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Yes, we need to relax. It is all in God's hands.

We have a lot of snow with ice under that. Any good cover is going to have much snow. Food is hard to find, I am sure we have lost a fair percentage of birds. State trapper told me yesterday that they have found a lot of dead birds.

I believe Aberdeen area will disappoint you. I don't know about Huron, Mitchell to Sioux Falls is deep. The south just got buried. Maybe ice fishing would be a better choice.

No he just said a lot of pheasants.

Talked to GFP state trapper today, he said they found a lot of dead birds.

Sounds like Madison is getting dumped on.

Thank you and Bob too. I have seen one live hen since the weather has let up. I have not looked for any as I don't want to disturb them.

I am not wildlife biologist I am just a guy that has hunted the same land for about 60 years. I have run a hunting business for about 20 years. In the example I mentioned earlier when we shot our limit in 20 minutes because all the pheasants were in the only good cover available, when we...

Thank you Goose, you have made my point perfectly. Pheasants can be anywhere they want to be, so they are in the best place that they can find. Along comes the hunter and they have to leave and find the second best place to be. If they are full and the weather is not too tough, no problem...

I have been in the hunting business for about 20 years. Of all those hunters there was only one group that I asked to leave because of their whining and complete lack of hunting ability, and one individual that I don't want back. Other than that, the hunters have been very good, and many have...

30 dead birds and they came through in good shape? Thats the ones he found, good thing it wasn't a bad storm. Another one coming Monday so maybe it would be good to let them have a break.

I once shot two roosters with one shot.

By now we should have reduced the rooster percentage enough. If I was a hen pheasant, I would want to be left alone. Many years ago we had a group that surrounded a shelterbelt the last weekend of the season. It was bitter cold and windy, we shot pheasants that were coming back in as we were...

If the GFP had any sense they would shut it down. I bet they don't.

[ am 35 miles west of Aberdeen and I would discourage any hunting anywhere near here. I talked to a friend in Springfield who said it wasn't too deep there. I have no idea about hunting there. I am still snowed in.

My great grandparents homesteaded on a place that did not have a well. They hauled water in a wooden barrel on a stone boat four miles pulled by oxen. Their chickens froze the first winter. Amazing people or very desperate. Failure may not have been an option.

Yes, on my land I have four remnants of those soddies. We also have tepee rings, those were some resourceful people also. I am grateful for my ancestors and what they did and not just survived but thrived.

Yes if we would spend less on the illegal immigrants and figure out what might work for our own people we would be better off.

That is very good thinking. I don't know what it is like where you are but nobody should hunt here the rest of the season.

It is - 18 actual temperature. 25 mile an hour winds. This is tough as we have had two good winters and we were making progress. Food is covered with snow on top of ice. We will see. Could sure use some global warming soon.