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Title: KS Reports?
Post by: cracker4112 on May 16, 2018, 03:23:30 PM
Headed to S Central Kansas on Friday for a few days and wondering if anyone has any recent reports.  Our season down here has been over for a few weeks and I'm excited to get back out.  How's the hunting typically mid may?  Still gobbling? Hens sitting yet?
Title: Re: KS Reports?
Post by: spaightlabs on May 16, 2018, 03:34:05 PM
Buddy in Northern KS killed one off the roost yesterday 10 minutes after LSL, crossed over to NE and had another one down before the hunting day was an hour old...

Both birds gobbling on the roost  and on the ground, and obviously responsive to calls.
Title: Re: KS Reports?
Post by: IAGobbler87 on May 16, 2018, 04:50:15 PM
Quote from: spaightlabs on May 16, 2018, 03:34:05 PM
Buddy in Northern KS killed one of the roost yesterday 10 minutes after LSL, crossed over to NE and had another one down before the hunting day was an hour old...

Both birds gobbling on the roost  and on the ground, and obviously responsive to calls.

This is great news, headed to N Kansas tomorrow, hopefully they wanna play!
Title: Re: KS Reports?
Post by: cracker4112 on May 17, 2018, 08:26:46 AM
That sounds promising!
Title: Re: KS Reports?
Post by: MissLouHunter on May 17, 2018, 12:22:22 PM
Beware of the ticks!!!
Title: Re: KS Reports?
Post by: spaightlabs on May 17, 2018, 07:28:31 PM
Quote from: MissLouHunter on May 17, 2018, 12:22:22 PM
Beware of the ticks!!!

TRUTH!!!
Title: Re: KS Reports?
Post by: HookedonHooks on May 17, 2018, 08:03:48 PM
I watched a group of three Toms today stand under the same shade tree from 7:30 to 3:30 before I gave up on them....

Post breeding routines kicking in hard. 
Title: Re: KS Reports?
Post by: spaightlabs on May 17, 2018, 08:20:04 PM
Holy crow Hooked - you are a patient man - I'm sorry your patience wasn't rewarded.  My ADHD woulda killed me before that long passed.
Title: Re: KS Reports?
Post by: spaightlabs on May 21, 2018, 09:50:29 PM
3 down today for 4 hunters.
Title: Re: KS Reports?
Post by: cracker4112 on May 22, 2018, 01:14:29 PM
My dad and I ended up getting one apiece, and I managed to miss one on the last morning.  Action was sporadic but where we were the weather wasn't that great, brutal hot and windy, then a ton of rain.  After the rain passed and the temps dropped, they were on fire and we had a few great hunts.
Title: Re: KS Reports?
Post by: stinkpickle on May 22, 2018, 09:21:41 PM
Congrats!  I was only able to get out to Kansas for two days last week, and the heat really seemed to shut everything down outside of the first and last hour of daylight.  Unfortunately, that's when the birds I managed to find were all glued to hens.  Of course, the hens would come visit me after the gobblers lost interest...figures.  I was hoping to sneak back out there during the cool snap last weekend, but things just didn't work out.