impact of drought
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rubberduck
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I'll be in that area this weekend. I'll let you know. Up in the hills should be fine, lots of big sloughs up there.
Brother I can tell you right now there isn't much water (if any) in those shallow pot holes. Even here in N. IL all but the deepest ponds are gone.
Sorry about the bad news.
I wouldn't compare NE SD that has been flooding over the last few years with N. IL. N. IL is in extreme drought where as NE SD is "Dry". I need first hand report of NE SD, not N. IL.
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Headin west
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Obx,
You got a duck license for Sodak? I've got one and hope this will concentrate the ducks a little more than the last few years.
You got a duck license for Sodak? I've got one and hope this will concentrate the ducks a little more than the last few years.
1pheas4
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Sorry about that OBX.:cheers: No harm meant my friend.
Thought we'd be "in the same boat" as NE SD. Where I am, we're D1/D2. NE SD is D0.
We've been flooding the fast few years too. Way too much rain. Anyway, all but the deepest are dried up with 1 to 2 inch cracks in the ground where the ponds once laid.
It's going to be a tough one this duck season in most of the Midwest. Hopefully NE SD is still full of water
Best of luck.Yes, I got a NE SD duck license, thank my lucky stars!
No harm, no fowl guys !
I don't mean to sound selffish about the water. I hope those needing water get it. Just wondering how the pot holes look in NE SD. I imagine at least the small ones are dry, but maybe it's not too bad ?
No harm, no fowl guys !
I don't mean to sound selffish about the water. I hope those needing water get it. Just wondering how the pot holes look in NE SD. I imagine at least the small ones are dry, but maybe it's not too bad ?
SDJIM
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Chris I to will be in the area around 1 Sep. Was at a PF chapter meeting tonight and one of our board members was in Lake Andes several weeks ago and said " It is a sin what they have done to the CRP down there with the haying--said it look in some areas like a giant pool table". Where they were had only got .3 inches of rain since memorial day.
I know the Platte area has had a lot more than that--but still way down--I guess I'll find out nest week
I know the Platte area has had a lot more than that--but still way down--I guess I'll find out nest week
Uncle Buck
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Iwas in Milbank the other day so cut west thru the Coteau then south. Some of the smaller stuff is dry but it was years ago too, but plenty of water and ducks. The problem may be cover on the shorelines and ponds. The crops lookedas bad there as anywhere. I beleive more water in Marshall and Day counties.
Uncle Buck
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Not near that much in my estimation. You still need some corn on the cob for silage and a lot of it does not have much.
I tell you one thing, in northwest Missouri, about 25% is harvested, and more all the time, everywhere I went combines were running. We will be shooting doves in cut corn fields this year, I have never seen that on opening day, September 1. Surprisingly, there is some corn in those fields, this after 90 days of virtually no rain, 12" under for the year. We got some relieve today, maybe a .20" of rain to quell the dust!
moellermd
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Corn with zero ears still has 70% of nutrition value of a normal crop. We normally cut 100 acres this year we cut 250. One field was only 5 bushel an acre.
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UGUIDE
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I just realized this thread has mostly to do with crops but shouldn't the title also refer to the "impact" on the pheasant hatch??
I for one think the semi droughty conditions in June were excellent for the pheasant hatch. I also think that the conditions between the end of June and end of July will have varying impacts on broods based on the levels of drought experienced in the state which ranged from D0-D3.
One might assume that young broods mortality is higher in the D3 zones vs. the D0 zones.
I for one think the semi droughty conditions in June were excellent for the pheasant hatch. I also think that the conditions between the end of June and end of July will have varying impacts on broods based on the levels of drought experienced in the state which ranged from D0-D3.
One might assume that young broods mortality is higher in the D3 zones vs. the D0 zones.
The old timers, (no I'm not that old!), told me years ago that there were alot of quail and pheasants in the dirty thirties, ( 1933-1339). Gives me hope the quail will rebound here, our spring weather, cold and wet, are a detriment for several years, well we will get our answer on that burning issue!