Are Pheasants Toast?

[mnmthunting]

Matto, Boy you better study up. Winter Wheat harvested in May?
More likely end of July 1st of August.

[matto]

OK, May is wrong. However, with respect to Kansas, it's no more wrong than late July/early August.

My farmer friend in the Wichita area told me that he typically starts to cut wheat around June 10. This year it was late May.

[cheesy]

Originally Posted by matto

OK, May is wrong. However, with respect to Kansas, it's no more wrong than late July/early August.

My farmer friend in the Wichita area told me that he typically starts to cut wheat around June 10. This year it was late May.

Mom's birthday is June 6th, I can remember seeing what harvested once on her birthday, usually the June 10th number is good.

This year was totally different. Southeast Kansas had combines rolling May 20th, saw them with my own eyes. Newspaper article had farmers stating they were seeing 70 bushels/acre average. That's almost unheard of for an average.

Corn harvest here started late July, a month earlier than is typical, and yields are terrible.

[1pheas4]

Originally Posted by OldDublin

Please post slower...I'm trying to take notes.

I take it the words Pittsburg, NH mean little on this message board.

Don't worry. I'll send you my chicken scratches for notes OldD.

Pittsburg, NH? Grouse country

[Reilly Auld]

Originally Posted by 1pheas4

Don't worry.
Pittsburg, NH? Grouse country

I think that O-Dub is referring to an article a few years back that mentioned Pittsburg as THE spot for ruffed grouse. It resulted in hunting pressure that became legendary.

I reckon Dub will be stumbling thru a few wheat fields this season.

I don't know myself. Probably just stay home.

[1pheas4]

Originally Posted by Reilly Auld

I think that O-Dub is referring to an article a few years back that mentioned Pittsburg as THE spot for ruffed grouse. It resulted in hunting pressure that became legendary.

I reckon Dub will be stumbling thru a few wheat fields this season.

I don't know myself. Probably just stay home.

lol. Got it. Thanks for clarifying Reilly

Should I put an announcement out for a UPH Pit. NH area Grouse hunt too just to help out

[mnmthunting]

You guys are there so that's good enough for me.

This is what I was going by, From the Kansas Wheat Commission.
Paragraph below is from their site.

The Kansas wheat harvest starts in June at the southern border of Kansas, usually in the area south of Wichita or to the west. From there, the wheat harvest spreads north and west in the larger wheat-growing areas of the state. Wheat harvest in Kansas usually ends in early July at the Nebraska border and in mid-July at the Colorado border.

[carptom1]

Originally Posted by mnmthunting

You guys are there so that's good enough for me.

This is what I was going by, From the Kansas Wheat Commission.
Paragraph below is from their site.

The Kansas wheat harvest starts in June at the southern border of Kansas, usually in the area south of Wichita or to the west. From there, the wheat harvest spreads north and west in the larger wheat-growing areas of the state. Wheat harvest in Kansas usually ends in early July at the Nebraska border and in mid-July at the Colorado border.

that would be correct. This year, because the wheat grew in the heat all winter, it matured in may. That was a concern because early harvest was bad for nesting. Doesn't matter I think we are in for a tough year this year.

[fsentkilr]

There was a lot of wheat cut in May this year in Kansas. However from what I saw, the early spring had the pheasants nesting earlier also.