spoke w/ my dad yesterday, he said all of the quail are gone and that conservation doesn't seem to care, any truth to that?
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Here in southeast Kansas they’ve certainly thinned out. I used to love quail hunting, and we were thick with them in the ‘80’s. Since then they’ve almost disappeared. When I asked a Parks and Rec officer why he told me it’s because of the reintroduction of turkeys to Kansas. Not that they’re killing the quail outright but he said they have pictures of turkeys chasing quail off their nest and eating the eggs. And I can see them not caring because turkey and deer bring a lot more out of town money to the area than quail ever did. |
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Its nights like these that I both Love and Hate bow hunting.
I sat this afternoon, and in rain this evening without seeing a deer until half an hour until dark. In a second, out of the river came a doe with a shooter buck....I had a 10 second window to determin if he was a shooter, find a window and release an arrow. I put an arrow into the biggest buck I've ever shot tonight......but that arrow must have hit the shoulder, only went in 5-6" and broke off 50 yards later as it ran into a corn field. I guess we'll see in the morning, but I'm not very confident. $%^)*^@#*(^!)*_)!#!!! |
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I voted death punch to the heart, but was 3" too far forward and high....the likely distance between victory and defeat.
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high turkey numbers, hawks, coyotes and bobcats....
Here, even the turkey numbers are dropping because of the growing bobcat populations. Pheasant numbers have been down, really since 93. Wet conditions in spring and other factors are also affecting hatches. Once they hatch, there is alot of competition. I haven't jumped a quail very often in the past few years, and on some of the farms I bow hunt that used to have pheasants....nada. |
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Not sure WHERE he goes hunting at, though. |
thanks everyone for your answers, I'm not a hunter, but it's cool to know things like that. I find it interesting, for sure.
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