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I hunt 2 trips to SD typically last week of oct/1st week nov and then always 1st wknd in december. we hunt from north of 12 to south of i90. east river west river james river and every river in between. you do your homework in the offseason. you find the public spots that produce year after year...

in mn calcium chloride is put on gravel roads in spring in front of homesteads and intersections to keep dust down. be interesting to see how many hens are eating grit from those areas in front of homesteads and intersections. not certain on other state practices.

its volunteer. if a person has the rain gauge then they read it and send the info into the website. so as far as accuracy its accurate to that location. rains have been very spotty. so if theres a dot next to your fav hunting spot then its accurate if its 15 miles from your fav hunting...

https://www.cocorahs.org/ViewData/StateDailyPrecipReports.aspx?state=SD heres a nice website for anyone wondering moisture totals. click on "map" on left side. play around with it. dates etc

Talked to couple people. 1 west of Pierre. farms 3,000 acres no till with 5k acres of ranch ground intermixed damn grades sloughs etc. leaves milo up for wildlife in the fall/winter. essentially farms for birds and deer. Saw 7 pheasants total during spring planting. they found hundreds of dead...

1) i dont hunt the wpas wmas here in se mn those areas get pi$$ pounded and by mid november those birds are either dead before you arrive or out of the cover when you open the door. 2) see #1 3&4) the hens we release stay in packs and for the first 2 weeks will hang out next to the flight pen...

each year we've seen an increase in the pheasant numbers on our property. infact we have huns now come too our property by the end of december. (we didnt release them :) we've been releasing birds for the past 4 years. anywhere from 100 to close to 900. last year was 900ish. we did straight...

1. of our 160 acres id say close to 140 is suitable for brood and nest rearing. we have a 16 acre pond and 2 other smaller ponds . 2. we would be down to 126 acres 3 & 4. the pheasants we see in the summer are mostly within a couple miles of our place. there are numerous ditches that were...

we raise and release hens and roosters on our 160 acre wetland bank property here in SE MN. we are surrounded by black fields on all sides with 0 cover within a couple miles. we've seen a huge jump in pheasant numbers within 5 square miles from our property. Our survival rate of hens is probably...

Every spot I hunted this year we shot birds. some spots were LOADED. mind you I hunted the same public spot 3 times and masses of birds were seen each time. Once you find spots you typically can produce from them each time. it was a great season in SD for me, my dogs and the guys I went with. 0...

If you arent used to hunting in snow and want to experience it then go. If you think its gonna be easy then dont go. IF you want to see big numbers of wintered birds then go. If you have medical conditions that limit your walking ability then its probably not for you. snow shoes are quite handy...

if you got a week you'll figure out where the birds and snow are at.

gonna head out last weekend jan 27,28. probably miller to huron area. hwy 14 corridor. see what this winter has done to the hens and get a good feel for what these things can survive in.

Reading "Childrens Blizzard" You wanna talk about some tough SOB's. drought, prairie fires, grasshoppers miles wide and high. then blizzards trying to tough it out in a soddy. insanity

them sloughs are full of snow now and will catch lots more over the next months. now its extreme survival mode for the wildlife w the bitter cold coming next week

we stopped going to Snakeden since we now have plenty of private land access for 8 guys and a wknd of hunting. the guys i hunt with this is their only wknd of pheasant hunting. bunch of us college buddies. most go to just get away, watch the football conf championship games and relax. we shoot...

if youve never driven in snow before. i mean 8+" on a road while still falling then dont go. Winds look to be pretty stiff so its probably not even smart to be out, but being on the back end of the storm looks to get COLD. I may make the trip out again Friday just to see what the public piece...

Yep we hunted with them from 2012-2016. Great outfit and truly family run.

Snakeden Presho SD

11/19 North Central: Ice ice and more ice. Ice started around hwy 14 and went north. never hunted ice covered habitat before. Surprisingly birds held TIGHT!! Like, one of my labs pointed and then the flusher came in and had to jump on the bird to get it up. It was like opening day. I pushed an...