Opening Day of 2006 South Dakota Pheasant Hunting!!!
Oct 21, 2006
South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Noon opener - Hunters present, Steve, Gary, Dale, Ben, Tim, Andy, John and Cathi. Dogs: Maie, Cabo, Zac and Buddy.
The weather was perfect! Overcast, cool and dry.
We were set up and ready to go for our first push by 11:55. We hunted corn strips most of the afternoon and picked up 3 to 4 birds with each push. We had many opportunities to get more pheasants, but hey! we were all a bit rusty to start. But having those extra opportunities to shoot, helped get us tuned up quickly. We finished up the days, pushing a couple of small cats.
What was great about our pheasant opener hunt is that everyone got a chance to shoot at a lot of birds and everyone pretty much got their own limit. Birds were steady all day. The weather stayed cool enough so the dogs were able to stay strong all day. Had our limit in 4 hours!
We look forward to another big pheasant hunting day today!