Montana Husker
How much do you pay extra on your license for the BM program. While you have some valid points you forgot a couple others. We as NR hunters pay way more money for our license and we spend a lot money in the state that puts money in pockets of some of your residents.
Another thing...
Good luck trying to get information like that from this group. But I hunted that way this fall bird numbers were down I have only seen a handful of sharpies the last two years. Public land around there gets hit pretty hard prepare to walk and drive a lot.
I have always hunted the north central part of South Dakota but after last year ( wet with most of the corn still in the field ) with bird numbers down. I am thinking of hunting the south central or south west part of the state. I am not looking for detailed spots but just an overall idea of...
West central man the cat tails are froze the deeper drainage ditches are still running. The Chippewa river had big cakes of ice floating so that looks close to freezes get. It was windy today but I still saw 15 or so birds and lost one.