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to hunt pheasants after warming up to 40 degrees with light winds. But Alas the GF&P Commission closed the season already. My dog is pissed too. And besides all there is to do this afternoon is watch the Ravens beat up on New England. Vikings win next week - that is all that matters. Go...

We often talk about our nice guns but let's see the ones that get used - your workhorse - the one that you grab when you go to the duck slough in a blizzard. Have you ever hunted with one held together with Duct Tape?

An old lady calls you and she tells you about her husband who just passed away. She says that he was a great conservationist and really enjoyed hunting pheasants. They have 300 acres. She goes on to say that about half of it is in CRP and there are some wildlife trees, a couple of sloughs with...

Let's say that you've just received a call from a lawyer who told you that you've inherited 300 acres of land near where you usually hunt. It seems that there was an old never-married lady who worked in a cafe where you usually enjoyed lunch while hunting in the area. Unbelievably the old lady...

To me a gun is simply a tool that I use for hunting. If I find a gun that I like better I usually will sell or trade the old gun away. I don't have any guns from the by-gone days - none with fixed chokes or holding sentimental value. All my childhood guns are long gone. I don't have any really...

I just received my Farm Bureau Membership renewal notice today and I don't know if I'll renew. I've sent them an email every year asking them to stop lobbying for an end to the pheasant season by Dec 1. But they just mailed their policy booklet for 2010 and there it is again, a policy to lobby...

I could not sleep last night. Around 10 PM yesterday I went out to the wood shed to get some wood for the stove. I could not find my flashlight so I lit a candle and made my way to the shed. It was so cold that while on the way back from the shed the flame on the candle froze so I threw it on...

pheasant will get shot today in South Dakota - not one. It will be the first time in recent history that no pheasant was shot during a regular pheasant season day. Just my prediction. If you hear of one getting shot today report it here.

Pheasants will need shelter this week or they will perish. Forecast is for the "biggest storm in years" Wednesday thru Friday. Expected snow is around a foot to two feet and then strong winds creating blizzard conditions. Pheasants will die in this storm if they don't have somewhere to get...

work, not for hunting. Will report back on how many pheasants I see. Checked my phone this morning and it has 4 brrrs so I'm ready to go. LM

Just what the doctor ordered - snow and cold. Time to go out and get some snow hunts before the end of the season. This should be the best hunts of the year.

I hope this passes too. South Dakota has a wonderful resource of a strong pheasant population that brings money to the state and improved quality of life in the form of hunting opportunities for its residents. For the Game Fish and Parks Commission to fail to recognize the full value of this...

My 5 year old Lab usually hunts pheasants and hasn't had much opportunity for waterfowl hunting. A couple of years ago we had her on the boat when we downed a goose. She swam out to it but would not bring it back, I think because she did not know how to grab ahold of it. Later I purchased a...

I wonder if the GF&P's could recommend to the SD Game and Fish Commision to extend the pheasant season until Jan 31, 2010 in light of the low expected pheasant harvest due to the late harvesting of crops this year?

The Minnesota Pheasant survey is available and it looks like they are down about the same as in South Dakota. I suppose the weather, loss of grassland, CRP and so forth was similar throughout the midwest. http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/outdoor_activities/hunting/pheasant/roadside_survey.pdf LM

I'm not sure what to do about my food plots. I currently have 23 acres, which I plant and care for each year. But in order to have decent plots each year there are some input costs that must be done. Here is a budget: 1. seed - usually provided 2. Weed control chemical - two to three...

encounter some Pasture Lions. When that happens my dog usually trees the dam thing and wants me to bring him down with the shooting stick. What do all of you do? LM

This is a great weekend for me, the last weekend in August, and soon the beginning of the best five months of the year. There is no better time than the days between Sept 1 and the end of January. It's cool this weekend and the days are getting shorter, which is a strong indicator that we are...

This is my favorite commercial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKH2oLjQIAA

Looks like we are 23% below last year but still the fourth highest in 45 years. http://www.sdgfp.info/GFPnews/News09/8_28_09.htm