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    I need help with spots for our trip

    Dude, you do NOT want to get into that conversation with A5. After years of dialogue, I've come to learn that a PLD (private land dummy) rooster somehow becomes intellectually possessed with countless more evasive maneuvers the second he steps into the right-of-way and is no longer a PLD, but a...
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    Numbers

    I would contend that the area I hunt in NE SD that the numbers are up. Just what I've experienced so far this fall.
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    Shooting once

    If "bless your heart" is meant genuinely, thank you. If you're trying to insult me, I think you can do better. If you are really in it for the hunt, try going out alone, just you and the dog, on public land in January. Hunting the most pressured pheasants on the planet without a way to...
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    Shooting once

    If you and the like minded folks carry a shotgun and shoot birds, you are in it for the kill. No two ways about it. There is nothing in this world that excites my soul like watching my labs go crazy searching for a bird. To be in nature and see the things that 99.9% of the world will never...
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    Shooting once

    I know exactly what you're talking about and it's mind boggling, to me anyway. I think it comes down to our internal makeup. What I've found is that some guys (I'd contend a lot of us here) have that hunter/predator gene in our DNA. It matters to us to harvest a bird. My teen years were...
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    2025/2026 Pheasant Hunting Videos

    Sage is eleven, turns twelve in May. Nila is 1, turns 2 in April.
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    First Hunt Next Week

    Other than ditches, you can assume the public land around Gregory has/will be hunted pretty hard. I would consider hunting east of the river and a bit farther north.
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    2025/2026 Pheasant Hunting Videos

    I've picked up a thing or two over the years!
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    2025/2026 Pheasant Hunting Videos

    I got Nila from High Caliber Labs by Sioux Falls.
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    2025/2026 Pheasant Hunting Videos

    GoPro Hero 10 What's the crop situation down there?
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    2025/2026 Pheasant Hunting Videos

    She's got the power of youth on her side!
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    2025/2026 Pheasant Hunting Videos

    I know a lot of folks here watch the videos direct from YouTube, I thought I'd create a spot for members to post up their hunts. This one was from Saturday/Sunday of the resident opener here in South Dakota.
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    Come on, no hero opener day pics posted yet???

    No hero here. Nila and I killed a bird on Saturday and one on Sunday. The tropical summer we had has provided pheasants plenty of hiding spots. And the corn harvest is just getting underway. Regardless, we saw a lot of pheasants. I passed on a couple really young roosters. Otherwise, the...
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    Good Bird report, a new spot to try

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