UGUIDE Unguided South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Report Week 7

December 02, 2013 by UGUIDE South Dakota Pheasant Hunting

UGUIDE Pheasant Camps has begun to collect harvest data from each of its camps for each week and will post these results here on a weekly basis.  We will do this in an effort to distinguish itself from speculative and non comprehensive reports to give the pheasant hunting 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 will be noted in the results.  Unguided pheasant hunitng 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 Dec. 1, 2013 - Corn and Soybeans - DONE,  Sorghum - 97%, Sunflowers - 91%

Weekly Crop Harvested Data from USDA Nov. 24, 2013 - Soybeans - 100%, Corn - 95%, Sorghum - 93%, Sunflowers - 80%

Week 7 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 - Non-UGUIDE Group No Report

Upland Ringneck - No Group Booked.  No data.

West River Adventures - 2.5 (66 total birds)

Wolf Creek - No Group Booked.  No data.

Tier 2

J Bar Lazy 7 - 0.5 (9)

Roscoe-Hosmer - No Group Booked.  No data.

Pheasant Camp Lodge - 0.0 (3 birds, 1st time hunters)

Tier 3

Meadow Creek - 1.0 (15)

Old Bank Lodge - No Group Booked.  No data.

The Boar's Nest - 1.0 (15)

Tier 4

Cattail Haven - 1.0 (12)

Gunner's Haven - 1.0 (13)

Comments:  You will notice the goose-egg for Pheasant Camp Lodge.  The hunters there said it wasn't because there were not birds but because they were having trouble getting on them.  The skills required to get a limit of Fair Chase Pheasants are high.  Are you up to the challenge?

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