Recent content by dawgs14

Been checked once in SD in 29 years of hunting there.

I hunted two, five-day weeks in SESD. The first week was the second week of the season and the other was late November. The area in general was loaded more so than any of the last 25 years in my opinion and even a good bit better than last year in terms of numbers. My farmers tell me the winter...

My farmers in SE SD concur 100%. I spoke with them last weekend and, so far, winter has cooperated again. If that holds true then carryover will be good again.

Do you have fire ants in KS? Fire ants basically did away with the quail in Georgia in the late 70's. Very, very few wild coveys any more.

Thunderstick Lodge comes to mind. Got a SD friend that used to guide there.

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.