Love to see dads taking their daughters out shooting and hunting. My daughter is my favorite hunting partner and she is quite good at it. It's a special bond and something we both look forward to every year. She is 30 now and had to skip hunting with dad for the first time in 16 years as she is...
Traveling from Iowa through SD to WY this weekend. I looked it up for those states. Iowa is allowing it in semis and pickups IF you are using it for farm use, hauling manure, grain, hay, etc. - NOT allowed in my pickup to haul the boat to the lake. SD governor told his people to not test for...
Don't know where I heard this but I did it probably 8-10 years ago on a small velvet muley rack. I kept it in a cooler with a lot of ice for the ride home. With today's prices it will be way more expensive but I found a tote just big enough for the head and rack to fit in. I had previously...
Good for you!! My daughter is my favorite hunting bud also! Great advice above. Move a lot, walk a ways to look into sections of public that you can't see into from the road. If you are a whitetail guy don't get hung up on scent control, their eyes will see you before they smell you. Don't...
All three of my kids have gotten married and I have two darling grandkids from 2 of my kids and now my other kid is having a baby in Nov. But, hunting and fishing related my one daughter has always been the biggest outdoors person and excels at both. This summer she was in a local South Dakota...
I’ll try to add one since there hasn’t been much traffic on here lately. I got this one last week thanks to my 30 yr old (and pregnant) daughter that came along with me on the trip and also thanks to a very special family of friends. We met on HT about 13 years ago I believe. He helped teach me...
I’m just glad you got to spend some time in the mountains together. I’ve been doing the same with my daughter this week and that means more than any bear rug will. Best wishes on the transplant and all the future hunts together!
I would steer you towards the NE corner of SD as well. You won’t find an off grid home and be able to be self sufficient but there are lots of small communities in the country west of Watertown then up towards Webster and back towards Big Stone Lake. It’s just a matter of what you want in a...
Keep at it and adapt and overcome. Hopefully the baits get hit soon and you can take him to sit on those. Heck maybe just go sit at one anyway. Its still good quality time together. He must be a tough kid! Best wishes!