Double 'K' Hunts, LLC

Double 'K' Hunts, LLC

Turkey season is nearly upon us! For some this is the moment they've been waiting for all year. Others find this to be one more chance to get out before everything closes till dove season in September. Whatever the motivation, turkey season is something you should be a part of! Why?

First, turkeys are a worthy adversary. They have exceptional hearing, can see really really well with binocular vision, are very wary, come with feathers that function like armor plating, and are generally tough to hunt. That makes bagging one something that gives the hunter a feeling of real accomplishment. Which leads to the second point . . .

Secondly, turkeys require great skill. Calling, camoflage techniques, scouting and more are all needed to bag a wily ol' Tom. Don't sweat it though if you're a novice - at the Double K you'll be in expert hands that will guide you every step of the way.

Finally, turkey season requires all kinds of great gear. Okay, you can hunt without the vest, calls, decoys and more (and the Double K has a lot of that stuff) but it's so much fun to head down to Cabela's and load up on all the new stuff you've "got to have." The first rule of hunting is that the real hunter never has enough gear. Turkey season guarantees this axiom's truth.

If you've never done a spring turkey hunt this is your year. There is just nothing like calling in a big tom, seeing him strut and drum, hearing him gobble up close and personal. You've got to try it! If you have then you know what it's all about -- and you Kansas has some of the best turkey hunting in the country! Come and let's go turkey hunting!

Nothing like a little late season pheasant hunting in Kansas... January 4-5 me and my buddy Stewart head up to see what our dogs can find. Weather is too hot, and way too windy. Doesn't matter: dogs working good. Ranger points hard -- but it's three hens. Talk about exciting. When three pheasants get gone it doesn't matter if they're boys or girls! Later Ranger and Stewart's dog Rebel work a rooster right up into a corner and then he goes. Stewart collects him with one shot and we're on the board. Some hard work that afternoon yields another one for Stewart and my first. Late in the day we try some "running rooster" -- we roll up to a cut milo field and Stewart bails out of the truck, races into the field hollering, and one enormous rooster gets caught having a last meal in the milo. He is one surprised rooster. Tries to catch a quick flight out but Stewart cancels it. Four roosters in one day!

We only hunt till noon the next day. A long walk through a big patch of CRP pushes roosters over the hill into a smaller field. We hop into it and a rooster crosses me trying to exit the pasture. No dice. Rooster #5 is in the bag. A little later my pup Dallas locks up and out comes another big ol' pheasant. Two shots and he becomes a retrieving drill for my two Brittanies.

In a day and a half of hunting, in the wrong kind of weather, with way too much wind we got six pheasants. What an amazing hunt! There is just nothing like Kansas and there is nothing like late season fun at the Double K!

2006.01.25

This is the first attempt to create a 'blog' for Double 'K' Hunts, LLC. this will be used to keep past friends and future friends up to date on what is happening in the field and at the lodge. I will contine to update this site, so check back often. I hope you will find this informative, fun and entertaining. Gail - Double 'K' Hunts, LLC