jackrabbit
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Have never hunted NE, and won't this year. But one of these years I would like to take advantage of their later season. This is more of an educational/daydreaming post as I try to educate myself for a potential trip or areas to go. It looks like in January the average daytime highs are about 40 degrees. Sometime in a January when I am sick of a MN winter and see that the weather is cooperating and mild in SW NE, I would love to make the drive down for a few days.
I am very familiar with South Dakota public land hunting, specifically anything south of I-90 and north of the NE border. How does Pheasant hunting differ in SW NE as opposed to say south-central SD? Type of cover? Things to expect/encounter? How dogs work (I run a pretty good lab)? It looks like there is a decent amount of quality public land in the SW part of NE?
Not looking for spots, more so just very general areas of what part of the state to concentrate on in January. What the realistic bird numbers are like? If there is a 50/50 chance to shoot a rooster or two with good dog work, weather, shooting, walking, then that is good enough for me.
I am very familiar with South Dakota public land hunting, specifically anything south of I-90 and north of the NE border. How does Pheasant hunting differ in SW NE as opposed to say south-central SD? Type of cover? Things to expect/encounter? How dogs work (I run a pretty good lab)? It looks like there is a decent amount of quality public land in the SW part of NE?
Not looking for spots, more so just very general areas of what part of the state to concentrate on in January. What the realistic bird numbers are like? If there is a 50/50 chance to shoot a rooster or two with good dog work, weather, shooting, walking, then that is good enough for me.