Everybody wants to know about Kansas it seems...I had many questions too before my first trip. Here are some random musings, thoughts, concerns and truths. Feel free to add more !
- No, there is not a gobbler in every draw or woodlot.
- The locals here have been great to us.
- Can't comment on local cuisine, as there is none.
- If it rains, horrible is an understatement for the roads.
- If you see ruts on a wet road, stay off, you will be walking.
- If you get under a half tank of gas, buy some gas.
- If you need anything after 7 pm, you're waiting til tomorrow.
- Sooner or later, if you hunt long enough, you will sit something you own in cow poop.
- Don't belly crawl around prickly pear !
- Daylight comes early, dark comes late, you don't get much rest.
- If a woodline looks to be a mile away...it's actually 2.
- Poor optics would suck.
- Weather is fickle, turkeys don't mind so much, but you will.
- Deer can ruin a hunt.
- Turkeys don't care much for eagles.
- Have water on you when you leave the truck.
- Know how to run a quality box call and run it well.
- Don't get hurt, help is a long way off.
- Dang jakes......
- Barbed wire can suck also.
- Your choice of footwear is critical.
- A good cooler is your friend.
- Wind is...well, windy !
- Permithrin is worth it's weight in gold.
- The sun is your enemy about 3:30...it gets warm.
- Again, turkeys are not in every draw and creek bottom.
- A rio turkey never stops moving.
- Even though they gobble a ton, not every gobbler likes to be hammered with calls.
- Hunt all day, they will work all day.
- What they call a river out here, I call a creek.
- Mud gets on everything you own at some point.
- Wish there was a steak house close by...I see tons of beef cattle...
- Cold beer is cold beer, seems better after a hunt out here.
- Not much rock on local radio, been tears in my beer for 3 days now....
Just some random thoughts, never had a moments trouble. Having fun due to proper preparation. Just a little list of funny thoughts. Glad I came out here. Ready to hit another new state !
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