Bretto,
Twosheds pm'd me about him having a hunt on the Kansas side for the guys who can't make it to mine or don't wish to buy a nonresident license. He'll probably post here about it.
So, what's the preference for those of you who plan to make it? Anyone really dead set on deer? I've got some good spots. I can get you in the area and you can narrow it down to a particular tree or spot on the ground. Who wants to try hard for bunnys? There are several spots with monster brush piles and some good briar patches but I have not hunted them this year so I don't know how the numbers are. Some years I can kick up half a dozen in an afternoon and other years I have trouble finding any.
Lastly, I mentioned it before but I'll say it again, if any of you have access to a beagle or two it would REALLY help. Most of the brush piles are bulldozer size and you just can't stomp a bunny out of it if you tried. A dog makes a huge difference. I used to have one but he mysteriously dissapeared. With a dog, you could count on some of us getting shooting but without a dog and especially if we have no snow, trying to bust brush with a nocked arrow and get shooting at light speed rabbits....well, we'd have to get lucky. Last time we did this I actually got lucky and killed one that only hopped a couple feet deeper into a brush pile and stopped with his head and body hidden. He couldn't see me so thought he was hid but "I still sawed his wittle ears and then I killed da wabbit!!!...Killed da Wa-bbit!!! KILLED da WA-bit!!" (Think Elmer Fudd 30 years ago. What a classic!)
Anyway, let's hear what you'd like to do.
Oh, Platte Falls is also tailor made for stump shooting. Being a river bottom area, there are miles of levees and walking along the levee and shooting down onto the flat, retrieving your arrows and then shooting back at the side of the levee can keep a guy busy for hours if he wants. I'm maybe gonna throw a tennis ball into my pack for a target if we get bored.
And Lastly, how about times and food? There is an archery range with a grill and shelter area and I also have a big two burner propane stove. We could make our own breakfast of say scrambled eggs and bacon with cheese and salsa....toss it in a tortilla, wash it down with some fresh brewed coffee.....mmmmmmmmm.
If anyone wants to hunt deer in the early morning, I could meet them up there say the day before if they need help finding a place to sit and they could go in on their own before light. then the guys who just want to hunt small game could show up at a later hour like 8 or 9 o'clock and we'd make breakfast then start our hunt. For that matter, there's a Waffle House in Platte City about a mile away.
I'm tossing out a lot of ideas here I know. Maybe too many? Just let me know what ya'll want to do so we can get a better handle on the logistics.
Topic: Kansas City area trad hunt? (Read 1810 times)
