Recent content by southdakotawannabe

the rez near the river can be hit or miss. but its the best one because of the bird populations in that area. the ne sd rez has nice stuff, just not many birds. this year its really going to be bad. do your homework, i've done it in the past as a "hey lets try this" type of hunt and it was...

duck hunted this last weekend in far western mn. we never saw 1 pheasant all weekend. we only heard a couple. farmers taking out soybeans fast and furious and the ones we know and talked to said harvest is right on schedule with last year. difference being that this year its dry. these guys...

if the road side counts are accurate, not good!! but august was a good nesting month, not much rain at all, so those young birds wouldnt' have been in the count. most hens lost thier first 2 attempts and since august was so dry all we can do is cross the fingers and pray that the 3rd time was...

agree. hunter numbers will be down some, due to the economy more so than the numbers of birds. people don't shy away much when it comes to the numbers because its about getting away more than how many you get. time with friends and family is a lot of fun. My first year in sd was back in the...

good for you. congrats on being drawn. me too. thats 5 out of 7 for us so we feel pretty good. best of luck out there, water isn't a problem, its everywhere.

drove thru the sisseton rez area saturday morning. talked to some farmer friends in the area and they are concerned about the bird numbers. they said the deer came thru, turkey's did ok, waterfowl looks great but phez numbers are way down. i asked if they thought it was somewhat exagerated...

last saturday morning i drove from cambridge to britton sd and along the way thru mn i saw more birds, young and old along hwy 95, between cambridge and st. cloud than i did west of sauk centre to the sd border. the only bird i saw on hwy 28 was a dead hen west of starbuck. i bet i saw 30 plus...

better duck hunting around aberdeen. tough call this year. pheasants might be a little better farther west. why not try in between. good luck

east central, soybeans will be out and depending upon how dry it stays, corn could be in full harvest by the 15th. its really dry out there and temps in the 60's and 70's for the next 10 days will push everything along. by halloween it could be pretty dark in the fields. i would have never...

i knew it was going to be down but i never thought it was going to be this bad. we saw birds this spring before nesting season and they've disappeared. we still hear some roosters but the amazing thing is we aren't seeing any little guys out on the gravel in the morning. the mornings have...

i've tried the reservation hunts before and like the previous post said you need a tribal license. they do a good job with thier land but its a headache trying to figure out what is tribal and what isn't. i don't know about the whole rape thing but i will say it can be descent if you can...

i sold it on friday.

i talked to some farmers nw of madison that said thier birds made it through the winter just fine, but they kept them fed all winter with food plots and they have great cover with several 8 year old pine tree rows that they put in for the wild life. they said that on nice evenings you would...

i'm sure there are pockets with birds, but overall the numbers are down. anyone who drives our highways and gravel roads towards sunset or early in the am can attest to this. sure there will be some pockets here and there but those pockets will be small, real small. we were out last weekend...

Benelli. to be honest i dont' know what to ask for it. when i was at gander yesterday they had one that wasn't nearly as clean and nice for $750. I guess they hold thier value. I was thinking $600 to $650.