Originally Posted by Simply Red (Post 6230368)

Originally Posted by Simply Red (Post 6230368)

Originally Posted by btlook1 (Post 6230274)

There used to be a group of guys in this area that did the Greyhound thing. One problem with them was that they just went where ever they wanted. If the gates were closed they opened them and went in and drove peoples pastures/farmground. Lots of times they would just leave the gates open when they left. They would tie down electric fences also so their dogs wouldn't get shocked...so peoples cattle got out. They would rut up farm ground and pretty much just drive across anything they wanted.
They screwed up several hunting spots for us just because some of the landowners figured we were from the same town so they wouldn't let us hunt anymore.
I'm sure it's fun and all but this group really got a bad reputation in this area...we started calling the sherriff on them everytime we saw them after awhile.

Originally Posted by Iowanian (Post 6231393)

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.


$%^)*^@#*(^!)*_)!#!!!

Originally Posted by philfree (Post 6230439)

Numbers are low in MO that's for sure. If quail are to make a comeback it won't be the conservation department who brings them back it will be the hunters. Hunters are going to have to make it lucrative for the farmers, ranchers and land owners to maintain some habitat on ther property so the quail have a place to live and breed. There are some government programs for quail habitat available these days I think and that too will play a big part. It all starts with the habitat.


PhilFree:arrow:

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry (Post 6231576)

Preadtors are up, thus quail are down. Most of the farmers in my area do a pretty good job but we just have too many varmits right now. Of course these things go in cycles.

Originally Posted by Iowanian (Post 6231653)

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.

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry (Post 6231576)

Preadtors are up, thus quail are down. Most of the farmers in my area do a pretty good job but we just have too many varmits right now. Of course these things go in cycles.

Originally Posted by Iowanian (Post 6231653)

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.

Originally Posted by philfree (Post 6230439)

Numbers are low in MO that's for sure. If quail are to make a comeback it won't be the conservation department who brings them back it will be the hunters. Hunters are going to have to make it lucrative for the farmers, ranchers and land owners to maintain some habitat on ther property so the quail have a place to live and breed. There are some government programs for quail habitat available these days I think and that too will play a big part. It all starts with the habitat.


PhilFree:arrow:

Originally Posted by Radar Chief (Post 6230459)

Where is your dad?
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.