Chris Hitzeman
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2013 South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Brood Count Survey Report
August 12, 2013 by Chris Hitzeman
We did a mini survey on our farm and held a contest to win a free UGUIDE hat on the local pheasant forum for the person who could guess the closest number of roosters, hens without broods and broods flushed by my tractor & mower with its newly installed flushing bar while doing maintenance clipping of 200 acres of newly planted CRP. Guesses were all over the map but the surprising thing was just about all were way low on the number of broods that I would flush.
More...2013 South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Season Outlook Forecast Report -Perfect Hatch Storm?
July 03, 2013 by Chris Hitzeman
A recent trip to the farm produces what? More broods!! I would say brood age is in the 1 week or less range and brood sizes range from 8-10 chicks. I flushed about 10 broods while out maintaining CRP acres. I guesstimate only 20% of the nests have hatched based on the end of June mark. So what is a "perfect hatch storm"?
More...2013 South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Season Outlook Forecast Report -Nesting Season
May 30, 2013 by Chris Hitzeman
As usual the weather is neither predictable nor ho-hum in the state of South Dakota when it comes to pheasant nesting or farming.
More...2013 South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Season Outlook Forecast Report - Spring
April 16, 2013 by Chris Hitzeman
My summary below will give you up-to-date conditions of pheasants in the state of South Dakota along with spring nesting conditions and also a abbreviated summary of the 2012 South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Hunter Harvest Survey Results from last season. In addition, I will give my analysis on the above as far as what hunters can expect come fall in regards to pheasant hunting in South Dakota.
More...2011 South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Season Outlook Forecast Report-2011 Pheasant Opener October
October 11, 2011 by Chris Hitzeman
Just when you'd thought you'd seen it all as far as weather goes in South Dakota, it does a 180 on you again. In the last 2 weeks I have spent more time at the farm and also talking with UGUIDE Pheasant Camp owners about the upcoming season. I also got to ride in a John Deere combine for the very first time. On Oct. 1, while mowing some edges of CRP fields, I saw a week old pheasant that could barely fly. It looked more like a chick than poult. I saw another brood of 8-10 birds that had no color on them whatsoever.
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