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coythtr
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Where would someone go to pheasant hunt around here?
Up around Blackwell is good but it can be very difficult to gain access to the birds. NW Oklahoma is a little easier and there are quite a few birds there. I've hunted Kansas, as well as Oklahoma, for 25 years or so (and Iowa & Missouri some too.) Kansas has a few million acres of what they call "Wee-haw" land. The actual name is WIHA for Walk in Hunting Area. It is a very successful program patterned after some other western states. It is a program where the state leases land to provide free access to hunters. While much of what they lease is difficult to hunt, such as large tracts of CRP a little scouting will go a long way to find some pretty good spots to get on the ground. The scouting doesn't have to be in person. Google Earth and Topo map recon will help. Kansas usually has their downloadable maps showing where the plots are on their web site by September. I think it's worth the cost of the out of state license to make a trip or two up there each year. I prefer the WIHA concept to that of Oklahoma which is to buy up land.
Ike and I will be up there this fall for a week or so. I take a travel trailer and spend a few relaxing days. As mentioned, a good dog makes it more rewarding (at least for me). If the only way I could hunt pheasant would be to line up and walk a field, pushing them ahead of me -- I would stay home and watch some good Oklahoma/Oklahoma State football. Ike is 11 now. When he is gone I'm through.
All my in-laws are in South Dakota. Now if I could just get time off work during that season!!!
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