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Texas Panhandle Wild Pheasant Report
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12/02/22 10:52 PM
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Coldwind
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Tomorrow is opening day for wild pheasant hunting. Its been 15 years since I hunted pheasants up there and it was fun chasing those wild fast flying pheasants. I am just curious to know how are they doing. And if we still have a huntable population. A report would be nice.
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Re: Texas Panhandle Wild Pheasant Report
[Re: Coldwind]
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12/03/22 12:54 AM
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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kind of a big deal
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Tomorrow is opening day for wild pheasant hunting. Its been 15 years since I hunted pheasants up there and it was fun chasing those wild fast flying pheasants. I am just curious to know how are they doing. And if we still have a huntable population. A report would be nice. Panhandle is a big place. To answer your question check the perception maps for rain fail totals from Jan 22 - aug 1, 22. If your area is below average, it’s going to be rough. My place had 7” total from Jan to Aug. birds are sparse
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Re: Texas Panhandle Wild Pheasant Report
[Re: Coldwind]
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12/03/22 05:01 PM
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Revoman
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I saw 3 birds two weeks ago when I was MD hunting around Plainview. Not enough to haul the dog up . I did see one big covey of Bob's which was encouraging. I'll leave them alone as well. Maybe some will survive the winter.
Call'm an Kill'm
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Re: Texas Panhandle Wild Pheasant Report
[Re: Coldwind]
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12/05/22 01:28 AM
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TWarren
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Some occasional roosters have been seen around Dalhart but numbers are way, way down. I live here and don't bother with them. We saw next to zero precipitation from November until late June.
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Re: Texas Panhandle Wild Pheasant Report
[Re: TWarren]
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12/05/22 02:00 PM
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BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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kind of a big deal
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Some occasional roosters have been seen around Dalhart but numbers are way, way down. I live here and don't bother with them. We saw next to zero precipitation from November until late June. I’m north of Dumas, it’s been a rough year
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Re: Texas Panhandle Wild Pheasant Report
[Re: Coldwind]
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12/05/22 08:31 PM
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Texan Til I Die
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Talked to my friends that own and farm about 10K acres up there. They said don't bother there aren't enough pheasant or quail to make the trip worthwhile.
Silver spurs and gold tequila keep me hanging on. Pretty girls and old cantinas give me shelter from the storm.
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Re: Texas Panhandle Wild Pheasant Report
[Re: Coldwind]
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12/06/22 01:20 AM
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DonPablo
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I'm going to try and shoot some in New Mexico this weekend. Wish me luck.
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Re: Texas Panhandle Wild Pheasant Report
[Re: Coldwind]
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12/07/22 04:41 PM
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nak
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We have been doing the opening weekend Olton Chamber of Commerce Pheasant Hunt for years. They release birds to supplement the wild bird population. Some years the harvest is close to 50/50 wild/released, but most years there are more released birds harvested. This year I did not see a wild bird out of everything harvested by our group of 16 Still had a GREAT TIME and the dogs do not know the difference. My Brit pointed two decent sized covey's of Quail. That was unexpected.
Last edited by nak; 12/07/22 04:42 PM.
We all need to practice Whoa more.
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Re: Texas Panhandle Wild Pheasant Report
[Re: Texan Til I Die]
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12/07/22 04:56 PM
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reeltexan
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Talked to my friends that own and farm about 10K acres up there. They said don't bother there aren't enough pheasant or quail to make the trip worthwhile. I got the same report from my guy.
"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." Ronald Reagan
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Re: Texas Panhandle Wild Pheasant Report
[Re: nak]
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12/09/22 02:20 PM
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Mr. Jeem
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We have been doing the opening weekend Olton Chamber of Commerce Pheasant Hunt for years. They release birds to supplement the wild bird population. Some years the harvest is close to 50/50 wild/released, but most years there are more released birds harvested. This year I did not see a wild bird out of everything harvested by our group of 16 Still had a GREAT TIME and the dogs do not know the difference. My Brit pointed two decent sized covey's of Quail. That was unexpected. We hunted Olton for the first time this year. Tough going. My Brittany did well. Our group only bumped one covey of quail.
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