Volume 45, Number 1,
September 1998:
Greater Prairie Chicken Management

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ABOUT THIS ISSUE
- about KSN
- about the author

IN THIS ISSUE
- introduction
- what is a greater prairie chicken?
- habitat
- managing habitat
- booming grounds
- booming ground survey
- nesting
- broods
- fall and winter habitat
- summary
- decreasers/increasers/ invaders
- jump shooting/pass shooting
- further reading

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Greater Prairie Chicken Management
by Gerald J. Horak and Roger D. Applegate

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Jump Shooting
A less common practice is to locate birds feeding in the field and attempt to flush them in order to get a shot. This is referred to as jump shooting because the hunter "jumps" the birds in order to get them to fly.

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Pass Shooting
The common prairie chicken hunting method in Kansas is to shoot birds while they are flying into the fields. This is called pass shooting because the hunter is shooting birds as they pass over on their way into the field.