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  1. NEBirder

    Report - First Opening Weekend

    Yes, nontraditional! I hunt the far eastern side of the state every late season, and it's mainly cattails and heavier cover. I always enjoy hunting pheasants in areas where it looks and is, more like grouse habitat!
  2. NEBirder

    Report - First Opening Weekend

    Well, my son and I experienced our first SD opener. We drove up on Friday and stayed the night in Butte, NE. We were planning on hunting walk-in areas near Fairfax and Bonesteel, but scouting them on Friday evening we realized they were grazed heavily and didn't look too promising. So, on...
  3. NEBirder

    My First Opener in SD

    Thanks for the feedback. My son has agreed to join me, so I won’t be solo.
  4. NEBirder

    My First Opener in SD

    Heading to SD for the opener! I always hunt late season (late Dec-Jan) in the eastern part of the state on private, but want to experience the opener. I am focusing on a triangle from Bonesteel/Murdo/Fort Pierre Grasslands. All public. Solo with my British Lab Boone. I'm hoping to also get...
  5. NEBirder

    Sabbatical Road Trip Help

    I'm with you, I don't start pheasant hunting until December in NE and then go to SD late Dec, but most often January. Never see anyone! My plan is to go to ND this year in December and see what I can find. Good luck to you and good hunting.
  6. NEBirder

    Sabbatical Road Trip Help

    I sent you a PM. Hopefully I did it right.
  7. NEBirder

    Sabbatical Road Trip Help

    Thanks. Yes, I much prefer late season in NE and SD, so am leaning towards coming up in December.
  8. NEBirder

    Sabbatical Road Trip Help

    I have the good fortune to have a sabbatical this fall from my teaching position at Concordia University in Nebraska. I hunt SD every year during late season Dec/Jan, but want to hunt ND this fall. I'm a geography professor, so part of the fun for me is just exploring western/central ND since...
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