"Awe struck at the amount of wild birds. Absolutely GREAT!
It was one of the most amazing hunting trips ever.”
Taro Sakita from Seattle, WA



"The wet conditions proved to be a problem. Both corn and soy beans were still up and the birds had so much cover they could out run us 5 hunters and 3 dogs without even flying. Still, we had a great time and Sunday joined forces with the farmer and his team of 4 hunters. That made the difference. We were enough people to cut off the birds and get them flying. The land was great and I am sure hunting will be great in a few weeks time when the soy beans are in and strips of corn are left standing.”
-- Henrik from Eden Prairie, MN
Almost North Dakota – Opening Weekend 2009



"Lots of birds in the CRP fields that held well for my dogs. Lots of points and lots of opportunity to get birds. I love the concept of the self guided hunts.”
-- Kevin from Arlington, TX
Aberdeen Acres – 5th Weekend 2009

"We have been very satisfied with the service we've gotten the last couple years while contracting through South Dakota Wild and really enjoy hunting Aberdeen Acres the last 3 years. I think SD Wild has done a nice job with everything, communication is good, info that we receive ahead of time is good and the farms we've hunted the past few years have been good."
-- Dave from Waukee, IA
Aberdeen Acres – 6th Weekend 2009

"Filled out in a couple of hours opening day!”
-- Mike from Hudson, WI
Brothers 2 -- Opening Day 2009

"You all were helpful as we planned this trip. We were going in blind, but have no complaints that you could have controlled. As expected, we saw many birds and had a good time hunting them. We can only imagine how different the hunt would have been with less water and less standing corn. In talking with the landowner, this was surely an unusual year in that respect."
--Jeremy from Mount Pleasant, IA
Brothers 2 – 7th Weekend 2009

"We like your service very much. We'll be contacting you to either to reserve the same Brothers Farms or different farms for next year. We enjoyed the hunt. Thanks for your efficiency in making the arrangements.” --Leland from Tampa, TX
Brothers 1 & 2 – 3rd Weekend 2009

"Lots of birds, Excellent cover to hunt. The land owner did a very nice job of showing us around.
Very nice guy and he had plenty of stories to tell us.”
-- Terry from Chetek, WI
Brothers 1 – 4th Weekend 2009

"The weather was cold, but not unbearable. Just a small amount of snow on the ground. As expected, the birds in December were plenty wary of us, and would tend to flush well out of gun range. However, we certainly did flush birds within shooting distance. 3 out of 4 from my hunting party had never hunted in South Dakota before. They could not get over the number of birds we saw along the road ditches, roosting in trees or sitting on hay bales. Also, we got into 3 groups of birds in the heavy cover, and must have had 30-40 birds get up at once. The property was well marked out for us, and maps were good. Overall excellent cover, and we saw plenty of birds.”
--Joe from Rolla, MO
Brothers 1 – 8th Weekend 2009

"We were hunting a strip of Milo when we had a group of pheasants flush. My buddy dropped two roosters with 2 shots. And the two dogs each fetched one bird and retrieved both to his hand. It was cool! Of course he was not the owner of either dog, but he was a good shot.”
-- Dean from Pine Island, MN
West River Bluffs – Opening Day 2009

"This year the hunting was pretty tough. There was lots of corn still standing which made locating birds more difficult, however, that is what we like about hunting wild birds, the challenge. Even with the standing crops there were still plenty of opportunities for us. We do have a small group, so we have to choose fields that we can adequately cover, which there are plenty of on West River Bluffs. This is the fourth consecutive year we have hunted this property. The landowner and his wife are excellent hosts and we intend to return many, many more times if possible.”
-- Duke from Plano, TX
West River Bluffs – 5th Weekend 2009

"My brother and I were walking along watching my son walk through a really birdy looking place. My brother say's, "I would like to see about 20 birds get up right in from of him.” No sooner spoken than about 50 pheasants exploded from RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY SON!! 5 shots, no birds. I love it. We had a good laugh and then went after them. The darndest thing then happened. As we were following up some of the birds and we were flushing them, birds from other places started flying into where we were. We were getting up roosters and gaining more than we were flushing. It was really weird but unforgettable.”
-- Bill from Greenwood, MO
Pheasant Valley – Opening Day 2009

"The hunting was some of the best we've ever experienced. The bird numbers were high and we had plenty of shooting. Since there were only two of us we focused more on the draws and fence lines. The highlight had to be the number of birds we saw. I made it a point each night and day to drive around just so we could look at birds – it really didn't matter if we could shoot at them or not. My dad made the comment that he's never seen birds like this, not even in the heydays of Iowa in the late 60's. It was also fun to watch the good dog work, we had one experienced dog and one new to hunting. The experienced did an awesome job and the new one really learned a lot in the course of the three days. I was glad to see that we got every bird we knocked down, thanks to the dogs of course. The number of roosters we saw was overwhelming – I'd bet the first 20 birds we saw on the property were all roosters and most held within gun range, at least for the first day."
--Steve from Andover, MN
Pheasant Valley – 6th Weekend 2009

 

"Everyone in the group had a great time and were very impressed with the accommodations and bird numbers. The hunting was outstanding. We took 14 dogs, several were under 2 years old, and they had plenty of bird contact which was great for them. Unfortunately a lot of the crops were still in due to weather and made it a little tough to hunt, but we were able to do very well all three days and all of our dogs got plenty of bird work.”
--John from South Bend, IN
Church Farm – 5th Weekend 2009

Much more of a challenge this year with so much corn standing. Bird numbers may have been down some, but it was hard to tell with so much standing corn. New tactics we tried for getting birds in the corn turned out good. The need to shoot better is a work in progress. WX for the most part was great considering time of year. Highlights were getting a bird limit for all four guys the last day, seeing all of the geese feeding in the Huron area the whole time we were there, large number of deer seen including a couple of very impressive bucks, time spent with old friends, stories told and new ones that unfolded.”
-- Jeff from Palm Harbor, FL
Hillside #1 – 5th Weekend 2009

"Farm and Farmer were excellent. The weather cooperated and we saw plenty of birds. The only downside is that the corn was still in the field, due to the previous two weeks of rain.”
-- Joe from Cheboygan, MI
Eureka Roosters – 2nd Weekend 2009

"We downed 30 birds and had lots of action every day. The land owner left some corn up for easy, easy hunting. The combine crew arrived while we were there, and that made for better hunting in the draws and brushy cattails, etc. We had a favorite cattail pond that we jumped every day (sometimes twice a day) and we got roosters there every single time. One day we felt like we were playing a video game we shot so much. We walked through another brushy creek side one day and saw tracks but no birds, then returned the second day and flushed birds from the moment we shut the car doors (probably 25 – 30 birds total). Excellent bird cover, conditions were cold but adequate. We all enjoyed this hunt very much.”
-- Joe from Appleton, WI
Eureka Roosters – 9th Weekend 2009