Let's see if I can cover this in one last post and, keep in mind, I didn't have an opinion on anyone else's hunting method. Why would I, unless it included illegal tactics or activities?
1. We do not drink and hunt.
2. When a hunter in the group has his three birds, he's done or he becomes a retriever. So, no "party" hunting. Been hunting SD for close to 30 years and don't even know if party hunting is legal there.
3. We have eight or nine farms we hunt (for free) and the farmers usually join us for some of those hunts.
4. It is a rule that each hunter wears orange hat and eyewear. No loaded guns in or on the trucks.
5. We always pull into the fields so we never park on the roads, ever.
6. We do not road hunt. If there is a less than attractive hunt type for me, that would be it but to each his own as long as its legal.
7. The group has only been checked by game warden twice but zero tickets or warnings.
8. We enjoy the social part of the hunt as much as shooting at and harvesting birds.
9. We hunt all wild birds.
That's our five days of early season hunting with a group. Some of us go back later in the year in a two or three person group. We are rule followers for sure. You don't get to hunt the same farms for that many years by abusing any part of the experience. We have seen other hunters come and go out there with other farmers and many do not put the sport or the landowners first. We usually don't see those folks again. Enjoy the sport. My group does!!!!
