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    Show us your habitat observation tower

    Here is one of mine. Oh, it can double as a deer blind too.
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    General sign-up just ended -

    So now we wait for the acceptance or the dear john letter. How many points will it take this time is the big question and do I have enough to get in? I'm told that we should know by the middle of Sept.
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    Outstanding Pheasant season for 2010

    Here is the proof. http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/event/article/id/45309/ Looks like the survey numbers are going to be good.
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    Wettest summer on record in many parts

    of the country including SD. It will be interesting to see how our pheasants have faired when we see the August brood counts. I hope the wet weather is better for them than a dry summer. I can't remember a year when on August 2 we hope that we don't get rain, usually its as dry as a bone...
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    Amazing video of cows rescueing a calf

    near Sioux Falls. http://www.keloland.com/videoarchive/index.cfm?VideoFile=073010cow
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    Rotator Cuff injury -now what?

    I have an appointment next week to check out the pain in my shoulder and I'm guessing that it's a rotator cuff problem and may need surgery. It's my right shoulder too so I may not be able to do any shooting until it's fixed. If this plays out in such a way that I can't shoot anything during...
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    New CRP and Cropping History announced

    today by the USDA. This action by the USDA will replace a lot of the expiring CRP acres and it will make available more eligible acres by upgrading the cropping history requirement...
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    Dog and I took a spin in the country to

    check things out and things are looking good. A little wet maybe but at least that is better than a severe drought.
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    Did the Crazy Horse walk yesterday and

    did not see one single pheasant. Each year on the first weekend of June the folks at Crazy Horse Monument allow visitors to walk to the top of the mountain and stand on the outreached arm. It is an experience everyone should do at least once.
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    Nearly ran over some little chicks yesterday

    while spraying weeds with my ATV. This is evidence that the pheasant hatch is off to a good start this year.
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    If you drink beer while out in the field

    here is some good advice from Red Green. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uomk60wP2mI
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    Where do you want your pheasants?

    There are certain revelations that occur when you own land that might not be apparent otherwise. One of those is the difference between the Macro and Micro view point of pheasant management. I've learned that those in the wildlife profession tend to look at, and study, pheasants in a Macro...
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    A pheasant reward?

    I attended a seminar at Pheasant Fest where the speaker said that pheasants usually move only about 1.5 miles for winter cover but in extreme cases, such as this year, they may move 3 or more miles to find suitable winter cover. Given that theory, it is possible that landowners who have worked...
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    2010 Pheasant Fest highlights and Comments

    The 2010 Pheasant Fest is over and here are some highlights and Lowlights comments. Highlights. 1. USDA signs a Memorandum of Understanding with PF - this is a hugh development which will help conservation and wildlife. 2. Sec of Ag Vilsack announces a General CRP for this year and more...
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    women and housework

    The first man married a woman from Minnesota He told her that she was to do the dishes and house cleaning. It took a couple of days, but on the third day, he came home to see a clean house and dishes washed and put away. The second man married a woman from South dakota . He gave his wife...
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