Pheasant Hunting
Pheasant Hunting Account
John,
Here is a photo of my dogs and a couple hard earned birds on my first MAHA hunt. I saw pheasants in each MAHA field I hunted. I didn't get into any quail, but I focused on pheasant habitat. Most of the birds I took were huge roosters from last year's hatch. I regret dressing out my last rooster. He was an obvious veteran and had the longest tail feathers and spurs I personally have ever seen. I should have had him mounted!
I did witness some good dog work both pre and post shot. I don't know how you can recover a bird in that tall grass without a dog? I will need to remember to bring extra batteries for my beeper collars next time.
The grass wears out both hunter and dog! I wore new pair of Danner boots and the toes already need to be reinforced. The dogs' feet are trashed also. I will boot them up early next time.
Thanks for your help. I look forward to many more hunts.
Bryan
Kansas Pheasant Hunting
Pheasant hunting for the dog work
Meaning a different field may be hunted each time stepping from the truck. More land to hunt each day than daylight available to hunt. No hunter mixes his dogs up with others. All hunt this dogs at their own pace and direction.
No drive hunts. Individual and small friendship group hunts.
Kansas pheasant hunting is well known as one of the tall prairie grass states with the added advantages of being the southern of them all with winter weather that allows a full season starting the second Saturday in November through the end of January.
While many traveling hunters may start their season in northern states working their way south most soon find that concentrating in Kansas offers many advantages. The first of which is not the large acreage in pheasant holding tall grass, the main advantage is its habitat variety beyond the grass. That variety includes the brush filled draw and crop edge as well making for some more enjoyable scenery than watch waves of grass blowing in the wind.
This Kansas variety continues with the added upland bird of the Bobwhite Quail on the same day and easily within the same trip. What all this adds up to is elimination of the routine with the ability to have dogs on birds every day.
Missouri Upland Birds
Missouri demonstrates that we will take care of the hunter by taking the mystery out of where to hunt getting that hunter to the right spot to park his truck, step out and hunt. For pheasant that spot is not Missouri. Yes, Missouri does have pheasants, just not enough to make for a good pheasant hunt. When it comes to upland birds Missouri's claim to fame is Bobwhite Quail. Missouri pheasant hunting is more incidental to quail hunts and Missouri itself suits best those that prefer a quail only.
Iowa Pheasant Hunting
Most upland bird hunters will agree that Iowa has been a top pheasant state for a long time. Most that hunt with us will later agree that the better pheasant hunts will be found in Kansas, that is if total pheasant numbers alone is the sole criteria.
What Iowa pheasant hunting brings the upland bird hunter is the chance to have plenty of blue sky pheasant shot opportunity without seemingly endless seas of tall grass. And, Iowa has quail as well.
Pheasant hunting starts in Iowa the last Saturday in October and goes to January 31 in Kansas. We pheasant hunt through the winter that while we do have cold days the general winter temperatures allow for most season days to be chasing pheasants.