In a message dated 7/21/99 10:49:27 PM EST, mrdancer@camalott.com writes:
>
> Hey Boog,
> I saw a few pheasants here and there - I've been seeing more sharptails
over
> the last few years though. Also saw lotsa quail (extreme south-central
SD).
> Spooked up quite a few bambis, they were big enough to run around on their
> own, but still had spots. Lotsa wild raspberries and wild strawberries :)
> got a full stomach on 'em a coupla times..... It was very hot & humid
> first coupla days I was there, mid-90's with same humidity, then we got a
> cold front. 54 degrees next morning with a high of 78 degrees and cool
west
> wind for next 3-4 days - NICE!!! Sunrise at 5:45, sunset at 9:15, still
> some light in the western sky at 11pm - quite different from Texas! It's
> been a wet spring up there, so lotsa green and lotsa bugs.....
>
You just had to tease me! Yeah its been too wet for pheasants to gain in
population. It had been that way since I was there. Thats prob why the
grouse are gaining in pop.Thats good to see more quail. Mebbe things are
drying up. Hopefully the pheseants will rebound.
THanks!
Boog
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