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Are Pheasants The Canary in the Coal Mine?
February 23, 2015 by UGUIDE South Dakota Pheasant Hunting
The following is an excerpt from a recent update I sent to all UGUIDE landowner outfitters about a water quality session at the recent Pheasant Fest in Des Moines Iowa. It is eye opening....
More...2014 - The Pheasant Season in Review
February 19, 2015 by UGUIDE South Dakota Pheasant Hunting
A review of all UGUIDE Pheasant Camps from the 2014 season.
More...UGUIDE Week 9 Harvest Report By Camp
December 15, 2014 by UGUIDE South Dakota Pheasant Hunting
Week 9, again, unseasonably warm. I cannot remember it ever being 54 degrees and no snow on the ground this late in December. This leaves birds unbunched and free to roam making them difficult to hunt and harvest rates will be lower. As I write this we are in a winter storm warning and are receiving new snow and 30MPH winds. Cooler temps and lighter winds will greet week 10 hunters. Should be interesting to see the change in results for week 10. More...
UGUIDE Week 8 Harvest Report By Camp
December 06, 2014 by UGUIDE South Dakota Pheasant Hunting
Week 8 rings in some unseasonably warm weather which can actually impact the hunting as birds will spread out, loaf, and use adjacent picked stubble fields and are not forced into high quality cover. I have a group hunting at Pheasant Camp Lodge Week 9 and the highs are forecast in the 50's. It will be warmer the second half of the season that it was the first half. Don't try and out guess the weather in South Dakota. Just hunt. More...
UGUIDE Week 7 Harvest Report By Camp
December 06, 2014 by UGUIDE South Dakota Pheasant Hunting
Crop harvest is now complete which week 7 is the on average completion date for crop harvest on a year over year basis. Weather was not too cold and not too warm. Keep in mind that some of the numbers posted were by groups with no dogs and other groups with very limited skills on South Dakota Fair Chase Pheasants. That is also the case on some earlier weeks in the season. More...
UGUIDE Week 6 Harvest Report By Camp
November 25, 2014 by UGUIDE South Dakota Pheasant Hunting
Properties still producing well as cold weather is bunching the birds up although they are getting more spooky every week. More...
UGUIDE Week 5 Harvest Report By Camp
November 16, 2014 by UGUIDE South Dakota Pheasant Hunting
With most of the crops our an some unseasonably early winter weather the birds will be starting to bunch up and head for heavier cover. More...
UGUIDE Week 4 Harvest Report By Camp
November 09, 2014 by UGUIDE South Dakota Pheasant Hunting
Corn Harvest is wrapping up. Nasty weather is beginning to bunch birds up and push them into high quality cover. More...
UGUIDE Week 3 Harvest Report By Camp
November 03, 2014 by UGUIDE South Dakota Pheasant Hunting
Corn harvest progresses Rapidly. Hunting success should improve accordingly. More...
UGUIDE Week 2 Harvest Report By Camp
October 27, 2014 by UGUIDE South Dakota Pheasant Hunting
Week 2 action is heating up. Good bird numbers being experienced at most camps and crop harvest still an impact at others. Corn harvest is aggressively underway and should complete in the next few weeks provided good weather prevails. Unusually warm temps have greatly affected harvest success and dogs during the first two weeks on certain days where temps have exceeded 70 degrees. More...
