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Originally Posted by LiveSteam
Been bad around here for a long time.
Very rarely see quail around anymore. Pheasants are slim to none.
If I go out for Pheasants . I go knocking on farm doors that are within 3miles of a Pheasants Forever club.
The escapees from such clubs, keep the population up around them.
Nebraska removed almost all it plumb thickets along its dirt roads ,probably 20 years ago or so. It really messed up the quail population and pheasant
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Yeah, habitat, or lack there of, has been a long growing issue down here as well. Throw in the drought this year and it isn’t looking too promising for most of the state. Dad has decided we won’t even go out west for pheasant this year, we’ll stick to the eastern part of the state and try to run down some quail coveys. It’d likely be a waste of time trying to chase down the few that are out there, and irresponsible as well - no sense in further decimating the population and making a come back even harder. The state should really lower the bag limits this year but, I’ll wager they won’t.
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