South Dakota and Wyoming Black Hills

[ChattNFHunter]

Anyone having any luck in Wyoming or South Dakota Black Hills area? I'm heading out there for the last week of the season and I have a tag for both states. Just wanted to see how it was going out there so far!?

 

[jcneng]

Lots of birds, strange year based on my 4 days a week ago around Rapid City. Birds still ignoring decoys and calling! We had to get in their path of travel to have any success at all.

 

[NoWiser]

I got back this past Saturday night. We hunted 2 1/2 days and got fed up with the wind/cold/snow/fog, so we left early. But, not before I tagged my first merriams. The birds would not make so much as a peep for us once they got down from their roosts. It made it extremely tough to find them, especially being our first time hunting out there. The bird I got made the mistake of roosting right above a road. We got him to gobble after he flew up for the night and the next morning we lucked out and set up right where he decided to land.

We started in the northern hills and couldn't find a bird to save our lives. We moved farther south and had more encounters. Overall we had a blast and I'd love to go back, but only with better weather. It definitely beats sitting in a blind all day in Minnesota! My buddy and I hiked over 28 miles in those 2 1/2 days that we hunted.

 

[ChattNFHunter]

Glad to hear y'all had some success!! As of right now the weather looks like it should be getting warmer with less chance of snow! Hopefully that holds true for me in a couple weeks!