Recent content by dawgs14

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.

Outstanding!

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...

Piles of ducks in SD when and if there is water!

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.

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!!!

Outstanding.

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

A covey of what, quail?

Ground pounding crippled birds is a must, assuming it's a safe shot. Otherwise it's coyote food.

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...

Weatherby Orion - top first with IC then bottom with mod. I have no idea why I have it that way.

In SE SD I saw one rooster to every three hens.

Very similar to what we saw.

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