UGUIDE Unguided South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Report Week 1
October 24, 2013 by UGUIDE South Dakota Pheasant Hunting
UGUIDE Pheasant Camp has begun to collect harvest data weekly from each of its camps and will post these results here on a weekly basis. We will do this in an effort to distinguish ourselves from speculative and noncomprehensive reports to give the pheasant hunter a better idea of what is going on around the state and at UGUIDE pheasant camps.
Keep in mind that non-release pheasant hunting has a host of variables that can affect harvest success. Assume all data is for self-guided, unguided pheasant hunts and where guided, it will be noted in the results. Unguided pheasant hunting success can be affected dramatically by just a few of these variables: Crop harvest progress, dog skills, dog quantity, hunter skills, hunter quantity, shooting skills, daily weather, etc.
Weekly Crop Harvested Data from USDA Oct. 20, 2013 - Soybeans - 75%, Corn - 31%, Sorghum - 25%, Sunflowers - 16%
Weekly Crop Harvested Data from USDA Oct. 21, 2012 - Soybeans - 100%, Corn - 96%, Sorghum - 96%, Sunflowers - 74%
Week 1 Results and Comments (Numbers posted in average pheasants harvested per person per day in .5 increments +/- .25)
Pheasant Harvest Totals are in ( # of total pheasant harvested )
Faulkton is a 4 day hunt and rest of camps are 3 day hunts
Tier 1
Faulkton - 3.0 (119)
Upland Ringneck - Non-UGUIDE group. No report
West River Adventures - 3.0 (117)
Wolf Creek - 3.0 (105)
Tier 2
J Bar Lazy 7 - 2.5 (60)
Roscoe-Hosmer - Non-UGUIDE group. No report
Pheasant Camp Lodge - 2.5 (56)
Tier 3
Meadow Creek - 2.0 (64)
Old Bank Lodge - .5 (13) (limits on waterfowl)
The Boar's Nest - Non-UGUIDE group. No report
Tier 4
Cattail Haven - Non-UGUIDE group. No report
Gunner's Haven - 1.0 (18)
Comments: Much of the state had experienced dramatic rainfall just weeks prior to opener and crop harvest has slowed to a standstill thus impacting hunting results and and limiting visual sightings of pheasants. Look at the USDA crop harvest numbers above for 2012 versus 2013. It is dramatic and will have a huge impact. I remember getting stoked for Iowa's opener and not a lick of corn was out and the hunting was terrible.
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