We used to always hunt north of hays and found alot of birds. I have not made it up there for two years though. Parts of western Kansas seem to have good numbers this year, and others are low. I am going to school in the Oklahoma panhandle and our bird numbers are way down this year. I did some hunting around Ulysses and we saw a fair number of birds though. It seems to be pretty hit and miss for the western part of the state this year. Good luck though.