How many birds do you shoot in a season?

Bag and tag what you harvest.
Your Bag limit = what you have with you on your hunt day.
Your Possession limit is what you have in your bag, freezer, fridge etc…
Some states allow upland party hunting.
Kansas Colorado and Wyoming do not.
 
AtTheMurph said:
Incorrect. Possession is simply in your possession. If you have a freezer with 100 pheasants you are in violation.
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In ND, this is how our proclamation is worded. “"Possession limit" means the maximum number of the particular game referred (except waterfowl and migratory game birds) that a hunter, legally licensed by this state, may have in his/her actual possession during any phase of any single hunting trip, venture, or expedition of more than one day. The possession limit at one’s personal permanent residence is unlimited. No more than a daily limit may be taken on any one day.”
 
goldenboy said:
So I have a buddy I live vicariously through every pheasant season. He lives in the heart of some great hunting. I am going to brag about him because he is a phenomenal bird hunter and lives for this time of the year. He works a full time job but saves a lot of his vacation for the fall when he can get out, chase his dog's, and shoot birds. I asked him yesterday what his number is so far this season. Personally he has shot 54 birds and the total number of birds shot while he has been in the field hunting with others is 118 so far this season! These are all wild birds. I would like to hear from others how this year is going for you?
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Last year I kept track of birds by species. I shot 46 chukar, 90 quail and 8 pheasants. I tried for a mountain quail and couldn’t get it done. I also shot 2 sage grouse. If I didn’t have a wife, I would be out even more.
 
Drew said:
Last year I kept track of birds by species. I shot 46 chukar, 90 quail and 8 pheasants. I tried for a mountain quail and couldn’t get it done. I also shot 2 sage grouse. If I didn’t have a wife, I would be out even more.
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I did also kill 12 Huns.
 
benelli-banger said:
When I was 11 my dad and 10 guys bot a duck camp on a fabled lake in SW MN…it was heaven. They were mid-to-late 40’s. By the time I was 18, 5 of the 10 partners had died. I was impacted by this…very impacted. I discovered SD in ‘93, I was 27. Have hunted 6-8 trips annually since then. Bot a 1/4 in ‘99, enrolled it in a permanent conservation easement (WRP) in 2005. Bowling, golf, flying kites, sitting in casinos don’t do it for me. Currently, nothing hurts on my body. I can and do go all day many days…some days I take it easy, but love being out here. Nothing else does it for me…always been that way…I’m going with the flow…not a church guy, not a volunteering guy…very narrow interests…current philosophy: more dogs, less people=greater happiness.
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Thumbs down on that no golf. My first trip to South Dakota was in 93. I think we we went over by Martin, stayed at this religious farm that bordered a wildlife refuge. That dude cooked huge steaks every night. We freelanced, we hunted on his land, we had it on the Indian Rez, I think that dude only charges us like 350 bucks, really good dude. After that it was like 20 some years before I hunted there again, and I went out east. I like South Dakota, the people are friendly. I've met some really good dudes in South Dakota.
 
Drew said:
Last year I kept track of birds by species. I shot 46 chukar, 90 quail and 8 pheasants. I tried for a mountain quail and couldn’t get it done. I also shot 2 sage grouse. If I didn’t have a wife, I would be out even more.
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Yeah, married people don't get to hunt very much.
 
Goosemaster said:
I know I have gone over 50 before in my youth, but 100 is outrageous. That is one hell of a lot of pheasants.
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It’s simply a function of days afield…30, 40, 50 days afield…with decent dogs, and decent hearing, and decent shooting…the #’s add up pretty quickly…especially when you’re with a group of 6, 7, 8 guys, and 1/2 don’t have dogs…6, 8, 10 bird days aren’t unusual in SD…especially if the guys can’t shoot well…I’m not a fan of group hunts, but once in a while for various reasons…
 
I set a goal one year of a 100. This was hunting weekend and holidays. I think I made it to about 60.
These days I’m lucky if I make it to 25. I’d like to shoot my age one more time before I go.
 
BrownDogsCan2 said:
I set a goal one year of a 100. This was hunting weekend and holidays. I think I made it to about 60.
These days I’m lucky if I make it to 25. I’d like to shoot my age one more time before I go.
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In Iowa that 100 bird strategy would not work. I think this year we have 23 weekend days and 4 holidays, times a 3 bird limit, 81 birds is your perfect season here with that hunting schedule. I have done quick Thanksgiving Day hunts, not sure I have ever done Christmas. As a married fella, I would recommend a bit of family time on those holidays. Maybe take Black Friday off and Election Day to recover those days!
How old are you?
 
remy3424 said:
In Iowa that 100 bird strategy would not work. I think this year we have 23 weekend days and 4 holidays, times a 3 bird limit, 81 birds is your perfect season here with that hunting schedule. I have done quick Thanksgiving Day hunts, not sure I have ever done Christmas. As a married fella, I would recommend a bit of family time on those holidays. Maybe take Black Friday off and Election Day to recover those days!
How old are you?
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Remy I’ll be 57.
I don’t see how I could do it with out 10 or 15 days in Sd.
I hunt mostly public anymore. I don’t want to burn bridges by pounding Ks private I have permission on. When I was 30 I didn’t care.
 
benelli-banger said:
It’s simply a function of days afield
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I could put a lot more roosters in my season bag if I had more time to hunt too. My season total is dictated by the numbers of days I'm able to get out; not by the bag limit. Because I fill my bag limit nearly every time I hunt.

I go about once every 5 days starting mid November through the end of the season. December is when I can make the tally go up quicker because the bag limit goes from 2 to 3.
 
Drew said:
Last year I kept track of birds by species. I shot 46 chukar, 90 quail and 8 pheasants. I tried for a mountain quail and couldn’t get it done. I also shot 2 sage grouse. If I didn’t have a wife, I would be out even more.
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Where (just a state) do you hunt for that mix? Your bio has nothing, guessing southwest of here. If it is a secret, that is OK.
 
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