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I’m not whining about the miles or hours. I enjoy the road trip and the windshield time I get with my buddies. The destination is great, but the adventure just wouldn’t be the same without the journey!

Any of y’all familiar with “hot beef commercial”? I read an article a while back about it being a staple along the I90 corridor between MN and Rapid City. I don’t recall seeing it on any menus in the places I’ve stopped to eat, and not exactly sure where to find it, But I’d like to give it a...

SD is a 14 hour drive from where I’m from. When i first started traveling to SD, I only used 3-4 days of a 10 day license. It never sat right with me that I was leaving days on the table. When i got a dog for Christmas 2020, I decided I’d go at least twice a year. Last year, I was fortunate...

that map looks alot better than it did last year and the year before....

what i'm wondering about is whether there has been, or will be, emergency haying on the CREP and other public areas like the last couple years. I saw where there was fllodig in June, but havent seen anything on drought conditions the rest of the summer. many of the spots i'm familiar wih...

i had an experience a couple of years ago where i pulled up to the first field of the morning about 9:30 and the previous evening's dinner came calling. it was 18deg with a 25mph wind and there wasn't a tree in sight and there wasnt a ditch nearby to get out of the wind. i had so many layers on...

My dog sleeps in the bed with me and I stay in cheap motels. So I bring a bedspread to put over the motel covers to keep her hair of their linens, and a pillow and sleeping bag for me to sleep in to ward of whatever may be lurking on the motel linens. I also bring a thermos and mulling spices...

My 4 yr old lab has been struggling with incessant scratching. Earlier this summer, I took her in to the vet in June and the good doctor gave her a steroid shot and some oral meds for 14 days to address a skin bacteria infection. Scratching stopped almost immediately. Two months later, it’s...

Kids went back to college this week so now I’m fixing to tackle the list of things to get ready for a few road trips that are scheduled in October. I put together a pack list a couple years and I find the hardest part is locating the items that inevitably get scattered around the house after...

A thread about hunting road trip costs got me to thinking about what meals would be good to fix this year at the Airbnb during our week long hunt instead of eating out. 4 guys. Moderately equipped kitchen. 5 nights. 6 mornings. Enlighten me with your favorite home cooked hearty fall season...

Well…I tend to treat myself to local restaurants while I’m up there so I’m usually spending more for my meals than I do at home. This year I’ve got 3 buddies coming with me, and we’ve got an Airbnb for the week so the fuel and lodging will be less $/person than usual and we will cook our own...

To be honest, I didnt catch the error and over looked the numbering. If you asked me on a deeper level, my last freelance public land trip ended up with my lodging costing as much as my fuel costs…so tied for second on the list… I’m still at the point that I start thinking about next season a...

i mainly use mine in the vibrate mode to recall my lab when she gets too far out from me and i dont have to holler for her. I find it very useful on windy days when its difficult for her to hear me calling her. i try to also use a whistle which ill be a bit louder in the wind. very rarely have i...

im 14 hours away from where i like to hunt. my cost rankings are as follows (from most expensive to least): 1)lost income from missing work 2)lodging 3)fuel 4)food 5)OOS license 6)ammunition

I know it's a bit off-topic, but what is your setup for dogs sleeping in the truck?

i've hunted pheasants in nebraska, kansas and SD. as my kids would say, "SD just hits different." Last year was the first time i was able to hunt SD 3 times in one season. i did a freelance public land trip at the end of October, a hybrid 2 day public/3 day guided private land trip in December...

phenobarbital?

The day after Christmas 2023, my 3 yr old female lab was sleeping soundly on an ottoman in our living room, when all of a sudden, she woke up, jumped to the floor, starting spinning like something was biting her on the haunches, tried to run across the room dragging her rear end, then went into...

i started at 3-4 days a season. then 5-10 days when I could make two trips. Last season, I was able to make 3 trips, and was able to get 13 days in

my question is how do the agencies know the harvest numbers for their estimates? who reports the numbers to the dept? is it voluntary reports simlary to the HIP data for waterfowl?