitat of any region in the state." page 4.
Quail numbers show an increasing trend.
Recognition that Iowa's declining habitat will continue to be a causative factor for Iowa's recent lower bird counts than previous years.
What was not stated directly is that Iowa's projected pheasant harvest this year is at best to be on par with Kansas and likely to be less than Kansas with Iowa estimating a harvest of 700,000 to 780,000. These harvest numbers are suspect as most that have hunted both Kansas and Iowa only but a very few have their bag counts recorded.
Read Iowa's Upland Bird Survey Results Have a look at our 2007 upland bird forecast
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