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Nice report, thanks!

Sounds like a sharptail to me. I often think that sharptails look like a bowling pin in flight......a horizontal bowling pin, kinda chunky at the back, with a long neck when viewed from the side.

Nice report and great pics, thanks for sharing!

Yeah it's a bummer that mine picked my favorite pheasant shell to be finicky with. But now I just stick with shooting the Federals in the Sweet 16, and the Golden Pheasants in my 1100.

I got mine not long after they came out, bought it at the Cabela's in Mitchell, SD in Nov of '17. They had 3 to pick from and I was lucky and got one with very nice wood. It's been my #1 upland gun since I got it, and I've used it a lot. Overall, I've been very happy with it. Very light, and a...

Very sorry for your loss.

Yeah it's spelled out pretty clearly that PLOTS and NDGFP WMA's are the two types that are off-limits to non-residents the first week.

Good luck tomorrow Greg, let us know how it goes! The wife and I will be hitting the road in the morning, start hunting on Wednesday. (Non-residents can't hunt PLOTS the first week, but we spend a good bit of time up there chasing sharpies and huns in Sept, so we know a few WPA's and state...

I couldn't agree more. Can't stand it when guys hold up birds for the camera that are clearly still alive. Show some respect and dispatch the bird immediately.

If you gotta use non-toxic, those steel #2 duck loads should be pretty decent. I shoot bismuth when I have to use non-toxic, but if I was gonna use steel I wouldn't go smaller than #2 and I'd want 1 & 1/4 oz.

Thanks for the report. We're heading that way in a few days. Instead of hunting the opener, we decided to move our trip back a week this year, hoping for cooler weather. Looks like that'll be the case, the forecast is showing lower temps after Wed/Thur.

Good plan. I'm sure you'll have a great time, SD is a great place.

The 3" steel 4's will work ok for pheasant. I like bismuth for non-tox. I used a 16ga handload last year of 1 & 1/8 oz bismuth 5's at around 1250 fps, and it worked great. I've also used the Kent bismuth 1oz 5's. I've shot a lot of bismuth the past few years, and for me it's almost as good as...

I've hunted all over the western 1/3 of ND the past 4 seasons, and haven't encountered any rattlesnakes. (knock on wood) I'm there in Sept for sharpies & huns, and again in Oct for pheasant. I've spent more time north of the river than south for sure. I'm guessing that the further south and...

Excellent advice. With the 10am start, I almost always use the hours between 8:00 and 9:30 to drive around checking out public spots.

Great news, hope the rest of the winter stays mild!

I didn't spend as much time in SD as I usually do.....2 trips instead of the usual 3. But from what I saw, numbers were up. Not sure how much, but it was noticeable. Spent some time in a totally new area to me, but I did also spend some days in the exact same area that I've been hunting for...

Wise words. Emphasis on the "ignore Goose" part.

Yeah I agree, this time of year WPA/GPA are the best bet. Some of the shelterbelts on GPA's can be loaded at this point, especially since quite a few of them sit right next to food plots.

Yes, but I'll add that some of my favorite CREP spots have pretty big areas of cattails, and at this point in the season I'd only be hitting the cattails. There are definitely a bunch of CREP spots that are all or mostly grass, and are great early and mid-season, but are pretty much out of...