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    Pheasant Industry in SD

    When I was in high school my dad and I hunted near Ord, NE. We hunted near Comstock too. Lots of pheasants in the late 70's. We had a farmer sit us in a field one morning and shoot pheasants as they flew in from the roost and the cedars on the hills.
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    Trip report

    Outstanding!
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    Pheasant Industry in SD

    There are several pheasant hunting markets in SD. The private & public land wild-bird hunt market, the large commercial pen-raised hunt market, and the farmer hosting two or three hunters for a couple of days, with pen-raised birds, hunt market. I'm sure there are lots of variations of this as...
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    I gotta let the cat outta the bag

    Piles of ducks in SD when and if there is water!
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    Getting old is not fun!

    I am 61 and walk 3 miles a day, 3-4 days per week but those cattail sloughs ruin my day! some of the thicker sage grass aint any better. And you have not lived until you walk a turnip patch for pheasants.
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    SD season thus far….

    We hunted 10/25-10/28. Lots of birds on each farm we hunt and we saw plenty on or near public hunting grounds. A banner year indeed!!!
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    Something different…

    Outstanding.
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    South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Is Changing, Or Has Changed

    What I have found is many farmers that wanted hunters 20 years ago, simply do not want to host hunters anymore, for whatever reason.
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    Ground-pounding opinions

    A covey of what, quail?
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    Ground-pounding opinions

    Ground pounding crippled birds is a must, assuming it's a safe shot. Otherwise it's coyote food.
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    Getting old is not fun!

    So my buddy owns a small house in the SE SD town we hunt near. For the last 25 years I have left a shotgun in the house, year-round. I get there this year for the 2nd weekend and cannot find my shotgun, a Browning hump-back. I come to the false conclusion that one of my buddies mistakenly took...
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    O/U Which Barrel?

    Weatherby Orion - top first with IC then bottom with mod. I have no idea why I have it that way.
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    Hen to rooster ratios?

    In SE SD I saw one rooster to every three hens.
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    Pheasants in turnip field???

    Very similar to what we saw.
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    A little humor for you

    Try owning 7 beagles that run rabbits in the worst briars imaginable.
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