It was a pretty good trip. Lots of driving (~2500 miles total), but I got to shoot a quite a few birds and hit a few. We were hunting about a 40 mile radius around Dodge City, Kansas. About the only place we could find that allows lesser hunting that has public access.
Though I am by far not a good shot I did shoot better this trip than in South Dakota back in November. Only sluicing was of rabbits...
The talley for Mark and I for the full five days of hunting is 14 pheasants, 7 lesser prairie chickens, 4 bobwhite quail, 2 cottontails and 2 jackrabbits. I will say that lesser's are quite the challenge. They like to flush WAY out, like 60-100yds out and then fly for a couple of miles before landing again. However, we did catch a few stragglers after jumping the larger coveys and caught a few by sitting over places we'd glassed that they like to fly over when flushed from certain areas. All in all it was a blast! Here's some pictures:
My first lesser prairie chicken, which I made a 50yd passing shot on (unlucky bird):
Mark's first lesser, which completes his 'slam' of all the grouse species in the Lower 48. He's pictured with a local, Craig Kenobe who put us on the birds and got us permission to hunt on some farms:
My first pheasant of the trip. It was COLD that day:
First day's take:
Day 2:
Day 4:
First four day's take 8 roosters, 7 chickens, two bobwhite, and 2 cottontails:
Day 5's take was 6 roosters and two quail:
Though I am by far not a good shot I did shoot better this trip than in South Dakota back in November. Only sluicing was of rabbits...
The talley for Mark and I for the full five days of hunting is 14 pheasants, 7 lesser prairie chickens, 4 bobwhite quail, 2 cottontails and 2 jackrabbits. I will say that lesser's are quite the challenge. They like to flush WAY out, like 60-100yds out and then fly for a couple of miles before landing again. However, we did catch a few stragglers after jumping the larger coveys and caught a few by sitting over places we'd glassed that they like to fly over when flushed from certain areas. All in all it was a blast! Here's some pictures:My first lesser prairie chicken, which I made a 50yd passing shot on (unlucky bird
):
Mark's first lesser, which completes his 'slam' of all the grouse species in the Lower 48. He's pictured with a local, Craig Kenobe who put us on the birds and got us permission to hunt on some farms:
My first pheasant of the trip. It was COLD that day:
First day's take:
Day 2:
Day 4:
First four day's take 8 roosters, 7 chickens, two bobwhite, and 2 cottontails:
Day 5's take was 6 roosters and two quail:
