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http://www.uguidesdpheasants.com/news/csp/ These are important acres overlooked in relation to working lands in conjunction with CRP acres. I have some acres acres enrolled in CSP and it is very beneficial for pheasants and other wildlife.

Just out..... UGUIDE's Summer Pheasant Hunting Forecast Report Enjoy!

This is the time of year when I have worked on habitat from March till now. I say "Man, if it ain't good enough now then it's just gonna have to be". The habitat work is producing and paying dividends and while there is something to learn every year I say it's quitin time. Few things to tidy...

Just got back from another visit to the farm. What strikes me is I just now saw my first full brood with mamma. A nice one. Have also seen several roosters tending hens which is a little late IMO. I can say I have hard my share of problems with food plots but after replanting some corn and...

There's some curious things happening on the horizon. these relative articles touch on what might be some trade-offs for cheap food and feeding the world and why the tourism business has been so good for the last 2-3 decades in South Dakota. Let's see if you gentlemen out there can put...

I felt it was time to summarize the events from end of fall through current in a spring pheasant report. Here you go 2017 Spring Report

Went to the coop in Lake this morning and asked in anyone had seen any chicks hatched yet and answer was "no". Later this morning I was working my food plots and traveling between plots saw the first hens with broods. Should be a good hatch this year. Corn is up in the area and beans are...

Moisture has returned to the prairie. We are approaching 3" of rain over the last 7-10 days. Pushed most out of the field for now. Overnight temps were between 35-40 degrees which is on the cool end. Should warm up soon and the bug production should be good for new broods hatching early...

Driving around checking habitat I can sure tell that roosters are tending to hens and tending to business. One food plot I was chopping produced about 20 hens and 2 roosters. When the hens started busting out the roosters looked like keystone cops wondering where their women were going:cheers:

Just got this article sent to me this morning. Great article by Dennis Anderson on beginning to bring production AG and conservation together. New software guides farmers to good decisions for their land ? and bottom lines I spent 2 hours at Pheasant Fest getting a personal demo of this...

PF/QF is getting dogs in the game for raising habitat $$ http://pheasantsforever.org/Newsroom/2017-April/Bird-Dogs-for-Habitat%E2%80%9D-Campaign-Cast-a-Vote,-Suppo.aspx ?BIRD DOGS FOR HABITAT? CAMPAIGN: CAST A VOTE, SUPPORT YOUR BREED, CONTRIBUTE TO CONSERVATION Wildlife habitat conservation...

Many of our guests come from all over the US but don't get to see how awesome SD is in the spring. though its pretty awesome in the fall, spring has a much different feel. - Roosters in their best color of the year, not afraid of anything, vying for the breeding rights of their nearest hens -...

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Anybody hear of a fabric-less, no-till tree planting system? If not, I am inventing one. All no till, herbicide based and no soil disturbance and no weed badgering either. Got about a half mile of trees going in this way this spring. Same species as was put in a couple years ago with...

Spring is here. Seen some roosters vying for territory already. Starting my habitat work and flushing some birds of which the roosters plummage is most brilliant in the spring. Any snows we got mostly all soaked in so no major runnoff. Potholes are low and conditions are dry. We got 20" of...

Just noticed they switched the winter storm watch to blizzard watch in Lake Andes. Guess the 3 days of 70 degree temps are over. Also checked the snow depth charts and what was once 20-40 inches of snow in areas shows zilch for the whole state of SD. COOL!! I remember being snowed in for 3...

30,462 KUDOS PF!!! The show has come a long way since the first in 2003. It used to be every other year and now they are announcing next years location well over a year in advance. Something for everyone but my likes are much different than the average attendees. My highlight was the...

FYI, thought I would let everyone know where you can get a buy one get one free on tickets at the PF Fest site. https://pheasantsforeverevents.org/event/2480 Daily tickets are just $10/each so the BOGO gets you two tickets for Five Bucks. Peanuts!

SOUTH DAKOTA RECEIVES NEW ACRES OF SAFE CRP PIERRE, S.D.- The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) recently received notification from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that an additional allocation of State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) Conservation Reserve Program...

I would think MN pheasant hunters would be excited about the changes coming to SW MN due to the new buffer laws implementation. I wonder if anyone knows exactly how many new acres we are talking about? Not only birds but water quality should see a dramatic improvement as well.