Recent content by IDPheasantKiller

Well, I just returned home from my annual 10-day eastern South Dakota road trip. The pheasant numbers in Clark and Spink counties were defenitly down form previous years IMO. I would venture to say 60-70% less birds than we normally see, however, the weather was not favorable either. I ended...

Wish I could give you advice but I have never hunting the South Dakota opener. If the weather doesn't change soon the warm weather could be tough for everybody. I have heard that hunting pressure, particulary opening weekend even keeps the local die hard pheasant hunters at home. Kind of like...

I really enjoyed reading this thread. For just my 10 day South Dakota hunt I spend about $800 on gas, $300 on motels, $200 on food, $100 on a license and another $400 on misc (shells, beer, stiches, ect). The greatest fear of man is if when you die your wife/girlfriend sells your hunting gear...

After reading this thread as well as the "Is public land going to be anygood" I thought I would post a response. I have been traveling to Eastern South Dakota since 2007 and have had great success hunting public ground. I usually plan my trips from the last week of November through the first...

I have also considered hunting the Standing Rock Reservation for a few day on my way over to eastern SD. I would be interested in finding out how much public land is available and what condion it is in. Seems like there have been several posts suggesting that the most of the public land has...

I am going to start the season off in N. Idaho with a California quail, chukars, huns and roosters. Will be heading to S. Idaho in October for sharptails and will be in Clark, SD for the better part of November hunting pheasants. Have been looking into hunting some of the reservation land...

Mtmnhunting - that is a very nice mule deer buck and a great mixed bag. The setup you have with the popup camper comes in real handy. My employers recently bought a 4-wheel pop up camper for our radio telemetry crew that spends the spring and winter following adult steelhead throughout the...

Here is the elk.

Thanks for the compliments, perhaps I will cross paths with some or you in the future on a backcountry hunt. All of the hunting I do is public land and over the counter tags. With the use of a canoe to access remote land on the Salmon and Snake River and a good flat shooting rifle a guy can...

Yep, like you I love to me mobile and maximize my time in the backcountry. I am temppted every year to move back to South Dakota so that I could really put a hurtin on the pheasants but like the diversity around here with the big game and fishing opportunities.

Eye hav eten plente of led pelits and it haznt afected my intelectuel develipment a bit.

Hand down my favorite load is a 3" Fiochii Golden Pheasant with 1 5/8 oz of nickel plated no 4's. It does a fine job breaking them down. In fact I am a bit leary shooting them over the dogs for that rare case you happen to clip the dog with the bottom edge of the pattern when shooting at a low...

Well this old truck has been good to me, I have 250,000 miles on her and she still makes the 1200 mile trek to South Dakota every year. I have homeade wooden dog boxes that slip in the back and still enough room to sleep if need be. When I am on the road in the winter I throw in a sleeping bag...

I beleive the keys to my success have been keeping my group size small. I generally like to only hunt with one other person and we stay quiet during the hunt, no chit chatting or whistling at the dogs. Second is to be dressed for the weather and in good shape. The old saying is "you know when...

I just keep a spare key on the back of my license plate. Just take out on screw and hook it through the top of the key and you will alway have a spare.