Bob Peters
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This fall/winter I was planning a bird trip to SD, area between aberdeen/redfield. I had gotten a good tip from a buddy about a place for lodging, $70 a night which included hunting on private land. This wasn't a guy who advertised online, only took referrals. I looked around and realized that this is a really good deal. I called the farmer and he told me back in june that all the pheasant habitat was flooded, he wasn't seeing much around, and that he even saw pheasant eggs floating in one ditch he checked. I planned on going out with my buddy late season after the sloughs/ditches/crp had frozen. Unfortunately my buddy, who introduced me to wild bird hunting, has come down with an unknown ailment and is in the hospital placed in an induced coma. This is a guy who first became a fishing buddy 6 years ago, and soon was very close to me. The purpose of me writing this, is to tell you, don't take anything for granted and cherish the hunting trips you have taken, and will take with those close to you. I hope I am wrong, but I might not every get the chance to fish or hunt with my buddy again.