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South Dakota Update - 03/23/2009

We had another excellent weekend. Winds were mostly out of the South and a lot of birds moved through the state. We had our best day so far in South Dakota this year as we killed 90 birds in one spread on Saturday. They are forecasting some snow but it looks like it's going to be rather light. It may move some birds back from North Dakota. But, at the least, it should keep the birds we have around. We still have a couple openings for the first weekend in April.

3/19/09

It's been an excellent first week in South Dakota. The weather has been great. A lot of birds have moved into the area and some have even moved through South Dakota. But huge numbers of geese still remain. I've noticed more juvies in the last couple days which always makes for better hunting. So far we've been killing between 19 and 38 birds per day. To top off a great hunt, the last bird we shot on Wednesday evening was a banded Ross Goose. It looks like the hunting should only improve.