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    water conditions in NE SD?

    I have been hunting Aberdeen area sporatically for the last 10 years as a non resident. It seems to me that the water level in some ponds has been decreesing over that span. Some potholes also have dried up. I was wondering with the winter you had this year if the water level has increased or...
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    Lodging near Groton.

    looking for something different. We have been out several years at different places. Just seeing if anyone had a house or something to rent this comming year, that may not be on the internet or advertised on huntsd.com and such. We have a party of appx. 12 and maybe 10 dogs or so. Basically...
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    Missouri River

    We usually stay around aberdeen / groton area when we come out pheasant/waterfowl hunting. I was thinking about trying around the Missouri River next trip. Any thoughts on either type of hunting in that area? What about public access? What time would be best for waterfowl on the river? Etc?
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    ????

    How do you private message on this site. Used to be able to figure it out before format changed.
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    First time questions ????

    Thinking of hunting a week in Kansas next year after hunting South Dakota a few times. How would a public hunt compare to a public hunt in SD. (generalizing) bird numbers by comparison? Where is the best part of the state to focus on for Pheasants, and to a lesser degree would their be any...
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    farming practices ???

    While out hunting I noticed that cut fields were being disked, but only around the edges and in low areas, the rest of the field was let alone. I was just wondering what the purpose of this was.
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    Trip report

    11-04-15 to 11-14-15 Third year out and definitly our best. 8 guys 8 dogs all on public land. stayed in Grenville to hunt ducks in am. did well. Not many pheasants in this area but we saw a few. Hunted mostly around Groton Bristol and Aberdeen. put up on average 30 ish hens and roosters...
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    Grenville area.

    Nov. 5-14th. Hunting trip. new area for us, previously stayed at Mina lake. what can we expect on public land in this area for pheasant and waterfowl. We moved to this area as some of our party need to hunt tribal land for waterfowl and would prefer to be close to that area as we will hunt that...
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    hunting tribal lands?

    hunting SD nov 4 to 14th this year. Coming from Pennsylvania, pheasant and waterfowl. Eight in our group, eight dogs too. Problem is we usually stay at mina lake but only three of us got the 10 day statewide waterfowl lisence, so some will have to hunt tribal land. We changed our lodging to the...
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    Sharpies and prarie chickens

    A group of us will be coming out to sd for 10 days the second week of november. We will be staying at mina lake a little west of aberdeen. Some of us would like to take a day to try sharpies and or prairie chickens. Where would be a good area to try. We are only going to spend one day on them...
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    non res waterfowl lisence

    If i got a lisence this year will my chances be the same at drawing a lisence next year or will I have less of a chance since i drew one this year?
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    Great trip

    Spent the week of the 11th in your great state, came from PA. 23hr trip. Hunted all public land on our own. Eight guys and 5 dogs, well 4.025 dogs as one was 9 month old and just starting out. Had an awesome time, got into a few pheasant the first day nothing spectacular, got one rooster and...
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    Waterfowl access.

    JUST THOUGHT IT WOULDN'T HURT TO ASK. NOT REALLY LOOKING TO GET BASHED ON THE FORUM. WAS WONDERING IF ANY LANDOWNERS NORTH EAST OF ABERDEEN AREA WOULD BE WILLING TO ALLOW ACCESS TO SOME WATERFOWL HUNTING TO OUR GROUP OF 8? NOT LOOKING TO HUNT PHEASANT WE WILL DO THAT ON PUBLIC LAND. THE LAST...
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    Waterfowl

    Whats the waterfowl look like out their this year. Please dont crusify me just dont have the time to be on 10 different forums. Any water starting to freeze up yet.
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    dog boots

    Came out two years ago with the muts, their pads got tore up in like 2 days and took about two months to heal totally. Do any of you guys use boots on your dogs and if so do you have any that you recomend. Any advise would be helpfull. thx
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    Power plant land

    Does anyone know of a power plant in SD that is supposto have some land open to hunting that is supposto have decent phesant hunting. a friend of mine read about it but of course forgot the name of it or where it is located at. any help would be apprecitated. Thanks
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    november hunt.

    Two years ago a group of us came out pheasant hunting the second week of nov. We hunted ducks and pheasant, not a shot at ducks or geese and only a few pheasant. We learned a lot, much different than pennsylvania hunting.We hunted public land around Aberdeen area. saw lots of birds on private...
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    Pa coming out wednesday.

    Well its finally here. We leave Pittsburgh at 4pm tuesday and should hit Suiox Falls around 8am Wed. Buying our lisence their then hunting our way to aberdeen. Already have our nr waterfowl lisences, was wondering how everyone was making out in aberdeen area? on Pheasants and Waterfowl. Also...
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    Aberdeen geese.

    Hi was just wondering what type of geese I can expect to see in the Aberdeen area in mid november
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    Trip to Aberdeen area.

    Hi coming out to SD from PA for a Pheasant and Duck hunt in mid November. Their will be five to eight of us. We plan to hunt hare all day for the few days that we are their. I was wondering what other types of game we may encounter on the trip, bobwhite sharp tails, prairie chickens, etc and if...
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