Recommendations near Murdo, SD

[605birdhunter]

I'm looking for helpful advice on hunting birds near murdo or kadika. Does anyone have information on farmers or ranchers that allow hunters for a fairly cheap price? I can't afford too many expensive hunts. Or any public places to go? Is there any luck in hunting the national grasslands? Thanks!

 

[only a pointer]

have you tried looking at the old threads of south dakota yet? plenty of info there if you put just a little effort into it

 

[CRP]

Cheap and Murdo do not go together. Actually, the good hunting around Murdo will cost almost as much as Chamberlain or Winner. Get the SD WIA Atlas, and then look for WIA's like everyone else.

Kadoka has some sharptails, but is too far west for any good pheasant area.

 

[carptom1]

Depends on what you classify as cheap. I hunt down that way. If you are willing to pay 150-175 a day you should be able to find someone. If you are looking for 50 a day I wish you luck. The way I do it is hunt a couple days public and a couple days private. After I drive 7-8 hours, spend 400+ on gas, 3-400 on food and lodging, what is another couple hundred. I would watch the cheap deals. One time several years ago I met a guy in a burger joint that said he would guide us for a fee. 60 bucks a day. Said he had seven 1/4 sections we could hunt. After we nearly got shot at by the second farmer that yelled at us and said we were trespassing, I finally got the guy to admit he really didn't have permission to hunt hardly anywhere. The couple places we hunted had obviously been hunted nearly everyday as there were very few cocks left. Needless to say We got the hell out of there. You do get what you pay for.