South Dakota Is Losing Its Hometown Pheasant Hunters. Meanwhile, the Nonresident Business Is Booming

[Ben Lamb]

Interesting article from Outdoor Life on SD's upland program. The number of NR hunters is staggering.

South Dakota Is Losing Its Hometown Pheasant Hunters. Meanwhile, the Nonresident Business Is Booming

Nonresident pheasant hunting remains a booming business in South Dakota. Locals, meanwhile, worry their own tradition and access if fading.

www.outdoorlife.com

 

[buckbull]

Same story plays out across the united states for whatever. Whitetails in my area. There is a guy from Michigan that buys every farm near me that comes for sale. 27 farms and counting, $6000 per acre. He seems to be good dude, just mega rich.

 

[seeth07]

Same story plays out across the united states for whatever. Whitetails in my area. There is a guy from Michigan that buys every farm near me that comes for sale. 27 farms and counting, $6000 per acre. He seems to be good dude, just mega rich.

I'd die for 6k an acre right now and be instantly buying all i could...

 

[F250]

Same story plays out across the united states for whatever. Whitetails in my area. There is a guy from Michigan that buys every farm near me that comes for sale. 27 farms and counting, $6000 per acre. He seems to be good dude, just mega rich.

What state ?

 

[Forkyfinder]

Well - im sure all the residents appreciate fatcat out of state landowners hiring a guy to convince people in the legislature to go against things like modest and reasonable NR fee increases.

 

[El Jason]

Well - im sure all the residents appreciate fatcat out of state landowners hiring a guy to convince people in the legislature to go against things like modest and reasonable NR fee increases.

You’re a real gem.

 

[El Jason]

Same story plays out across the united states for whatever. Whitetails in my area. There is a guy from Michigan that buys every farm near me that comes for sale. 27 farms and counting, $6000 per acre. He seems to be good dude, just mega rich.

There are some huge duck clubs in this neck of the woods. They buy farmland with water, and then implement the most bizarre “farming practices” you’ve ever seen before flooding part of it.

 

[Nick87]

There are some huge duck clubs in this neck of the woods. They buy farmland with water, and then implement the most bizarre “farming practices” you’ve ever seen before flooding part of it.

Duck clubs are big money game thats for sure. I'm not defending baiting whatsoever, but the whole flooding corn being legal while dumping corn in the water is illegal has always really pissed me off. They should both be equally illegal.

 

[El Jason]

Duck clubs are big money game thats for sure. I'm not defending baiting whatsoever, but the whole flooding corn being legal while dumping corn in the water is illegal has always really pissed me off. They should both be equally illegal.

Agreed. I watched a combine running its header 4-6’ off the ground one day “harvesting corn”. A week later the field was flooded.

 

[Nick87]

Agreed. I watched a combine running its header 4-6’ off the ground one day “harvesting corn”. A week later the field was flooded.

The way I see it if you have deep pockets its fine to bait I guess.

 

[mtmuley]

All of that to kill a fricken bird. Wonder what they do with them. mtmuley

 

[Nick87]

All of that to kill a fricken bird. Wonder what they do with them. mtmuley

If you think big game hunters go to stupid lengths and expense. Duck hunters are a whole other level. I'd imagine they get eaten. A lot of people turn up there nose at ducks but they're pretty good eating at least in the midwest anyhow. Sorry to derail @Ben Lamb. Back to pheasant hunting resident talk.

 

[Perlodid]

I was more surprised to hear they discontinued the brood surveys. Especially if part of their justification was to keep people coming regardless of numbers. Short-sighted at best, downright stupid at worst. Hope they can get those going again sometime in the future, hard to manage when you don't know what you've got, and you don't have any data to develop population trends.