New SD Pheasant Distribution Map out

[UGUIDE]

I don't know when exactly this thing comes out of if any of you have seen it but here is is. I know this is first year that county I am in is listed in the RED of HIGH category for bird numbers.

http://www.sdgfp.info/Wildlife/hunting/Pheasant/PheasantDistributionMap.htm

 

[chadsbritt]

That's a cool map. How accurate have you found it to be in the past? I haven't hunted SD, but am dying to give it a shot.

 

[UGUIDE]

That's a cool map. How accurate have you found it to be in the past? I haven't hunted SD, but am dying to give it a shot.

Chad, like any distribution map there are pockets of good and bad.

If you are an analyst it is just some data to consider in grand scheme of things.

The counties are flagged that show the highest road count surveys so there you go! The rest is good ole fashioned legwork.

 

[webguy]

Interesting Chris. I glaced at the previous years map and I noticed the general population numbers shift northeast/central vs. southeast/central.

The good news I guarantee habitat is rocking and rolling down south at Cattail Haven & Pheasant Camp Lodge... Never fails. If you build it, roosters will flock.

 

[only a pointer]

in the red

u guide how do you get the public hunting spots or maps to the county in red you want to hunt

 

[UGUIDE]

u guide how do you get the public hunting spots or maps to the county in red you want to hunt

Go on SD Game and Fish website and order you up one of them SD Hunting Atlas' that shows you all the public land they got.

 

[danlecl]

My county is green, but I can tell you that can be misleading. Like Chris has said, there are pockets of birds that do not match the color scheme. It will be interesting to see the roadside survey and compare it to this map.

 

[UGUIDE]

Interesting Chris. I glaced at the previous years map and I noticed the general population numbers shift northeast/central vs. southeast/central.

The good news I guarantee habitat is rocking and rolling down south at Cattail Haven & Pheasant Camp Lodge... Never fails. If you build it, roosters will flock.

Flockin' A man!

 

[BRITTMAN]

2009 maps and brood counts are published on the SD G&F site

 

[UGUIDE]

2009 maps and brood counts are published on the SD G&F site

Brittman, for some reason the 2009 distribution map does not get published until around the end of the year. The one that is out there now is from 2008.

 

[BRITTMAN]

The 2009 August brood count data summarized and full report are available on the link. Click on outlook.

Your right the distribution link runs you to an '08 map.