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Well…I tend to treat myself to local restaurants while I’m up there so I’m usually spending more for my meals than I do at home. This year I’ve got 3 buddies coming with me, and we’ve got an Airbnb for the week so the fuel and lodging will be less $/person than usual and we will cook our own...

To be honest, I didnt catch the error and over looked the numbering. If you asked me on a deeper level, my last freelance public land trip ended up with my lodging costing as much as my fuel costs…so tied for second on the list… I’m still at the point that I start thinking about next season a...

i mainly use mine in the vibrate mode to recall my lab when she gets too far out from me and i dont have to holler for her. I find it very useful on windy days when its difficult for her to hear me calling her. i try to also use a whistle which ill be a bit louder in the wind. very rarely have i...

im 14 hours away from where i like to hunt. my cost rankings are as follows (from most expensive to least): 1)lost income from missing work 2)lodging 3)fuel 4)food 5)OOS license 6)ammunition

I know it's a bit off-topic, but what is your setup for dogs sleeping in the truck?

i've hunted pheasants in nebraska, kansas and SD. as my kids would say, "SD just hits different." Last year was the first time i was able to hunt SD 3 times in one season. i did a freelance public land trip at the end of October, a hybrid 2 day public/3 day guided private land trip in December...

phenobarbital?

The day after Christmas 2023, my 3 yr old female lab was sleeping soundly on an ottoman in our living room, when all of a sudden, she woke up, jumped to the floor, starting spinning like something was biting her on the haunches, tried to run across the room dragging her rear end, then went into...

i started at 3-4 days a season. then 5-10 days when I could make two trips. Last season, I was able to make 3 trips, and was able to get 13 days in

my question is how do the agencies know the harvest numbers for their estimates? who reports the numbers to the dept? is it voluntary reports simlary to the HIP data for waterfowl?

where do the harvest numbers come from? is this voluntary reporting on end of season surveys?

where are the harvest numbers coming from?

the last couple years, the mitchell motel 6 had a cleaning counter and sink back by the dumpster. At night, it is dark, and can be a bit blustery. On more than one occasion, I have laid out a camp tarp and cleaned a mess of birds in the warmth of my hotel room, after which i bagged up the...

a buddy of mine just had a litter of GSP pups, and it appears we may have a small pack with us when we hit the road this fall. When we were in SD last year, we noticed all kinds of what appeard to be homemade dog box trailers while riding around time and back roads. if you built your own dog...

I'm at the point in my life that if I am hunting with a couple of buddies, I don't care who shoots how may birds toward our limit. if its 2, 3, or 4 of us walking public land, i would not expect my buddy who may have hit three already to pass up a flushed bird within his range and out of...

Always an internet warden…. My group from MS had 6 guys. One of the 6 was “seeing a man about a horse” when the picture was taken. 2 of our hosts also hunted with us. 6 guys made it home to MS with 54. Our hosts kept theirs…

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I just returned from SE SD after a 3 day hunt.. Snow was ankle to knee deep in the food plots and cattails, and shelter belts. Grass fields were largely snowed over with knee to thigh high drifts on the edges. It was foggy and chilly the first two days, and clear and "warm" the last day. The...

i leave wednesday afternoon from MS to hunt thurs, fri, sat and sun. i've been watching the forecast and hope it holds out.

the most snow I have ever hunted in was approx 1-2" and it was easy walking generally speaking, at what depth does it become more trouble than it is worth to hunt? is hunting in 6-8 inches still doable, or is it a waste of time? thank!