Recent content by stevemankato

I think it would be worth your time to give it a try. There's alot of public land you can hunt with a couple people and a dog. I grew up on a farm in NE SD and recently moved back. My brother and I will go out and walk public land alot. I think the most critical part will be deciding when to...

I have read a silver lab is a cross between a black lab and a weimaraner. That is what the breeder that I bought my dog from told me anyway so I did a little research and it backed up what he was telling me. In the begining of this post someone was commenting on seeing alot of poor quality...

You might have some luck hunting the waterfowl production areas Usually we hunt the rushes or thick cover first and then the crp or walk in areas in the late afternoon. Good Luck!

If you don't have the health records for your dogs I wouldn't get to worried. I have never heard of anybody getting asked for papers. You might want to get a beeper collar or even a bell for your dogs collar. When the dogs get into some of the thicker cover it can be tough to keep track of...

You might want to get a map of waterfowl production areas, there not as big and you can let the dog work the edges. Late season the thicker areas like the rushes seem to hold the birds pretty well. It can get a little tough on a older dog but should pay off. We just walked the sloughs last wknd...

If you contact the game,fish and parks website you can reserve cabins at the parks they are nice cabins and they provide stove,refrigerator,plates I think you only have to bring your own bedding. I believe you can even look at them online. You can get a map of all of the public land around that...

I know several people who come to south dakota and only hunt public land. there is alot of walk in area but I think people overlook the waterfowl production areas and some of the other public land. consider buying a plat book(just google plat book) for the county that you plan on hunting it...

That is one great looking bird! around here you have to pluck the feather and measure that, and the longest i have seen is a 24 3/4"

This is a pretty good question to find out who I would take hunting. The guys that think they shot it, they keep it. I would have to disagree with. There is no way of knowing where that rooster was before he decided to get up in front of you without the other people he might have just ran...

I have found that some of those guys that are all dressed up tend to be the ones who are enjoying it the most. I doubt they are concerned with numbers it seems to be more of a vacation. I think the guys that are claiming to be the "real" hunters are the ones that have to kill everything and...

good luck Hope you have some good luck. I have been finding that there have been alot of birds on the public land. I have access to both and with all of the crops that are still in it doesn't seem to be a very big difference. The waterfowl production areas seem to be holding birds and are a...