We have hunted the river breaks on public land the past 2 seasons. Last year we barely saw a deer but enjoyed some great scenery and saw some dandy bull elk that surprised us. This year we saw quite a few deer but it was still difficult as youth rifle season and youth pheasant was going on...
Glad to hear someone drew a tag for 35L. I’ve been applying for archery access permit for that unit the past 2 years, unsuccessfully. I was starting to wonder if NRs were allowed there anymore... kind of a rant, but S.D. GFP seems to be doing whatever they can to deter NRs from deer hunting...
So I was in the deer stand earlier this week with perfect conditions- about 30 degrees when I got out, no wind, a wet snow falling and near peak of the rut. After sitting for 2 hrs in the stand I had a buck step out at 26 yards. I drew back and fired. My bow made the loudest ting upon release...
I used to live in the Pierre area and from what I’ve hunted on the grasslands for grouse, to me it looks a little too flat to stalk a Muley. I found some BLM about an hour west that has nice deep canyons and just looks more “deery” to me. Otherwise some fed ground along the Missouri holds some...
Hey everyone, new to the HT and I’ve been looking around for some answers/suggestions to my curiosities- a couple buddies and I are headed to west river SD in late October for mule deer archery on public land. We hunted WR last year for Pheasants and prairie grouse so we have a general idea of...