South Dakota Pheasants

Anybody have any bird reports for the Pierre, SD area? Specifically West of Pierre. We did well on grouse and pheasants last year in that area.

I hope they are plentiful. Opening weekend is around the corner.

We did great on pheasants last year and the year before at Gettysburg (were the war wasn’t) SD and we went west for grouse great state to go hunt

Ask me after Nov 4

I will be just north of you rdh1 in Walworth county.

Make sure y'all post lots of pics! I'd love to hunt that state!

MSP24 you should go hunt. SD is cheaper than people expect if you freelance hunt. I have hunted there for several years and have paid a few farmers for daily access but usually find several places to hunt without paying by knocking on doors. Everything included I have never spent more than$900.00 for a week of bird hunting.

Try looking at some lodges on the site www.PheasantHuntingSouthDakota.org

the Pierre area is down from 2010 but still one of the few areas
that is above the ten year average.
go to this link

http://gfp.sd.gov/hunting/small-game/pheasant-outlook.aspx

I talked to our farmer up there and he said they have great cover this year and there are a "good" number of birds. This is in the Pierre Area. They had timely spring rains and good summer weather for the grasses.

After the hard winter we had up here last winter the bird counts are down from what i'v been hearing.. check this web site out it should help you out and see what you are dealing with..
SD Game,Fish and Parks