Gearing up for fall bird hunting

[SoDakMac]

Originally Posted by wheels

What area and / or county would be the best place to start for a public land hunt.

Thanks for the info.

A good place to start is the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks website. http://www.sdgfp.info/Wildlife/hunting/Index.htm. I have seen plenty of chicks and adult birds around my place (north of Brookings, SD) but this may be one of the last exceptional years because one of these years we are going to have a good old SD winter along with the loss of almost a millilon acres of CRP over the next few years.

[Yellowbelly]

Was out yesterday morning till 1pm driving around the country side. It was a cool 70 degrees, overcast (almost like fall) day yesterday. The birds were CRAZY!!! Every single county road mile I drove down it was a max of 25mph because the young of the year birds were everywhere, 2 or 3 big broods per mile.

No more concerns of a bad hatch, it was just a late one.

The GF&P roadside counts should be out shortly, I will post on here when I see the come out.

[BCLII]

Good to here that the birds are back better then ever, I will be out on the opener for 5 days.

[Yellowbelly]

Originally Posted by BCLII

Good to here that the birds are back better then ever, I will be out on the opener for 5 days.

Where abouts you hunting for the opener?

Mike D

[BCLII]

Originally Posted by Yellowbelly

Where abouts you hunting for the opener?

Mike D

About 40 miles S.W. of Aberdeen!

[Yellowbelly]

Originally Posted by BCLII

About 40 miles S.W. of Aberdeen!

Should be a great area, give us a report when you get back!

[BCLII]

Mike, I will report back later that week. You too have a good opener!
Byron