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Excellent advice NDPheasant. That would take some poor judgement by anyone who gets married during pheasant season. Also for those youngster starting families, it takes nine months to bake. Good idea to make sure one is shooting blanks the few months of the year.

The map previously suggested by Woollybob and the following report. https://www.fsa.usda.gov/Assets/USDA-FSA-Public/usdafiles/Conservation/Haying-and-Grazing/Counties_Approved_Emergency_Haying_Grazing.xlsx.

It appears emergency haying is in effect this year again, if I understand the USDA report correctly. Curious to hear if others are seeing more, less, or similar haying to 2021 on WIA and CREP.

West River we ran into 6 porkys in 3 years. My brother’s Dog was hit once. Not fun. Haven’t seen any East River in 16 years of hunting. If you think about hunting West river, I would suggest keeping some tools on you to pull out quills.

I should also add that one of the farmers mentioned that a fair amount of haying has taken place.

Communication we have had with a couple farmers in two separate parts of the state are that they are seeing a lot of pheasants. One said that it is the most birds he has ever seen on his property. Last year was epic and was the most birds we have seen hunting public ground in 11 years.

Good idea to have two vests if planning to hunt anything that requires steel. I have two vests that I keep with me. One has lead and the other steel shot.

In the market for a new game vest. Looking for something that can be worn in warm weather and that can be put over a jacket In Cold weather. I’m willing to spend money for a quality vest. Is there a vest out there that is a “must have”? Are there vests to stay away from?

How often has an increase in a license fee or any tax produced positive results down stream and a long term benefit? Raising taxes rarely generates more money long term and even short term for that matter if you lose a percentage of your base. You may have a short term gain on license fees as...

One more suggestion ... I picked up the Garmin Pro 550 plus last year and I wish I would have bought it sooner. Whether I’m hunting in thick cattails, high Crp, or next to corn, I always know where my dog is and it has allowed me to hunt much quieter. No longer losing my dog when he goes on...

2 recommendations 1. Use high quality ammunition, it is typically only a few bucks more per box but can make a big difference. When considering the total cost of the hunting trip it is one of the least expensive items. If you can, I would suggest testing different brands and shots with your...

Hunted Friday and Saturday, had to manage the dogs, fortunately we didn’t have to stay in the field too long as there are birds everywhere and we limited out with just a few hours hunting each day. Hunted only public land. The hatch this year must have been one of the best in many years...

I think the issue here is posting a screenshot of a specific area on a public forum. There are birds in nearly every part of the state, yes there are higher density areas of both birds and hunters and this information can be found in some of the reports on the SDGFP website. Part of the fun...

Are there any game processing companies in or near Pierre that anyone has used or would recommend? Thank you!

Thanks for including the link Goldenboy (y)... I mentioned to my wife that I get excited for the update each Monday... she told me that I am crazy. I replied “thank you!” Last year we were out in December and there was some major snow drifting. Many fields were not harvested due to the water...

Are the checkpoints still in place on the 212 HW? I haven’t been able to find anything online that suggests one way or the other. Thank you

Just curious, I understand that you didn’t get a pheasant to come in, but did you get a response from any roosters that were in the field? I hear planting corn works well :) fyi: pheasants forever did a podcast last year where they touched on the pheasant call topic.

I hope that some of these changes will help sustain and improve habitat... My Dad, brothers, cousin and I always said that we had to do a “once in a lifetime” pheasant hunt out to South Dakota. This year will be our 15th annual “once in a lifetime” hunt in SD. We started out hunting 2.5 days...

No question that they are trying to bridge the 6M gap. Another positive reason for calling it a habitat stamp and not just increasing the cost of the license is that it gives more flexibility for that money actually be spent on habitat, which I am 100% in favor of. If the increase was in...

Is it possible that SDGFP is attempting to address the real issues with the rule changes in a way? My understanding is that 75% of revenue for WIA payments comes from an excise tax on ammo, gun and other sales associates to hunting and the remaining 25% comes from license sales in SD. Private...