Made it back home from a five day SD hunt. I would say bird numbers are down, but with no crops left standing we were able to get our birds. More old birds, than young made our limits.
We drove through ND today on the freeway, and I was surprised to see it as green as it was! Last time through was June 1 and it was really dry at that time. We will know soon how chick survival went.
I bought some super comfortable replacement ear bud tips that can be worn all day.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008PF0YD0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Being Tom Petty played all of his own instruments repeating from soundtrack to soundtrack I think Sheryl Crows version of the Tom Petty song is pretty cool