Member Submitted Articles, News, Opinions, and Viewpoints

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      4 Yard Gobbler

      by admin April 26, 2012

      This story (and video link) comes to us from Clayton Denny and tells the story of his Turkey Hunt with friend Ben Mcquagge. As much as this Turkey season had been much anticipated for me, it was tenfold for my good buddy Ben Mcquagge. Ya see, last year as I was wackin and stackin the [...]

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      Surprise Buck

      by admin December 27, 2011

      This story and set of photos comes to us from Rapid City hunter Mark Zacher. I’d been looking for a DIY public land buck like that for a very long time, since we had to change up our hunting area last year and find a new spot. My son is 25 and is a hunting [...]

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      What a Year

      by admin December 12, 2011

      This story comes to us from Tom Patterson of Wisconsin who had an outstanding year…and one that made the record books! In 2010 I traveled to Alberta & was successful on a spot/stalk archery mule deer hunt with a guide service. I was immediately hooked on this spot/stalk type of hunt & couldn’t wait for [...]

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      Muzzleloaded Monster

      by admin May 12, 2011

      I started hearing about a big buck living on my friends land and the adjoining property last July. My buddy had to had told me that it was one of the biggest bucks that he had ever seen. I also heard stories from other guys that had seen a big deer up in that area. [...]

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      First Archery Mountain Lion

      by admin March 21, 2011

      This story comes to us from Sean Fulton – Owner of the title “First Archery Mt Lion in SD“! I had been watching this area for a few years and had known it to have a lot of cougar activity, especially after hunters start pushing the cats around. I had a scouting camera up in [...]

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      New Record Bull

      by admin March 17, 2011

      This story comes to us from Joe Barrett – new holder of the number 3 record bull in South Dakota! I checked the SDGF&P web site as soon as I heard the  2010 HB Elk drawing had taken place.  I was a bit surprised to find I had drawn with 14 years of points, because [...]

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      Its Tough Being a Ringneck

      by admin March 15, 2011

      These photos were submitted to us… and we could not go without sharing them with everyone. The story goes that this happened near Huron, SD.  Awesome photos! Looking at these, it made me want to find a good “one-liner” Ours: Dang! – I should have worn the white coat! Let’s hear yours!

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      Do We Have a Coyote Problem

      by admin March 14, 2011

      If you don’t think we don’t have a coyote problem in western South Dakota well think again! This is Tony and Terry Russell, and Rocky Longbrake from Dupree, SD – and have been busy this winter! These three boys shot over 400 hundred coyotes in western South Dakota from the first of November to the first week of [...]

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      Mykel Glowcheski 2010 Archery Whitetail

      by admin March 8, 2011

      This story comes from archery hunter Mykel Glowcheski It was a Monday morning and I should have been back at college but instead I decided to spend one more morning in the stand.  There is just something about the November rut that I cannot get away from! Although the high for that day, November 8th [...]

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      Opening Day Mountain Lion

      by admin March 5, 2011

      This story comes to us from South Dakota hunter –  Jesse Sorenson The night before opening day we got about 6 inches of snow so opening morning,  I thought that it would be a good plan to go out and find some fresh tracks and follow them in hopes of locating a lion.  Packing my [...]

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