South Dakota and lots of real wild pheasants…
The season is getting closer. Check out this classic South Dakota pheasant hunting here:
View ArticleRooster Rush with Benny Spies…
Gun It with Benny Spies is a pretty funny hunting show. Check it out:
View ArticleHorseback hunting in South Dakota…
Here’s something I would love to try: horseback hunting for prairie grouse and chukars. Grab a cup of coffee, take a break, and watch this episode of Scott Linden’s Upland Nation:
View ArticleIt’s almost here: the 2012 South Dakota pheasant season…
South Dakota’s 2012 pheasant season opens on Saturday, Oct. 20 – less than 2 weeks away. That means scenes like the ones in this video are right around the corner. I hope you’re one of the lucky folks...
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You know it’s opening day when…
South Dakota’s 2012 pheasant hunting season starts tomorrow, noon. I’m sure folks are going bird crazy just thinking about it. South Dakota’s Pheasant Opener I’ve hunted SD’s opener a handful of...
View ArticleIt’s here – South Dakota 2012 Pheasant Season
If you’re not going out tomorrow, this preview of Pheasant Forever’s show The Flush will give you a taste of what those folks will experience
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Real bad news for South Dakota’s wild pheasants…
Bye, Bye, Bird Cover. From John Pollman’s piece Big Changes on the Prairie Iowa used to have some of the best pheasant hunting in the world. Today, the bird’s numbers have collapsed to the second...
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Heartbreaking – is the golden age of pheasant hunting is over?
Upland birds are in trouble in the midwest. In the Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska, the grasslands that pheasants, sharptails, and huns depend upon are being ground under the plow. As these...
View ArticleImportant: a call to action from Pheasants Forever…
If you love pheasant hunting, please watch this video. Upland game habitat is being destroyed at accelerating rate across the midwest. Since 2006, 1.3 million+ acres of once conserved land have gone...
View ArticleA great look at wintertime pheasants in South Dakota….
Check it out — winter pheasants in South Dakota. Great dogs wood, great birds. And its all on public land.
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Habitat in crisis: Hunters: Disappearing CRP acres threaten South Dakota way...
Now disappearing in SD– pheasant cover…. I don’t remember anything unusual about South Dakota’s 2007 pheasant opener- blue skies, great dogs, memories made with family & friends, and hundred and...
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Save South Dakota: The crop insurance connection…
It’s pretty simple: Loose the cover, loose the birds. If you read this post from yesterday, you know that you’re paying for a federal program that’s having a devastating impact on pheasants and other...
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South Dakota is Dying: Here’s Your Chance to Help…
Pheasants Forever If you’ve read my posts about disappearing gamebird habitat in South Dakota (South Dakota is Dying & You’re Killing off SD’s Pheasants. See how.), you know that pheasants, ducks,...
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The Dakotas are dying…
This tree line used to hold flocks of pheasants. I wonder if it’s still there. My first trip to South Dakota was in 2000. I was stunned by the number of pheasants, grouse, and partridge I saw. In four...
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Will the birds be back? South Dakota’s 2014 pheasant opener…
2008 Pheasant opener in South Dakota Will the birds be back? That’s the big questions thousands of hunters will be asking as they head today for the opening of South Dakota’s 2014 pheasant hunting...
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Watch Tom Brokaw’s Opening Day: The kickoff of a SD pheasant season…
Ah – opening day in South Dakota. I used to look forward to it every year. Tom Brokaw’s documentary Opening Day explores the economic, social, cultural, and emotional impact this day has on people,...
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Watch this: Chasing Pheasants in Fresh Snow – South Dakota 2019
This video captures the thrills and excitement of pheasant hunting in South Dakota. Check it now. The flush at 1:52 is just plain awesome. Chasing Pheasants in Fresh Snow – South Dakota 2019 Watch...
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Watch: Hunting Wild Pheasants in a Winter Wonderland – South Dakota 2020
From 2000 to around 2012, the highlight of my year was the week I hunted in South Dakota. That was back during peak pheasant (see chart below), and it was to see a few hundred of those birds a day...
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