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As promised I said I would give a report on Leola, Selby and Roscoe visits.

1 stop Leola and a place that normally has a lot of water in the sloughs was very dry, hot and drought stressed. Saw a few birds. Many potholes dried up. Crops looked stressed. Corn is dented.

Selby looked much better. 8' corn. Saw some hens with very small sized chicks. Seems to be a common occurrence across state.

Roscoe about the same but sloughs dry there too. Oddly enough the drought monitor reflects d2 drought conditions in the NE part of state which is normally pretty wet.

By the way I still have a spot at Gunners, week 2 for 4 and I really like what ground they added this year and will be a good hunt.

Also added a new Tier 1 camp west of Roscoe http://www.uguidesdpheasants.com/upland-ringneck/ Season is wide open and week 1 is 8, week 2 6 and rest of season is 4 minimum. Great opportunity.
 
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Chris,
NE is pretty dry. Made run this week from Redfield down to Mitchell and then yesterday down to Huron and west toward Wessington to move some cattle. Lot of sloughs drying up, corn stressed and some beans starting to color. Saw a few farmers starting to chop silage SW of Aberdeen, and west of Huron. Still seeing small birds, and saw 8 by road starting to get some color. Did not see a lot of birds though, and farmers finishing haying this week did not see many either. Ran dogs about an hour this morning, got birdy couple times, and shorthair got on a runner in the corn, but that was only contact. WIHA's and WPA's for the most part, actually looked pretty good. I saw some CREP lands this week that looked very good. I think hunters will have to work harder this year for their birds, but good cover will still hold some birds, just not as many as last year.
 
Uguide,
Thanks for the report. I have a waterfowl license this year so hate to hear dry sloughs but still think there will be enough ducks and pheasants to make it fun.

Good luck filling that week2 spot at Gunners. The owners are some of the nicest people you will ever meet. I stayed there before it became a Uguide camp.

Pcola,
Also thanks for your report. Glad to hear the public is looking better than last year.
 
Heading West,
The sloughs and potholes still holding water have a TON of ducks. Saw some little holes yesterday just covered up. Glad you got a license.
 
Thanks Chris--We have a trip planned to that area this year. Sounds just like last year!! You know it's pretty bad when you get there opening weekend and all the crops are gone.
 
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