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By happenstance I learned a newer friend of mine was coming to SD to hunt, he was looking to borrow a kennel cover. I found one for him, and also, insisted that he and his buddy join me at my camp…they arrived Thursday afternoon. Long story short, Bill was diagnosed with cancer in April, and...

Wind blew 25-40+ all day yesterday, made for some serious drifts in places. Snow is fairly soft and fluffy in the non-drifted areas…shot a few today that were burrowed in the snow and flushed very close by. Saw 300+, probably more, at the spot we hunted. Approaching a cattail slough from a few...

Well, almost end of the season…hope to get back out to SD once more. Started in early September hunting sharpies and huns…love that hunt, love that country! Thankful for water in sloughs and stockdams…because such a warm time of year, that water was awesome for the dogs…light cover helps the...

Shot a prairie chicken today, which I’ve seen around here before, but not on that many occasions…6? Quite far East in the state…east of hwy 37…a first for me out here…

Once the storm is over, looks decent…highs in the 20’s, wind moderate to light…should be good for hunting! Birds will be bunched…should be there before they’re disturbed too much…🥳🍻

warm, maybe too warm…very dry except for 12/16…birds bunched, but not like when it’s truly winter. Had a group of 5, we did pretty well…highlight of the week was the dog work, as usual! IC, 12 gauge #5 lead at 1200 fps did the trick…

Charts on corn and beans are UGLY…3 year low on corn. FYI, good to know what your farmer pals are dealing with…inputs up, but crop prices down…ugh. US Farm Report is worth watching, IMO.

Arrived yesterday in time to hunt a bit over an hour, got one shot at a rooster and got him luckily. Today I knocked down 4 of 6 that I shot at, recovered 3. Birds holed up in heavy cover, nothing out and about moving, feeding, etc, that I saw, until about 3:30 as I drove around scouting. #5...

Arrived 11/7, 2 buddies arrived a day later, they left after 3 days hunting. Traveled to Fargo to bring pheasant to a farm widow who lets me hunt sharptails and huns on her ground. I returned to my SD camp and met 2 new pals that arrived, we hunted for 2 days, they had no dogs. Generally we...

Just looked at his website, season to date, across all camps, averaging 1.9 birds per hunter per day. All private land. Varied locations across SD. Generally a trip runs about $1300/1400…4 nites lodging, 3 days hunting…no guide. About $450 per day of hunting. He no longer provides harvest...

Current trip has been 6 days, been shooting 12 gauge with IC and 1 1/4 oz lead #5’s @ 1200 fps for 4 days, the past 2 a 20 gauge O/U choked skt1/Lt mod (.05/.12) with an oz of lead #5’s @about 1250 fps. Knocked down high teens # of birds, lost a few and had a few tough recoveries….those 5-6 had...

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Crops are scorched where I was…saw good bird #’s…harvest has commenced…hunting will be good, hope snow holds out, cover isn’t as robust as normal years…grass in particular….

Big news out of DC…has Kristi been preoccupied and focused on other things? Maybe some changes are in the offing. I’m in SD now for a wedding, been running my own roadside counts this am…seeing lots of birds…crops being harvested…very dry, but hunting will be good. Food plots look good…got...

Got the scoop…#’s up big! All upland birds. Will be out soon…hasn’t hit the news yet.

1 1/8 oz copper plated lead, #4, 1425 fps…$55 for 3 boxes. Face to face, MN, SD….

Green from West border to east border…saw lots of birds, young ones as well…👍🥳🍺🙏🏻👏❤️

Very nice system moved across SD through the nite…not torrential rains, but it all helps…Mitchell got 1.25”…further north in the state has gotten lots in the last month, maybe it will start getting distributed further central and south…I’m heading there thur am, I will report back.

Good rain falling today; spoke to my vet tech pal, she has to drive gravel due to construction, seeing lots of chicks! 👍👍

FWIW, crowing counts up 30% statewide…