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I would disagree that there is nothing that can be done. MN and SD have hunter harassment laws that are taken seriously by COs in cases I've seen. The SD laws even have provisions for the offender paying for the cost of the trip, transportation and guide fees if you ruin their hunt. You can have...

Hwy 281 has lots of hay fields right next to the road so they got cut early and often the last couple years. Just off the that highway from Aberdeen to Redfield is very good hunting. This area had good winter carry over, a large early hatch that survived and also some late nesting the got...

One surprising thing that will get the SD wardens hopping is reports of hunter harassment and they are likely on your side as the hunter. I ran into some road closed signs one year on county managed gravel roads in a couple directions. It effectively closed off a square of land about 1 mile by 2...

18 days and then-

I remember that thread but can't find it either- I recall it went along with postings from GoldenHour/JCW Outdoors videos on intro to SD public lands:

Some details on above: I would encourage every hunter new to SD to start out with scouting drives during hunting hours opening week until you see them on the road or in the ditch and then get out to do short walks in those ditches. They will hold in ditches for a single walker, or a dog flushing...

Fun starts 6:30PM on 10/20 at the Mellette Volunteer Fire Department Gun Raffle where my new weapon of mass pheasant destruction is waiting for me for $100 American. Stop by, drinks are on me. Next on the itinerary is Leo's Good Food in Redfield for the breakfast buffet about 10AM so I can...

Get tickets now for the sequel- MadPete: Fury Gravel Road. I get around. Huron's my kinda town. I'm a real cool shot, I'm making good meat. It's just I'm getting bugged driving up and down the same old strip, I've got to see new fields where you geezers try out the new hip.

I have hunted that general area once a year for a number of decades. There has been good numbers within 20 miles to the north of Huron, especially in dry years where you will still find water near James River and Lake Byron. However even better numbers of birds have been found 40 miles to the...

Went into Fleet Farm in Oakdale, MN this weekend just to start scouting for my favorite ammo and it reminded me of this thread. Years past I've had to hit everyone of the FF stores and both Cabelas in the twin cities to get what I wanted and it got to the point I thought it smart to pick up a...

I've never heard of large numbers of birds anywhere in the pothole lakes region like it is around Watertown so we've never hunted to the east of a line from Bristol to Crocker to Clark. Maybe the OP is going east from Watertown but farther west was better hunting when you got away from the...

Local reports from 50mi west of Watertown showed about 40% survival rate over the winter. This was comparing winter feeding numbers and what came out of the James River cattails when spring floods over ran the bank and pushed all the birds up into the bare fields. Big hatch and early number of...

What makes the hunting so good at that time is you see them coming out to pick gravel after feeding mid day and gliding from crops to cover. There is a flurry of activity about 45-60 minutes before sunset and then it shuts off shortly after dark. It doesn't seem to me like many have made it to...

Report from Redfield farmer was estimated at 1500 birds on the 6,000 acre farm along the James River in early winter where they were feeding. Spring floods pushed them all out of the cattails where they over-wintered and the count was at about 500, of which 100 were hens. Fields cleared out...

According to biologists, pheasants forever and locals the bird numbers are dependent on weather, winter cover and predators. According to journalists/book writers, marginal landowners, bird dog hunters and government landgrabbers it is CRP "Habitat". You can do something about winter cover and...

I deer hunt on a powerline in norther MN just outside the large iron ore mines (Hibbing). I shot a nice buck on opening day this past season and dropped it in the open where I could see it. I got out to go tag and gut it right away. My dad was a half mile down the powerline and I got a call from...

I do quite enjoy being a contrarian but try not to cross over into be argumentative or be fanatical about a point so yes, moving on is a good idea. I'm not critical of high dollar investment but rather the opposite. You have good reason for those choices and I don't assume you are gullible...

e contra frater meus I've patterned my gun and chokes at long range on a bedsheet sized target with high velocity PS shells and I don't get holes in the pattern. Some guy pumping out fashionable anti-latest everything pundit hot takes with Bennelli 20 gauge on 30 inches of paper is not an...

Al contrario mi hermanos. Safety- All types of hunting in SD averages about one death and 25 injuries per year, including heart attack and drowning. Most pheasant injuries occur in the field but there are a few in the vehicles. With 120,000 hunters a year just pheasant hunting, you have to win...

Yes, I did mean 2.75in, thank you. I just got a little excited with the idea of a custom load 3.5in magnum high velocity pheasant load for a minute. In my boat with my gun, 50 yards is called dinner.