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Post by jajwrigh on Nov 17, 2008 16:27:11 GMT -5
What species are currently more plentiful in this state? What about the surrounding states (KY, IL, MI)?
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Post by jobraun on Dec 29, 2008 20:13:38 GMT -5
No pheasants in Ky, quail are spotty depending on habitat.
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Post by jackc99 on Dec 29, 2008 20:53:05 GMT -5
Michigan has the grouse.
Illinois has the pheasants.
Kentucky has the quail.
Indiana has nothing worth hunting.
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Post by boomerin on Jan 15, 2009 21:52:14 GMT -5
Knox, Daviess, & Pike Counties have a few quail. Numbers continue to dwindle as farmers continue to take out fence rows and trees.
I managed to bag about 15 birds with a lab who is a flusher not a pointer.
Probably was out 10 times total....2-3 hours at a time.
Trying to get an inexperienced dog into birds is tough...but my lab actually made a lot of progress and is starting to hunt efficiently and in the right places!
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Post by bomonster on Jan 16, 2009 14:52:26 GMT -5
The 2 counties plus mine had some good pheasant #'s this year compared to the last 5 or 6. Got 18 birds this year , but didn't see the quail like the last couple of years. The Pheasant are making a comeback where I'm at, with the gov. money for the set aside along the ditches. Farmers aren't mowing them down up north like they are form mid state south.
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Post by drs on Jan 16, 2009 15:08:41 GMT -5
Before the bad winters of 1977 & 78 there use to be a lot of Quail & Rabbits in Indiana & Kentucky. After the 77-78 winters, the numbers of Quail fell to very low numbers and the same for Rabbits. These bad winters plus urban sprawl weren't very good for Quail. Pheasants are actually imported from China, brought over here for hunting. Due to the high humidity & heat of Midwest & Southeast; Pheasent eggs will not incubate and the embyro dies.
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Post by Decatur on Jan 16, 2009 15:37:05 GMT -5
There are/were naturally grown pheasant's in Indiana! Their eggs WILL incubate in our climate. My cousin had a wild pheasant nest within binocular range of his house, and we watched the chicks grow.
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Post by jackc99 on Jan 16, 2009 18:22:29 GMT -5
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Post by bomonster on Jan 17, 2009 9:57:20 GMT -5
I'll agree with you on the quail being in trouble, have watched #'s go down for the last 6 or 7 years now.
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Post by drs on Jan 17, 2009 10:23:54 GMT -5
There are/were naturally grown pheasant's in Indiana! Their eggs WILL incubate in our climate. My cousin had a wild pheasant nest within binocular range of his house, and we watched the chicks grow. Your area must not have the Humidity & Heat, as does Southwest Indiana, especially in the Ohio Valley area. Up north of Indianapolis, where my Sister and Brother-In-Law live they see Pheasants but very few. I guess there are some areas of Indiana that will allow the natural incubation of Pheasant Chicks. Iowa is the best area for Pheasants. |
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Post by jobraun on Jan 21, 2009 18:45:33 GMT -5
I have heard that to have pheasants reproduce the area needs to have been glaciated at some time in history. Somethng to do with chemicals in the soil they need to make the eggs viable. Northern part of the state had glaciers and pheasants, Southern part of state did not and no pheasants.
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Post by bomonster on Jan 21, 2009 19:03:56 GMT -5
Jobraun is correct, The northern part of the state had glaciers at one point in time and this is the reason for reproduction. I live in Jasper Co. along with Newton and Benton Co.'s are the best pheasant Co.'s in the state. The pheasant #'s are getting better every year, Ive also seen pheasant #'s rising in the North east corner of the state Mmainly in Dekalb Co. since I have hunted up there the last 5 or 6 years. As for the humidity it's still every high around here during the summer and it does get hot but the pheasant are still multiplying.
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