Recent content by ohioA5

That is a good point, I hadn't thought of that. May well plan for that. Thanks.

Thanks to all for their continued responses. Appreciate the info. Lol, thanks for the laugh. I did do some SD pheasant hunting about 19 years ago with just a couple other guys and no pointing dog. It was also a little later in the season, though not as late as I'm proposing to come this year...

I'm more concerned about being able to find and access properties where birds are than I am about not having a dog. I've done a fair bit of blue quail hunting in Mexico over the years, with no dogs. They very much dislike flying, and they live in some of the most inhospitable type of habitat in...

In the late season, would you focus more on properties that have shelterbelt cover or cattail cover...if they don't have both? Most of the aerials I've been checking out have water on them so I'm assuming they have some cattails, but a lot of them do not have any shelterbelts.

Great info., thank you. I don't like crowds. Especially crowds with guns. That's why when I go hunt public land somewhere - no matter what I'm hunting for - I try to hunt during the week. Give me a little schooling on why it is not a must have to have a food source nearby? What are the...

The last time I pheasant hunted in South Dakota was 19 years ago. I hunted in early November in Davison County with an outfitter in return for some work I had done for him. We hunted all on private land, and it was an absolute riot. One of my favorite hunts ever, easy limits, wild birds all over...