Recent content by dawgs14

They say that barring a very wet late summer or early fall, crops should be 2/3 to mostly out by the opener.

A buddy of mine just got back from SE SD and he says the pheasants are thick! He said the most encouraging thing is what the locals are saying in terms of 24 season survivors, excellent moisture, and size of surviving broods. Looking good for sure. Come on October!

Great advice and I prepare the exact same way.

Since you want to keep this going, let me describe a two-person, plus dog, scenario I experienced one day several years ago. My group of seven or so hunters, and dogs, were sitting on tailgates while on the farmer's property, just off the gravel road. We were done for the day. There are two...

I was raised quail hunting in the south, before the fire ants did in the wild quail so I used to hunt with two and sometimes three people. Hard to quail hunt behind dogs with more than about three people.

Let's see if I can cover this in one last post and, keep in mind, I didn't have an opinion on anyone else's hunting method. Why would I, unless it included illegal tactics or activities? 1. We do not drink and hunt. 2. When a hunter in the group has his three birds, he's done or he becomes a...

This is getting tired but I'll keep it going. We have no problem knowing who shot the pheasant - ever. You hunt your way and we will hunt ours.

SE SD looking great right now!!!

Call it what you want in Kansas. In SD we call it hunting. We don't hunt with 20 hunters but even if we hunted with 60, it'd still be "hunting".

My group doesn't number 20 but I have seen single and double hunters do the exact things you mention also.

This will be our 29th straight year as a group to pheasant hunt SD. We vacation, play golf, fish, rabbit hunt, and watch college football as a group as well. We all grew up together in a small town. I wouldn't have my pheasant trips and hunts any other way, but that's just my preference.

Near perfect conditions and birds galore in SE South Dakota according to my farmers.

Portions of SE South Dakota got 1" + last evening. Excellent timing!

Well timed rain and not too much of it is what they have been getting the last month in that area. Lots of winter survivors and grasshoppers means good times this fall! Fingers crossed.

Sounds about right for the area my crowd hunts. This is another article: 2024 Pheasant Season Harvest Highest in Over a Decade 2024 Pheasant Season Harvest Highest in Over a Decade Pierre, S.D. - The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) today announced the 2024 pheasant season harvest...