Recent content by Ringneck Redneck

I was just stating a fact of the the hunting is in my area. Yes I also hunt other areas in the state.;

Every year it's the same old story, if the GFP numbers are high there are a few that claim they are doing it to get the hunters here to spend their money. If the numbers are low the GFP doesn't know what they are doing. This is how it's going to break down. Guys hunting on land managed for...

Ruger Red Label in 12 gauge.

My reloads.

If I remember correctly Pheasant Country was a group out of Mitchell S.D. that did pheasant habitat, etc. They later joined Pheasants Forever.

Party hunting is a very old tradition here in South Dakota. It is a time for family and friends to get together to enjoy hunting and each others company. Growing up back in the 60's and 70's no one I new from South Dakota owned a hunting dog. Back then most of the hunting dogs came in from out...

http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/outdoors/hunting/3884128-24-hour-game-stop-nabs-147-violations

I've got a 2011 standard cab dodge ram 4x4 with the hemi. Last year I drove it from the Brookings SD to Hot Springs SD last August and got 17.3 mpg. Coming back I got 17.9 mpg. Of course it varies on how much wind, hills, etc.

Thanks for the info BigRand.

Does anyone have the GFP map app for Android? How do you like it? Is the gps function only run when you are using the app? Thanks for your input.

Thanks for the info guys. It sounds like there are more birds around there than around here. My brother in law and his son in law were thinking of doing some pheasant hunting when they come to South Dakota but won't have much time so travel will be limited.

Has anyone one hunted the Salem or Howard area, if so, how where the bird numbers?

Sounds like anxiety or boredom problem.

I went out for a while, saw one bird the whole time. It was a young rooster and I got it. I hate to say it but I did better than I thought I would. I've seen 2 hatches of pheasants around here all summer.

Wait till late afternoon when the pheasants leave the corn to go to roost.