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wow! $350 per man per day! Heck, I'll guide for that. I live less than 90 minutes from Salina and have access to about 9000 acres ( true, believe it or not ) of private ground. Oh, wait, you wanted pheasants. Never mind.

My nephew has been here for three different 3 day hunts for a total of nine hunting days. Saw a total of about two dozen pheasants of which only a couple were hens.

Yikes! Works out to 3 pheasants a day. I hope quail numbers are a lot better!

In speaking with the nephew again he said he doesn�t think he saw even twenty pheasants, probably less. Most troubling is the virtual lack of hens. Normally one sees a fairly equal ratio of roosters/hens when hunting wild birds. And, again, he is hunting all private ground with excellent habitat that is not hunted by anyone else. Yes, the quail numbers are a lot better. But we prefer them anyway!

You do sometimes find them segregating by sex this time of year. My last hunt in Iowa, we hunted two small patches of CRP divided by a creek. The first patch held several roosters and only 2 or 3 hens. The patch on the other side of the creek: My little Brittany stuck 6 hens in a row, and I was beginning to think I'd found the ladies' powder room! But the last one she nailed was a rooster.

I've never had a bad year in SD. This year was no exception. I saw twice as many birds this year as last. I hunted all November primarily on public land. I hunt by myself or with one other person. I don't do the big group thing. I don't wear any orange. Bought three licenses to hunt 30 days. South Dakota has the best pheasant hunting bar none.

One problem I've always wondered about, hunting as a nonresident for a long period of time: What do you do with the birds you shoot once you've exceeded the possession limit? Especially with big birds like pheasants, it's pretty hard to eat that many of them. Especially when you're on the road.

Was that an accusation.............. or an admission? Hard to tell.

SRH

I have solved that problem in the past by freezing the birds solid, packing them in a disposable cooler and Shipping them 2nd day delivery to friend. Worked like a charm.

You eat them or you follow the law and share them legally, Larry. I doubt you�ve �wondered�....you know exactly what happened to the upland journal golden boy �roysetters�. He deserved what he got, he was a game hog, braggart, and as unethical as they come...I�m glad he got nailed.
I�ve hunted with �DuxDog� many times, he�s a friend. I can tell you this...he eats what he kills and he has the culinary skills to change it up and keep things interesting. He doesn�t break the law either. He�s a killer, but he�s about as ethical as they come. He�s also one of the finest game shots I�ve ever seen. Heck of of a shooter.
SKB, the shipping of game birds to a friend is pretty sketchy if not done by the book, not saying you didn�t go by the book, this is more for others information. It also varies state to state. Usually, Birds have to be tagged, I believe both parties have to have valid hunting licenses, and there has to be a note of transfer with your drivers license and hunting license numbers on it. There�s some pretty by the book rules when it comes to the transfer of game. No, not everyone follows them to the T. A landowner that allowed me to hunt her farm asked me for 2 plucked mallards for her Christmas dinner..I obliged and kept up my end of the bargain...totally by the book, nope..

Coming from him I'd say a little both....with just a hint of jealousy thrown in for good measure.

Nice pics dukxdog.