Saturday Upland Hunting

We decided to hunt SW of Underwood, near Hazen, SD since there are more birds in that area. 

Jackson hunted the first spot (very small slough-ND State Trust Land) for a quick 10 minute up & back. He hunted perfectly, but no birds were to be found. We proceeded West for about 2-3 more miles and then North a couple miles North on 200 to a few PLOTS areas. 

Winnie hunted this area and couldn’t have done it any better! The statistics on more upland opportunities SW of Underwood proved to be correct as we did see about 15-20 birds flush throughout our 1:30 minutes of hunting. All of the birds we located were Sharp-tails (type of grouse), but unfortunately the 18-20mph winds were causing the birds to flush wild 50+ yards in front of her so we were not able to bag anything tonight. 

Another guest of the hotel (Joe) is leaving in the morning, so he told us about a spot that his group has been hunting that sounds like a can't miss opportunity for pheasants tomorrow night. We all know how those "sure things" can sometimes turn out, but we're going to follow his directions & hopefully have good news to report tomorrow night.

Ducks tomorrow will be a rainy affair. Forecast is 90% chance of rain and 35 degrees, so that sounds like a perfect time to sit outside, right???

Lastly, I'll include a pic of our hotel security system. This is necessary b/c there's no chain on the door & the deadbolt is electronic. That in & of itself is fine. What's not fine is that half of the people here stay here often, so they've stayed in every room (there are only 8) & the hotel owners don't know how to change the room combinations - so all the other guests know the code to get into our room!!! Pretty odd situation, but there's nothing we can do about it at this point...