South Dakota Grouse hunt

[jjfree]

Just got back from sd grouse hunting. The no's were down but shot a few and had some great dog work. Scenting conditions were as good as I have had, all but 2 days that got a little hot. As far as the Pheasant no's. they seemed to be way down but when I hunted down out of the prairies in the pheasant areas I did get about 7 or 8 hens and 3 or 4 roosters pointed so there is still a few left. Where I traveled gravel roads going to the prairie last year hunting I would see bunches of 10-25 pheasants on the road, this year I was lucky to see 2 or 3 birds. There is tons more cover this year but still should have seen more pheasants on the roads picking up gravel. I did see several broods that are way to young to have been counted before august 15 the cut off for thier counts. I only saw one fully colored rooster so most were young birds. here is a pic of 2 sharpies and 2 pcs.

[Ricky Ticky Shorthairs]

Nice!