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I completely get the dog is the most important thing and it is fun having them ride in the cab with you and spending time together. But I am going to mention the complete opposite take, the dog is the most important thing so they spend the entire time the vehicle is moving in the the crate...

Page 43 on toxic/non-toxic shots. It is slightly less restrictive than I remember, I was thinking that WIA lands were steel but they are not. Reason to read and reread the entire rule book before each trip. https://www.flipsnack.com/SDGamefishparks/2020-south-dakota-hunting-handbook.html

I need to do this. I very commonly miss on my 1st shot, sometimes on my 2nd, and usually knock it down on my 3rd. All because I rush. Whenever we flush hens I always put the gun up just so I can practice following it, and every time I do that I feel like I would have had a 100% hit just...

Some of the best hunting is had in frozen cattail sloughs, but safety is certainly something to look out for. Often times the thinnest ice on the entire lake or basin is in those areas. Walk slow, take your time, make sure your footing and ice is good. I fall through several times a year while...

No two downed birds or retrieves are the same. I would consider my lab a pretty good retriever. Last year I hunted a small 50 yard x 50 yard slough in the middle of a picked cornfield. Rooster went down dead about 10 yards outside of the slough, downwind of the dog, laying on the bare ground...

Black Hills destinations would be a pretty far drive from Mitchell or Aberdeen for just a day trip. But it is definitely doable. From Mitchell you could make a better day trip just to the Badlands and Wall Drug and back. Or any fishing along the MO River. In Chamberlain you could get some...

Look through the MN DNR website at the areas of bird numbers, along with the recreation compass online for public land. MN has lots of public land to offer. Generally anywhere in the south-central, south west, to west-central part of the state has a decent bird population. I hunt right up to...

2 years ago I got a late season SD limit in about 15 minutes. After bird number 2, knowing I still had all day to hunt (and wanting to hunt the entire day), I sat down in the field, called my wife, took a few "action pictures" of the dog re-retrieving the bird. Then got back up, and not more...

One old timer and successful hunter told me to always walk clear to the boundary sign and touch it. I may not always touch it, but I do always try to do a sweep of the corners. Often times there is some type of transition zone there that is going to force the birds to either run into bare...

There definitely is. There's very few, if any people hunting the shorelines of the Missouri River. It's not easy terrain or walking, but when you find the birds you'll find a lot of them. There could be a few spots you could access from the road, after a tough walk, and then have miles of...

Yes, MEA is happening this week/weekend. No school on Thursday, October 15 or Friday, October 16. I don't know if the "actual MEA teachers conference" is happening or not, I'm guessing they have something going on virtual.

I went out close to home and was only planning on hunting from about 9-10:00, 1 field. I got a rooster at 9:01. That was only the bird that we saw. LOTS of hunters out in our area. Every corner of public land had a vehicle in it, and the gravel roads and even highways all had a lot of...

Start with the GFP Website and look up previous years reports, areas of bird numbers and harvest, hunter pressure, etc. The areas with the highest bird numbers and easiest access will have the most hunters. Easiest access would be anything within a certain area of I-90. Communities with the...

I didn't have plans of heading out, I usually skip opening weekend and wait for the crowds to go away on public lands in a week - then enjoy the rest of the season almost all to myself. But I think excitement and anticipation are getting the best of me and I might head out to walk one area...

When you break down the price per day over the lifetime of the dog, it is not much. At the same time it is still a risk though, most dogs should be covered for hips, eyes, etc., but what if an accident happens, dog runs away, hit by car, etc. before you have made the most of your investment...

I would never give out specific spots of public land. But there is enough land that I'll give broad descriptions to help someone out. For instance, "I did or did not have success on my trip that primarily involved hunting (SD) east of the Missouri River, west of Mitchell, and within 80 miles...

I haven't hunted them, so I don't know about plenty of pheasants and chickens, but it is a wide open area where you have the opportunity to get into multiple species of upland birds. I believe the cover is better for sharptails and prairie chickens than pheasants, but there are certainly...

One of my annual hunts started when we were in college. It was a struggle to get going by 10am then. A decade and few kids (for most of us) later and no matter how late we stay out the night before we are now up with the sun sipping coffee, talking about investments, insurance, politics, etc...

I've seen my lab catch 2 wild roosters in our 8 seasons of hunting together, as far as I could tell they were not wounded. He's gotten a few mouthfuls of tailfeathers too. Late season when hens start holding really tight, he usually catches a few every year.

Would completely agree, in 99% of the cases an overweight dog is the fault of the owner. Just like in humans, in 99% of the overweight humans, the fault is on the individual themselves.