Days Afield

Unspoken Alliances

A number of years ago I was riding shotgun pre-dawn on opening day in Kansas. My buddy was behind the wheel as we chugged…

There’s a small, back corner on a piece of public land in Kansas that my dad and I have hunted for 10 years. It’s…

A couple of years ago I found myself hunting late season public lands in West Virginia. Having never hunted here before I took to…

There are times, especially early in a season, when forest grouse – Dusky, Spruce, Ruffed – have yet to recognize that almost everything loves…

Chukar Partridge have some nasty habits. They hang out in lofty spaces, the rockier and more rugged the better. Chukar are a non-native…

Sitting here in camp staring at these two peaks in Arapaho National Forest. In the last week the dogs and I have visited both….

I’ve been accused in the past of trying to make every bird hunt a “religious experience.” I laughed it off when first cast. But…

Rio the setter is holding just below a lip of pitted volcanic stone a few paces up this 60 degree slope. We’ve climbed for…

“I am lost” “Going to shoot. Let me know if you can hear it.” “Hear it?” “I was 50 yards from the truck.” It’s…

1. Brian Koch The Quail Hunter’s Lost Code

Jeff, I haven’t solidified my dates for Kansas this year. But I’ll be happy to take you hunting to the corner habitat I reference in the article and look forward…
2. JAP The Quail Hunter’s Lost Code

In certain areas in the country where populations are isolated harvest has been shown to have the potential to be additive. That is not the landscape that exists in Kansas,…
3. Brian Koch The Quail Hunter’s Lost Code

You describe a scenario, you still can’t be sure that the reason those birds disappeared from state managed habitat and land was hunting pressure. Though, because I’m quite familiar with…