Gregory

Well, I can't comment on the free hunting. But if you can afford a 6 pack of pbr you might get on a little private. Bump it up to a case of grain belt long necks and you'll get permission on the prettiest C R P you ever seen.
 
If I were travelling to SD from MT for a DIY hunt, I wouldn't go to the Gregory area. 20 years ago, for sure. Then the CRP dwindled away at about the same time as all the preserves popped up and started dumping FN mud all over the place. There isn't much by way of public access out there either.

I just got the list of licensed preserves in SD and in Gregory, Lyman and Tripp counties, there are a total of FIFTY preserves. Which doesn't account for Farmer Joe who litters a few pseudo roosters across his property to keep the in laws happy. If it were me, I'd go farther east and a bit farther north.
 
Golden Hour said:
If I were travelling to SD from MT for a DIY hunt, I wouldn't go to the Gregory area. 20 years ago, for sure. Then the CRP dwindled away at about the same time as all the preserves popped up and started dumping FN mud all over the place. There isn't much by way of public access out there either.

I just got the list of licensed preserves in SD and in Gregory, Lyman and Tripp counties, there are a total of FIFTY preserves. Which doesn't account for Farmer Joe who litters a few pseudo roosters across his property to keep the in laws happy. If it were me, I'd go farther east and a bit farther north.
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Yep,will do.January is a good time I believe.Thanks for the info, great videos.
 
Golden Hour said:
I just got the list of licensed preserves in SD and in Gregory, Lyman and Tripp counties, there are a total of FIFTY preserves. Which doesn't account for Farmer Joe who litters a few pseudo roosters across his property to keep the in laws happy.
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No wonder there are so many flare nare, pen raised birds on public lands in South Dakota. With that many preserves, the inmates are now running the asylum! 😛

I hope there aren't any preserves, in SD, near the MN border. We like to keep our gene pool wild over here. I do check every bird, but have yet to find one that has flown across, from The Mount Rushmore State.

I'm curious. After so many generations of dilution, do you find that the "roosters" no longer know what to do with the hens in the spring?

*goes to pop some popcorn*
 
Limitless said:
No wonder there are so many flare nare, pen raised birds on public lands in South Dakota. With that many preserves, the inmates are now running the asylum! 😛

I hope there aren't any preserves, in SD, near the MN border. We like to keep our gene pool wild over here. I do check every bird, but have yet to find one that has flown across, from The Mount Rushmore State.

I'm curious. After so many generations of dilution, do you find that the "roosters" no longer know what to do with the hens in the spring?

*goes to pop some popcorn*
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Fortunately, SD requires released pheasants to be indicated by the flare nares or a clipped toe. MN doesn't require this, so you can probably assume that any pheasant you shoot either with or without the hole in the nose is a pen raised pseudorooster. ;)
 
Golden Hour said:
I just got the list of licensed preserves in SD and in Gregory, Lyman and Tripp counties, there are a total of FIFTY preserves. Which doesn't account for Farmer Joe who litters a few pseudo roosters across his property to keep the in laws happy.
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Serious question...

Are the preserves required to use a specific strain of ring-necked pheasant, or can they use anything?

And, for the record, I've only shot one flare nare on public land in South Dakota. It was in November, this year, in east(ish) central. He was a second year bird, so he must have had some survival instincts -- maybe from avoiding the rape gangs in prison, before he was liberated.
 
Limitless said:
No wonder there are so many flare nare, pen raised birds on public lands in South Dakota. With that many preserves, the inmates are now running the asylum! 😛

I hope there aren't any preserves, in SD, near the MN border. We like to keep our gene pool wild over here. I do check every bird, but have yet to find one that has flown across, from The Mount Rushmore State.

I'm curious. After so many generations of dilution, do you find that the "roosters" no longer know what to do with the hens in the spring?

*goes to pop some popcorn*
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I hunted a fondue farm in 2003 near Gregory.Easy hunting,I slayed many birds in 3 days.They had to stop me. My dad paid.
 
Goose,

I was recently at one of those lodges in Gregory about a month ago. The surrounding area has lots of birds off the road, etc. but I would bet most are from one of the lodge lands. That WPA you speak about was not super full of water at that time. The river itself was really low. I would for sure go east and north if looking for public areas with birds.
 
I thought the flared nostril were due to the blinders they put on these pen birds growing up so they don't peck the hell out of each other growing up. I didn't think the state require it.
 
My theory is pen raised have a chance IF they can link up with and kinda follow along with wild ones. Eat what they eat, run when they run etc.
 
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