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  1. dawgs14

    Looking for expert opinions

    Ride around and find secluded cover, preferably close to agricultural fields.
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    A gift for your hunting buddies

    A commemorative bottle of 2024 South Dakota Pheasant season Basil Hayden bourbon. $50 or so.
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    L. C. Smith side by side 16 ga.

    Much obliged!
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    L. C. Smith side by side 16 ga.

    This is on three different parts of the gun. Fw 101 361 Field
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    L. C. Smith side by side 16 ga.

    If I am looking at the sn correctly, relative to the chart I have, it was manufactured between 1890 and 1919. Can that be right?
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    L. C. Smith side by side 16 ga.

    My grand father probably bought it in the late 50's, early 60's. I know I heard him say it was used when he bought it. I'll see if there is a SN I can research. I leave a Belgium 12 A5 in South Dakota at our farm house all year but my dad left me his Belgium 12 ga A5. It stays in Georgia. He...
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    L. C. Smith side by side 16 ga.

    Yep, the 1100 20 ga I got at 12 years old has made the SD trip.
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    L. C. Smith side by side 16 ga.

    Taking an L. C. Smith side by side 16 ga. this year I inherited from my grand father to SD. We typically fly into Sioux Falls most years so I never wanted it exposed to baggage handling but I am driving this year. I want to take a couple of pheasants with the gun but I don't want to shoot too...
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    Unguided hunt…

    Kno Knowing what I know now after 27 hunting seasons in SD, I would zero in on a line from Mitchell to Kimball on I-90. You go north, south, east, or west of that line and you are in prime time pheasant country. I hunt south of that line 20 miles but look for public access in that general area...
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    Passing through SD…Pheasants Galore

    Yes, we travel 1300 miles and hunt four days the first week. We sometimes come back later and hunt a few days but we could hunt the whole five if we could have a break after day three. We are wiped out after four straight days so we lose day five of the license.
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    Passing through SD…Pheasants Galore

    Me too.
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    Passing through SD…Pheasants Galore

    Other than my farmers in Douglas and Aurora Counties telling me it looks real good again this year, the following is all I have. "The 2024 upland bird hunting seasons are just around the corner and it’s shaping up to be one of the best in recent years. Habitat across the primary pheasant range...
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    Passing through SD…Pheasants Galore

    I'm beside you in Douglas and it still sounds real good there. Their rain totals in June were very spotty. Time will tell.
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    Chance encounter, good news

    We had lots of quail/partridge here in my part of Georgia until the fire ants arrived in the mid-70's.
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    Another first timer to SD Post

    Been shooting early season pheasants for almost 45 years with 2 3/4" 4's, 5's, and 6's from imp cyl and mod chokes. Know your gun and pattern!!!!
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    First time Pheasant Trip SD

    Take imp cyl and mod chokes even the first week. You may find unpressured birds but you will find pressured birds too and that means varying shooting distances.
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    Passing through SD…Pheasants Galore

    Was 10 miles east of Platte on 44 last week. One farm got 8", one got 4", and one got about 6" during the rain event of two weeks ago. These three farms were all within 3 miles of each other so there are varying amounts depending on location in the state. Lots of pheasants though and did see...
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    Passing through SD…Pheasants Galore

    14 inches in two days near Platte.
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    Passing through SD…Pheasants Galore

    I'll be in Platte 6/28 and the Black Hills for the 4th so I'll get a pheasant feel for SE part of state anyway.
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