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When my dog was younger and learning, I hunted a lot of ditches. It provided a good way for me to work on keeping the dog in range as working too far out to the sides wasn't possible with a gravel road on one side and a (usually) harvested field on the other side.

Use common sense and it's not a problem, but you also need to assume the deer hunter is also using common sense. If there's a car in the parking lot, skip it. Don't hunt a spot that looks like deer habitat. That said, their season is 9 days long. A pheasant hunter's season is 80ish days long...

A good jack... I had one instance where I hunted a remote area of SD. Got back to the parking lot after a hunt and had a flat tire. Ground was too soft for the jack and couldn't lift the vehicle anywhere. Moved the truck so the truck could go on a rock, the only hard surface around. Wasn't...

I have 2 of them.. an intermediate and a large. It had been a "want" of mine for a long time but I never really wanted to pay the full price for one. Then one day on facebook marketplace, listed about 1 minute ago, was 3 kennels 10 minutes away. I went there to buy the large and left with a...

I have a lab that does the same as well. Looks pretty birdy while chasing them too. I used to be worried that it would develop a bad habit but I don't think it's done anything negative and I don't think he's choosing to hunt field mice over pheasants when we are out.

Not really... could say that pheasant hunting is my "mental therapy." Can't really put a price on that. I'm not going to spend $1,000's on a SD trip, but it's going to take a lot for me to not make 2 of them a year, in addition to weekly hunting around home. Below is a SD DIY Public Land price...

Sounds like your doing a great job of trying to create interest in the outdoors with youth, amongst other things. Nice work! If the youth are not interested in some form of outdoors, habitat, environment, hunting, recreation, etc. then I'm afraid that all things outdoors will slowly die away...

After 5 years now of a pickup with a topper, I'll have a hard time ever switching to anything else.

Fall colors in trees... not much except for a stop in the Black Hills along the way. There is still plenty of camping that will fit your needs along the way though - Black Hills, Badlands. Then you'll hit the wide open prairie where you'll have the beautiful fall color of tan or brown. Whether...

100% accurate. The opportunity to limit for 1-2 people on public land is there. Up to you to shoot accurate, have a decent dog, be in shape and willing to walk. Up to a little luck that you pick your trip with decent weather and that the public pieces you hunt haven't been hunted hard right...

Anybody bought shells online before? This season I used up old shells but am almost out, and never see any stock in stores around here. I'd like to buy a case full online and I don't really care when they arrive as long as it's before October. However, I really can't find anywhere that lets me...

There are pros and cons to all. One thing not mentioned yet is Chamberlain is on the interstate, in case getting too/from places quicker/easier is a priority. Personally I'd list them Chamberlain, Pierre, Yankton but there's no right or wrong.

https://sdgfp.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=946eccdaadf84df6aa2bcf08e9fb1aaf Plenty of public land in the area. Not the highest amount of birds, but also not the highest amount of hunters either. Personally, if I was traveling from a distance I would go another 1-3 hours...

I tried that this past weekend, I didn't seem to notice a difference. The next day I put one on my wrist and in my palm, it made a difference - but it also wasn't as cold... so who knows. Tried a new setup: hand warmer on my wrist and palm, used athletic pre-wrap to hold it in place. Put on a...

Without a dog makes it more difficult, but not impossible. You'll be in a location that has plenty of birds and public land. If you are wanting to kill some time, not spend money, have a chance at some roosters - then go for it. You've got nothing to lose. Will 6 guys get a limit of 18 birds...

I've read a few times that you need roughly 10% of the rooster population to make it to spring and they can breed every hen there is to get the pheasant population back to what that area can sustain. In fact, some studies say you really don't want more than 10% of the roosters to survive. More...

I don't know what to tell you... I just returned from 3 days in South Dakota all on public land and had a very memorable trip. Sure there were more hens than roosters, but not anything out of ordinary. A lot of it I think is just right place at right time.

I can't tell you how many times I've seen a million tracks and no birds. I start to question if my dog is actually as good as I think he is. I think those public land roosters are so smart and know how to bury themselves and hide, run like crazy ahead of you, or run then circle back around...

And for anyone planning a DIY SD Trip, they are very possible to do for cheap. Lots of factors (weather, dog work, shooting, right place at right time), but you can have success (I would classify that as a reasonable expectation for a 1-2 person limit with the factors in your favor) on a public...

I'm going to piggy-back off this thread with my recent solo trip as well. Weather was fantastic, snow is minimal, birds are around but they are smart. Hunted all day Saturday - Monday, anywhere within 50 miles North and South of I-90, east of Hwy 45 and West of Hwy 19, my "base camp" was...