Long road trip the other day. I am sure we have lost some birds, futher north you go the worse it gets in SD I presume.
Nevertheless, I have seen fair to good numbers. I still think there is an over abundance of roosters. Birds in cattleyards are doing the best and the rest are getting a weather break. Some fields opened up a bit last week. I saw a dozen birds picking an open spot this morning.
I was all the way down to Springfield SD then north to Mitchell Weds. Snow not as deep down se central, but only saw a few birds. Not a traditionally good area. More up by Mitchell, even tho the snow is deep.
BL if March is not too bad and we get things opened up a bit in the next few days we should have decent chance of having enough stock and good hatching weather to provide good hunting next year. APU some areas better than others.