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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...

In years where there is no emergency haying/grazing, I prefer CREP spots, and by a pretty big margin. I've also done well on WPA's and GPA's. I do like the fact that almost all GPA's have food plots on them.

For wild pheasant, I keep the Trulock Light Mod choke in all season long in my new-style Sweet 16. If I'm carrying my 16ga 1100, I'll use the Mod barrel (original barrel is IC, which I use for quail) If I'm carrying an O/U, it's IC/Mod all the time.

I had a great season, best ever for sure. It was my pup's 2nd season and the improvement from the 1st season was substantial. (and season 1 was really good) Watching a young dog figure things out and improve is something to see. Two trips to ND, two to SD, and four to New Mexico for quail...

Wow!!!! Well done, Zew!!! :D

My favorite brand of shell. Quality stuff for sure.

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Amen to that, wish I was still there.