Goosemaster
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Somebody is smokin the wacky tobacky in sd.
Oh wow I wasn’t aware of that. And we weren’t told that by this outfitter we hunted with. I was sure asking our guide why he thought the bird numbers were down so much.Keep in mind if you are north of I90 in the area you mentioned, that prime week of hatch some places had north of 9 inches of rain. I am south of I90 and rain totals were not as bad, and I expect to see 250 to 300+ per day. If we get weather and they group up, I will see more.
Keep in mind it was not in all areas but I do know around Pukwana and north of kimball they definitely got hit with the heavier rains. I will be out here bring in a few weeks and will report back. I was out in early fall and I do know there are more birds in my area than last year. I kind of do my own fall survey routeOh wow I wasn’t aware of that. And we weren’t told that by this outfitter we hunted with. I was sure asking our guide why he thought the bird numbers were down so much.
I’m really glad to hear that! In Kansas our best days in the last 25 years or so would be about 300 birds at most.Keep in mind if you are north of I90 in the area you mentioned, that prime week of hatch some places had north of 9 inches of rain. I am south of I90 and rain totals were not as bad, and I expect to see 250 to 300+ per day. If we get weather and they group up, I will see more.
I hunt public land and road ditches with my 1.5 yr old lab, I'm seeing around 10 birds in the 1.5 hours I get to hunt after work. I haven't been able to hunt an entire day yet.For your area, i won’t ask specifically where that is, how many birds is good numbers? Like how many you’d see in a day or good field for example.
What did your Guide say about the population?Oh wow I wasn’t aware of that. And we weren’t told that by this outfitter we hunted with. I was sure asking our guide why he thought the bird numbers were down so much.
I couldn't believe how many we saw in this county where pheasant are an endangered species.
I'd love to see 1,000 birds flush blackening the sky, deafening like a freight train.