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As promised I said I would give a report on Leola, Selby and Roscoe visits. 1 stop Leola and a place that normally has a lot of water in the sloughs was very dry, hot and drought stressed. Saw a few birds. Many potholes dried up. Crops looked stressed. Corn is dented. Selby looked much...

There it is out there for all to see:D Everyone knows that pheasant have been declining across the county like a receding hairline on a middle aged man. Just ask any of our UGUIDE hunters that come from a myriad of states where this has happened over the decades. South Dakota is certainly not...

Just signed up for some WHIP. Get 4 water holes dug out so will have year round water Conservation crop rotation (4 crops) Cover crops following wheat No till. We will see what happens. Will look into some CSP this spring as well. Good stuff to incentivize farms to do truly sustainable...

The rights of Fall are upon us boys. Just rolled into the farm this after noon. I winterized the sprayers and got the big mower ready to clip one mow field of CRP yet tomorrow. While I was working in the yard there were some random roosters cackling and then a couple thunder claps and a whole...

OK so explain this to me. 2 years ago counts were down about 50%, last year up 18 and this year down 64%. But if you look at the stat on the birds harvested per hunter per season it remains largely unchanged for the last decade. Right around 10 birds per hunter for the season. View the very...

Time to make our predictions on what we think the pheasant numbers will be forecasted in SD in 2013 by Game and Fish. Guesses could be in % increase or decrease over last year. You could also add comments on areas you think will be up or down. Here is the link to last years data and report...

Out at farm again this week. Have to clip a 40 acre piece that was loading up with weeds that last time i left. I added 1 more cow bell to each drop chain for a total of two bells per chain and that seems to really help getting things moving out further in front. Seeing multiple broods and...

Just rolled into camp with a load of seed on to plant cover crops behind harvested winter wheat..... Problem is....the wheat is not coming out easy. Wet wet wet. The locals cannot remember getting this much rain in August. Soil texture is like mud when usually it is dust this time of year...

Now that the flushing bar is built I will head out tomorrow morning and proceed to clip 200 acres of new CRP with the flushing bar and video in place in the cab. The contest is to guess how many single hens I will flush, how many broods and how many roosters. The person to get the closest on...

Here is a email I Just sent to all my UGUIDE Pheasant Camp Owners about the new CCRP incentives and programs in South Dakota. Hello UGUIDE Outfitters, I hope this message finds you knee deep in pheasant chicks, fat cattle and healthy crops! I just wanted to pass along the latest updates on...

I know there is a lot more cover in the road ditches this time of year this year than there was last year. I think about July 1 last year just about anything that could be mowed was mowed. It's starting to get dry again but nothing like it was last year. In fact I think it is a good dry as...

So I am out maintaining some treebelts near the neighbors and my fenceline recently. I notice there is a buffer of nothing growing on my side of fence for about anywheres from 1-6 ' off the fenceline. Same on his side. His renter (who used to farm my ground) has soybeans planted virtually...

It seems insane to have to do mechanical weed control at about the same time as [pheasant chicks are hatching but that seems to be the deal year over year. Especially in CRP establishment years 1,2,3. When occurred to me that I was probably killing more pheasants during nesting season than I...

Anybody know what this plant is? It is in my cp 37 crp stand.

The EHD die-off in 2013 was extreme in South Dakota not to mention a host of other states. I knew we had it bad but maybe not the top county in the state. Yep. 400+ animals reported in Charles Mix County. I am sure a lot more went unreported. What a loss of resource but nature will play her...

I thought I would have seen some last week at the farm but suspect hens were sitting pretty tight on nests yet with late spring and all. Will be back out next week and will have to start slipping some of the 200 acres of CRP planted last fall and spring. My buddy down the road at deer camp in...

The last general should have ended now. Anyone know how many acres got accepted or offered?

WOW. What a difference a little rain will make after a drought. Never thought I'd be gettin stuck in the Kubota or the sprayer making ruts in the field. What I noticed on return trip to the farm this week is how all the pasture and road ditch grass has taken off incredibly. Lots and lots of...

I do I guess. My buddy calls me up needing help putting his fancy new deck thingy together and all he has to say is "the beer fridge is full" and I am there. Anyone else that cheap for labor? Got any stories on beer for wages??? :cheers:

Good article from PF website on pheasant lifecycle.... Nesting The nesting season begins with courtship as roosters scatter from winter cover to establish territories. Hens, attracted by crowing, locate roosters, and if they can find good nesting cover, begin nest building. Once the nest is...