gimruis
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LOL
At the risk of refraining from derailing this thread, we'll save the pseudo birds for another thread.
SD trip 2023
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At the risk of refraining from derailing this thread, we'll save the pseudo birds for another thread.
Bob Peters
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We used to go to the game farm more often. Now it's generally after the season closes if we have a free day. My buddy was talking about going to one mid December in Wisconsin. I was thinking in my head, "why the hell would we go to a game farm when the season is open on wild bird?" I know me personally I get more satisfaction on bagging one real rooster vs. Going to the game farm for a shootout at the O.K. corral.
I hate game farms, but joined one this year to train a pointing lab. More interesting and fun to raise them (chuckers) myself, so one and done there. Barely used it even though it only 35mins away. Plus those chuckers I raise taste pretty darn good. However, my bro-in law uses a pheasant put and take operation often. Closest wild pheasant is 9 hours for him (4-6ish for me), so I understand why he utilizes that resource, he has some fun dogs and they don’t care if wild or “placed”. Honestly, they both rocked the opener, and I doubt he will get in on wild birds again this year. Runs the engineering dept. of a hospital and rarely gets more than a weekend off…. Life choices… I hunt way more then him, he makes waaaaaayyyyy more money then me… I feel im the”smart” one
I live in Mississippi. I suspect the nearest ringneck is at least 9 hours away, if not further.
It’s been my experience that whitetail and waterfowl are the most popular species to hunt here at home.
Our state has about 600,000 acres of public hunting land, mostly in the form of Wildlife Management Areas on state owned lands or national forests .
The best public WMAs for large whitetail and Waterfowl have gone to draw hunting, and many of our resident hunters can’t deer or duck hunt their local WMA for years on account of not being lucky enough in the annual random drawings.
If you don’t own land and want to hunt deer and ducks whenever you want, the average sportsman is relegated to hunting in a camp/club that leases its land from corporate timber companies or families with large land holdings.
In Mississippi. the days of getting permission to hunt whenever you want without owning the land or leasing the land are long gone. The typical lease in the Mississippi delta or prime river bottom land is rarely less than $2000 per member. At top notch, closely managed leases, the annual dues can run over $5k per member.
The wild quail populations are virtually nonexistent in most of the state. There is hardly any upland wing shooting availability other than dove hunting when they are here.
I do enjoy wing shooting as often as possible. I also enjoy the fellowship with guys who make the trip to SD every year for what we would call a “guided hunt” on a private farm that manages its property for those willing to do the pay-to-play, all inclusive experience.
I also enjoy being able to make a trip or two a year with my dog and a buddy from home to try our hand at DIY freelance on the public access areas in SD. Lodging in dumpy motels and enjoying whatever “local flavor” I can find at the nearby restaurants.
I can appreciate the folks who feel their days of access to private lands are at risk of being lost to folks willing to pay big money to hunt the same land. Where I’m from, it’s not unheard of for someone being invited to hunt a prime piece of land who then ends up offering more than the current lease holder is paying when the current lease come up for renewal.
It’s been my experience that whitetail and waterfowl are the most popular species to hunt here at home.
Our state has about 600,000 acres of public hunting land, mostly in the form of Wildlife Management Areas on state owned lands or national forests .
The best public WMAs for large whitetail and Waterfowl have gone to draw hunting, and many of our resident hunters can’t deer or duck hunt their local WMA for years on account of not being lucky enough in the annual random drawings.
If you don’t own land and want to hunt deer and ducks whenever you want, the average sportsman is relegated to hunting in a camp/club that leases its land from corporate timber companies or families with large land holdings.
In Mississippi. the days of getting permission to hunt whenever you want without owning the land or leasing the land are long gone. The typical lease in the Mississippi delta or prime river bottom land is rarely less than $2000 per member. At top notch, closely managed leases, the annual dues can run over $5k per member.
The wild quail populations are virtually nonexistent in most of the state. There is hardly any upland wing shooting availability other than dove hunting when they are here.
I do enjoy wing shooting as often as possible. I also enjoy the fellowship with guys who make the trip to SD every year for what we would call a “guided hunt” on a private farm that manages its property for those willing to do the pay-to-play, all inclusive experience.
I also enjoy being able to make a trip or two a year with my dog and a buddy from home to try our hand at DIY freelance on the public access areas in SD. Lodging in dumpy motels and enjoying whatever “local flavor” I can find at the nearby restaurants.
I can appreciate the folks who feel their days of access to private lands are at risk of being lost to folks willing to pay big money to hunt the same land. Where I’m from, it’s not unheard of for someone being invited to hunt a prime piece of land who then ends up offering more than the current lease holder is paying when the current lease come up for renewal.
Goosemaster
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Farmers have always had pheasant. There are places they can't farm because of terrain,or access. South Dakota is basically flat.30 years ago, nobody charged people to hunt.Nibidg released these Dutch monkeys,these elitist sh##t show fancy places didn't exist.It was great. Now they want 100s of dollars to hunt.I say give them a 6 pack, or a pint of Jim beam.They will like that.
Goosemaster
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I'm putting a big thumbs down on those. I think I shot 2 accidentally.
Goosemaster
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Goosemaster
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The ones I shot didn't have any tail feathers, and acted strangely. They saw me from 300 yards away on a road.Lol
Bob Peters
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You should have marked the way point and saved that spot for your nephew when he comes out, he wouldn't know the difference. Either that or take him to Gregory.
Goosemaster
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I can't afford Gregory!! I will take him out in Montana. This season every swinging dick who owns a gun has hit Montana!!