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I haven't hit a serious slump yet this fall. But that day is coming. You shoot your way into a slump and you have to shoot your way out. I had one far shot this year (50+) that required some dog power to get the bird in the vest. Otherwise, I've gotten better over the years about not...

Even more than the possession limit thread? 🤣🤣🤣

Depending on how the weather plays out, my favorite place to hunt is inside the cattails, walking on the edge of the ice, letting Sage scent where the pheasants land and go in or where they sun themselves. Again, depending on weather, if there is a lot of snow, pheasants tend to stick closer to...

The shooting part is within the statute of wanton waste of SDCL 41-1-4, "destruction of protected birds".

Which state are you referencing on the "call in a hen your dog killed"? I called the SDGFP local office and asked the question. The guy laughed when I asked if people are supposed to call it in. He said their office is spread beyond thin and wouldn't bother. Concluded by saying the only way...

I'm with you, wanton waste is a serious ethical violation. I would put money on the same person as it seems very odd that you would come across that scenario twice.

FYI, this is what I see on my screen -

Imagining a pattern to be a 30" circle, I would like to see it centered just in front of the beak. This does take the shot string into account. Or there's this guy on YouTube with a yellow lab who just keeps blasting until they fall. Seems to work alright for him. ;)

If my dog catches a hen and it's likely not to live or dead, I put it in my vest and take it home and eat it. I'll stand before a judge and God to accept whatever consequence comes my way as I believe that is the ethical thing to do.

They didn’t have the black synthetic in stock, so I got what was available. You’d probably have a stroke if you saw the inside of my truck! But it gets me to the hunting spot and my gun kills the birds. 😉

Here is the video from the past weekend. Couple days with a lot of hens, but that's fine. Good to know the pheasants are around.

This past weekend. Lots of corn still needing to be harvested. Hoping that will change here in the next week or so, but there is more precip forecasted for this weekend. Anyway...

The SDGFP doesn't just set up random roosters to catch folks. My understanding is that for the SDGFP to have a sting operation, there needs to be an intended target or an afflicted landowner. For example, a few years back, there was a young man in the southern central portion of the state...

I've had a couple folks stop and tell me I couldn't be doing that. One time, I was hunting asparagus with my daughter. I have a camera strapped on my head, but if I didn't, I'm a firm believer in getting things documented. Hunting road rights-of-way was challenged back in 2005 in the SD...

I've been happy with the bird numbers that I've seen so far this season. Very similar to last year. There is still a lot of standing corn in the area I hunt. Once that is harvested, I am confident that we'll be in for some really great hunts.

To be fair, I've never said a word against anyone that hunts pen raised pheasants. My issue is when folks compare a pen raised pheasant to a wild, hatched on the prairie pheasant. I know perfectly well that I've got it pretty darn good to have been born to a dad that had a passion for pheasant...

It is easy to formulate an opinion of someone based on a few seconds of media. I used to be as guilty as the rest. But when you put yourself out there with videos, I came to realize that an opinion formed based on a microcosm of something much, much larger is often misguided, if not false...

At 5:35, I was walking up to where Sage found the first bird and I saw the second bird trying to beat feet. I grabbed the first one off the ground and put him in my vest quick and went to "help" Sage find the second one.

I upload my videos to YouTube and then paste the link here. Do you have videos on your phone? If so, you could download the YouTube application and upload directly from your phone. Just a thought.

Here we go again! Looking forward to seeing everyone else's hunting adventures this fall.