Thank you Dougfirtree, I'll keep all of those things in mind. I'll have to look up calling cow elk in, is it similar to calling whitetail does in with a fawn in distress call? And Wytex, I was thinking about getting a hold of a biologist in the area to get a general idea of the elk wintering...
I'll begin with I have never elk hunted before. I know most people go to wyoming, montana, colorado, or etc. However, being a SD resident I can hunt the Black Hills national forest and because I don't want to wait 15 years to draw a bull tag I plan to get a cow elk rifle tag this fall. I've been...
Well Gussy if your ever venture out west message me. I'd be glad to show a fellow Wisconsinite the prairie.
Keeptrying, I'm actually gonna be putting in for late season cow elk tags this year. I've never elk hunted before but from what I saw in last years draw odd's I should draw. I'll keep...
Looking for a new hunting/fishing partner, unfortunately my buddy is moving out of state in a couple weeks. Thought I might check on here to see if anyone else would like to join me on my adventures around the Black Hills/Rapid City area. Sad to say, but most everyone I work with is focused on...
This is a stretch but has anyone on here hunted the SD prairie elk unit 27? I'm considering grabbing a cow elk tag and want to plan for it 2 years out. I don't expect anyone to give me there honey hole, just want some insight on the unit. I've been eyeing a spot already that would require...
After reading every pronghorn thread on here, watching every youtube video available, studying maps for months, and walking 22 miles over 2 days of scouting I sealed the deal on my first pronghorn 45 mins into the SD opener. Its not scored yet and I haven't the slightest idea how to, all I was...
I've got that tag this year(I'm a resident). I've never pronghorn hunted there before but I'm up there every year deer hunting. 49A and 49B are great units, tons of pronghorn/tags available but there are also tons of people. What made me move to 53B is there is less hunting pressure. The land...
Evening Everyone,
I'm looking into training my young dog to run squirrels. She is extremely food/toy(specifically tennis ball) motivated and seems to have an eye for birds/rabbits in the backyard. She's a mini Australian sheppard in case that matter. I've never trained a dog to run squirrels and...
No Elvspec, I dont have any incite into it. I'm assuming you were looking at the SD GF&P interactive public land map, its pretty awesome.
Nice tags dcreiss! and good luck gussyfarm, what unit for deer?
Speedgoat, I hunt the BH on the SD side and its similar to the driftless area of WI but all pine trees. Lots of hills with small open areas in most valleys. The deer population is 95% whitetail with mule deer sprinkled in. There are some very thick spots but with the fires in recent years on the...
The SD pronghorn draw just ran today and I finally got the tag I've been waiting for three years to have the opportunity to punch. There's a ton of resident doe/fawn tags left and I'm thinking about picking one up but there's only ONE non-resident "any-antelope" leftover tag as of two hours ago...