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<blockquote data-quote="Ponyroper" data-source="post: 187965" data-attributes="member: 423"><p>Been out doing land inspections for about 6 weeks now and have seen a fair number of sharpies.&nbsp; Mostly small flocks of 4-7 birds but they look as big as turkeys.&nbsp; Inspecting in Morton, Grant, Sioux, Mercer and Oliver counties.&nbsp; I suspect I have only seen a small number of the birds out there because they were so tame I literally had to drive right over them with the pickup or ATV to get them to flush.&nbsp; Pheasants on the other hand just started showing up the last 2 weeks.&nbsp; I had thought they were extinct until a couple of cool wet days and I saw several coveys trying to dry out and sun themselves in the road ditches along side some corn fields.&nbsp; I suspect there will be more than we thought when some of the row crops get cut but my suspicion is the population will still be down tremendously from past years.&nbsp; The young roosters started changing colors about 2 weeks ago when the weather cooled off but there are a lot of brown birds out there yet so look close before you shoot.&nbsp; Some of the old roosters are just getting colored up good now too which seems kind of late to me.&nbsp; Tail feathers will be pretty short this opening weekend.&nbsp; Also saw a clutch of very young turkeys yesterday.&nbsp; Looked to be just a little bigger than rooster pheasants.&nbsp; That surprised me as I've never seen turkeys that small this late before.&nbsp; Only saw 2 coveys of Huns so far and they seemed to be smaller than in the past.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Ponyroper, post: 187965, member: 423"] Been out doing land inspections for about 6 weeks now and have seen a fair number of sharpies. Mostly small flocks of 4-7 birds but they look as big as turkeys. Inspecting in Morton, Grant, Sioux, Mercer and Oliver counties. I suspect I have only seen a small number of the birds out there because they were so tame I literally had to drive right over them with the pickup or ATV to get them to flush. Pheasants on the other hand just started showing up the last 2 weeks. I had thought they were extinct until a couple of cool wet days and I saw several coveys trying to dry out and sun themselves in the road ditches along side some corn fields. I suspect there will be more than we thought when some of the row crops get cut but my suspicion is the population will still be down tremendously from past years. The young roosters started changing colors about 2 weeks ago when the weather cooled off but there are a lot of brown birds out there yet so look close before you shoot. Some of the old roosters are just getting colored up good now too which seems kind of late to me. Tail feathers will be pretty short this opening weekend. Also saw a clutch of very young turkeys yesterday. Looked to be just a little bigger than rooster pheasants. That surprised me as I've never seen turkeys that small this late before. Only saw 2 coveys of Huns so far and they seemed to be smaller than in the past. [/QUOTE]

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