My brothers an I have been talking for years about getting together for a 3-5 day pheasant hunt in SD. (we are open to other areas within a day's drive of western WI.)
We decided on thanksgiving that 2014 is the year we will finally get it done.
I've have been looking at websites and trying to research places or ranches to go, but everything just seems to blend together in my head.
We are looking to do a semi-guided hunt of wild birds. We can hunt planted birds here, so we want something different and more challenging.
Also, we wouldn't be against throwing a bit of fishing in the mix.
We don't need/can't afford 5-course catered meals and a 5-star resort. But we don't want to be sleeping in someone's shack eating old C-rations either.
We can cook our own meals, and clean out own birds and fish.
Looking at something like 4 (maybe 5 brothers), most skilled hunters possibly with a dog for a 3-4 day pheasant/fishing trip.
For those of you who have done this sort of thing before, how do you sort the wheat from the chaff? Or if you have had a good hunt somewhere, please give me a name and a review of you experiences.
I see that some places include licenses/stamps. etc. and some don't.
I've never had to plan something like this before, so any tips/recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
We decided on thanksgiving that 2014 is the year we will finally get it done.
I've have been looking at websites and trying to research places or ranches to go, but everything just seems to blend together in my head.
We are looking to do a semi-guided hunt of wild birds. We can hunt planted birds here, so we want something different and more challenging.
Also, we wouldn't be against throwing a bit of fishing in the mix.
We don't need/can't afford 5-course catered meals and a 5-star resort. But we don't want to be sleeping in someone's shack eating old C-rations either.
We can cook our own meals, and clean out own birds and fish.
Looking at something like 4 (maybe 5 brothers), most skilled hunters possibly with a dog for a 3-4 day pheasant/fishing trip.
For those of you who have done this sort of thing before, how do you sort the wheat from the chaff? Or if you have had a good hunt somewhere, please give me a name and a review of you experiences.
I see that some places include licenses/stamps. etc. and some don't.
I've never had to plan something like this before, so any tips/recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.