hunting in south dakota | michael a. duch
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South Dakota offers a variety of settings for you to hunt in, there are forests, grasslands, mountains, and river bottoms. While South Dakota is known for pheasant hunting there is also a vast amount of other small game, waterfowl, and big game animals to hunt as well.
Upland: Pheasant.Pheasants tend to be on the ground under heavy coverings #
. Typically a shotgun is used with a smaller gauge, 16 /20 / 28
Waterfowl: Duck and Goose. Ensure you have a discreet enough blind, and decoy strategy in place#
. 12 and 10 gauge shotguns are recommended
Wild Turkey. Scouting your turkeys is probably the most important element, try to get within 100-200 yds of them#
. Single-shot, a variety of gauges would work 12/16/20