what to expect in SD??? good or bad?

hey sc boykin do you own a boykin spaniel???

yes i am a young man still but there is a time to party & there is a time bird hunt i dont like to mix the 2 any more im tired of wake n up hungover & hit n the fields you know!!!??? lol so i will take the advice from many & just hold off on the SD trip if i make it out there till around holloween-nov 5 or so as i drew a MN prairie chicken tag so the SD opener is out of the question for me as my p.chicken season opens 10-20-12 our MN pheasant season opens 10-13-12 then our gun deer season in MN opens NOV.3 so we have a bizzy month here in MN

im really trying to focus on the areas north of pierre & west of onida & or maybe the mobridge area & east to mound city if anybody has had any kind of good or bad success in any of them areas let me know??? any info like is there more road hunting oppertuneitys near mobridge then by pierre ETC. just general info & or past success storys would be cool i dont need the road hunting for my self but my father may get tire & need some EZ walking come the evening time after a few hard walks in the morning so...??? again i dont need anybodys secret spot or honey hole? just some general info would be nice like if them areas have large gangs of hunters even after the opening couple weeks you know...

thanks all for helping a new guy out on his & his fathers 1st trip to SD take care guys & safe hunting this season
 
I think you'll enjoy your first hunt in SD. I'm a MN resident, but I hunted SD every season from 1980-2008. You mentioned road hunting for your dad, SD has a lot of "prairie roads" which are just ungravelled two-track section line roads. Many of these will be mowed this year, but I'm thinking not all will be. Be aware that the rules for road hunting in SD are strict and different from MN. The rules are spelled out plainly in the hunting handbook. For one thing if you shoot a rooster that falls on private land beyond the right of way, you can retrieve the bird, but you can't take your gun with you. Many SD residents take a dim view of road hunting, so select stretches where there is no traffic and no ranch/farm buildings (there are a lot of lonely roads like that in the places you mentioned). Get the maps for the walk-in areas as they show all the public lands as well, available on-line or hard copy from GF&P. I'd get the maps now and start looking at them and make some plans. I've hunted the FPNGL, mostly in Sept for grouse, they are a special place--you will need a map for hunting there as private land is interspersed throughout and the boundaries/corners of the public parts are not well marked or at least they weren't last time I was there.
 
thanks grey fox,

really not sure now if i will be heading to SD or not i would like to but there are a lot of things i dont want to deal with in SD & i may just explore MN better this season with my new pup & head out to SD next season no body in my group is excited about making the trip to SD this season with storys of no cover & high hunter numbers in early season & the good ol SD weather come late NOV & early DEC the wind out in SD never stops so we all may just stick in MN this season?

not to mention thats a long way to travel to find out that the 2 track field road i wanted my dad to hunt was all cut down??? i have a few guys say just go out to SD & drive around till you see pheasants then hunt them??? for a MN boy i find that extremely hard to think i could have the same luck??? plus thats a lot of time behind the wheel on a wild goose chase so???

yes i would not be road hunting on BIZZY roads or what ever & yes i did read the road hunting rules so far & have a understanding of the laws...

in the SD hunting atlas there is a map of the FPNG & i can also buy another map of just the FPNG i have talked to the wildlife biologist for the FPNG & got the run down on the bird numbers & wear to chase pheasants & grouse everybody scares me away from the FPNG when they say they have been beat n down hard since early SEPTEMBER & that moves the birds of the grasslands for the most part??? but the biologist says they dont move them all off the FPNG but i dont know if he is just trying to get me to buy a license or not???

thanks again for the info
 
Grey Fox said:
I think you'll enjoy your first hunt in SD. I'm a MN resident, but I hunted SD every season from 1980-2008. You mentioned road hunting for your dad, SD has a lot of "prairie roads" which are just ungravelled two-track section line roads. Many of these will be mowed this year, but I'm thinking not all will be. Be aware that the rules for road hunting in SD are strict and different from MN. The rules are spelled out plainly in the hunting handbook. For one thing if you shoot a rooster that falls on private land beyond the right of way, you can retrieve the bird, but you can't take your gun with you. Many SD residents take a dim view of road hunting, so select stretches where there is no traffic and no ranch/farm buildings (there are a lot of lonely roads like that in the places you mentioned). Get the maps for the walk-in areas as they show all the public lands as well, available on-line or hard copy from GF&P. I'd get the maps now and start looking at them and make some plans. I've hunted the FPNGL, mostly in Sept for grouse, they are a special place--you will need a map for hunting there as private land is interspersed throughout and the boundaries/corners of the public parts are not well marked or at least they weren't last time I was there.
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What he says. X2. Come out and have fun.
 
small munsterlander owner said:
thanks for the info guys you guys are much more helpfull then on the other thread wear ive been get n my A** handed to me about the state of SD & how the prices are crazy for the PAY TO PLAY hunts in SD in my eyes at least?
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Didn't you say the same thing about the A hole SD hunters in the Kansas forum?

How Kansas residents are soooo much nicer than the greedy money grubers in SD that only want to charge you a ton per gun, per day?
 
quanah labs,

i dont even know what your talking about man??? why try to start something out of nothing???

yes i said that in KS the land owners & farming practices are different not every farmer you ask to hunt in KS has there hand out for $$$ to put braces on there childs teeth... what is the point of your comment???
 
This is what I have figured out after hunting Kansas for many years.

If a landowner will let a total stranger hunt on his land, he will let everyone hunt on his land. Some private ground gets hunted more than public ground.

I had a farmer that had about 10 different pieces of ground that we could hunt on. Everytime we went to one of the spots, someone else was already there. This was not even openening weekend , it was late in the season.

If a land owner charges to hunt, at least is protecting his ground.

In South Dakota, Economics Basics: Supply and Demand
 
Hey Steffan,did you get my pm on the turkey hunting site.I hope your cming out to SD for the opener.We should have plenty of birds for you Minnesota boys.
 
I hunted SD last year with two friends. It was a guided hunt between Redfield and Aberdeen. We went the 2nd week of the season. We got our limit each day. Saw plenty of birds. All wild birds too. We also combined our upland hunt with a waterfowl hunt so our time upland hunting was limited.

The roadside surveys from the state this year forecast a 40% increase in birds. We're headed back this year and hunting the third week of the season. I have every expectation of getting my limit this year.

Good luck.
 
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