Posted By:
birdk9
Web Member
I-90 / I-29 Corridors 12-03-2012 15:46
Mostly Sunny, No Precipitation – 60-65 Degrees
Hunted ditch chickens the last two weekend in central SD. Driving out and back, and then all around central SD, there are still large numbers of waterfowl in the state. All the shallow ponds froze up last week and re-opened this week. Deeper water is still open and the birds are stacked on it. We saw one huge flock of snows that stayed through the cold snap. Still good numbers of ducks and geese in SD.
One hunting partner from SD, was field hunting and did well on mallards.
Dry, warm weather and the birds have not pushed out yet. Geese all over the MO river areas.
Weatherman says it will another week before any kind of a push. Could be almost two weeks before snow cover and or cold pushes birds
Posted By:
Mike-Gorsett
Field Editor
11-30-2012 12:25
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Most of the pot holes are froze up but the birds are using the rivers for water sources. No snow in SD yet. Just talked to a guy in Aberdean and he had 7,000 in one firld and 10,000 mallards in the adjacent field. Geese are using the rivers in HUGE numbers. City of SF has thousands of geese using the big sioux river and feeding at night just outside the city limits. Lots of birds remain but it is getting harder to pattern them. Temps are suppose to be in the 40’s for highs next week so with no snow in sight i expect they stay for a couple of weeks more.
Posted By:
John-Donelon
Field Editor
South Dakota 11-27-2012 14:08
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Any birds in state?Very little information being posted.Bird status in your state is important to us here in the states south of S. Dakota.
Posted By:
stumper
Web Member
Grand Island, NE 11-13-2012 13:15
Sunny & Clear, High Winds – 40-45 Degrees
Next week I am planning on taking a drive up into southestern So Dak from Grand Island, NE on my way back to Wisconsin for Thanksgiving. I would like to do some scouting (not hunting) for the northern mallards/snows. I am in college and didn’t bring my gun with me to school, but I always enjoy watching the annual fall migration, and they say this is supposed to be an historic one. Any suggestions on where (what towns) I might want to hit in NE Nebraska and SE South Dakota? I will take I-90 back east into LaCrosse, WI.
Thanks in advance for the help guys.
Posted By:
Art-Marshall
Field Editor
11-12-2012 21:56
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mike , the ducks made to central Nebraska Sunday morning, and the dark geese showed up today (monday)
Posted By:
Mike-Gorsett
Field Editor
11-09-2012 15:55
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New birds, just had a phone call that had thousands of birds hitting central SD. Going hard this weekend…the beginning hopefully has started.
Posted By:
OTAKTAY MAGA
Web Member
SCSD (*South Central South Dakota) 11-05-2012 11:43
Mostly Cloudy, No Precipitation – 35-40 Degrees
South Central South Dakota- Hunted both the Missouri river and some surrounding fields October 31st thru Nov 3rd. Very few maga and maga sapa (ducks and geese) migrating. Small flocks of snowgeese, white-fronts, and sandhill cranes pushing through high. A couple small flocks of divers and mergansers flew the river. Bird counts still very thin. Too warm. Too early. Wind was from N to NE. Cloudy, with surface haze which would burn off after sunrise. Morning temperatures start 38-41 F warming to high 50’s low sixties. Switched to siyosa (pheasant). Killed many. Maybe hunt maga and maga sapa in few weeks after some freeze.
Posted By:
callmaster64
Web Member
S.D 10-21-2012 04:04
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Maybe nothing to report like indiana.
Posted By:
jefbet03
Field Editor
10-17-2012 15:37
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Do you guys hunt up there?????? Or do you just not talk about it??????
Posted By:
Mike-Gorsett
Field Editor
NW of Sioux Falls 10-01-2012 10:00
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Was not able to hunt the opening weekend in SD as my wife and I went to the Wisconsin/Nebraska football game (anniversary thought I should keep her happy at lease one weekend a year). Talked to a couple of groups that went out and hunting was spotty a couple of groups did very well but a couple saw limited action. People are having to find new spots to hunt as alot of public and private ponds are completely dry! Seeing mroe and more geese every day. Temps to be in the low 50’s for a high this week.
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