400 Nitro,
South Dakota in the late 60's had a a few very bad winters with the snow very deep, many birds perished in that snow and very cold temperatures, plus some of the early sprngs were very wet and hen pheasants will only try to nest twice before giving up.
To relate a story told to me by a World War Two Vet, traveling from N.J. to the west coast in a troop train, it stopped in South Dakota in the middle of no where. The local farmers had tables set up with food on them. My friend asked one of the ladies about the chicken, she said it wasn't chicken it was pheasant. She said didn't you see them all along the tracks? On leaving he watched out and said they were all over the place.
I've hunted there, and yes Ed I did get of Translyvania, in the late 80's, near Mitchell. Hunted a small 10 section farm and saw hundreds of pheasants in 2 days of hunting in this spot.
Last Dollar, Nothing excites me more than pheasants, and I'm glad to hear that there are a lot of birds by you. Good hunting and take care of them.
By the way EDM has written a few books on Parker Shotguns.
Ed, just to show you what kind of guy I am, even though the only school I graduated from was the school of hard knocks and hard work, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Oh, I almost forgot, your state back then was lower than Pa, I don't know where it fell into the TOP TEN or if it did at all.
Last edited by JDW; 12/18/08 04:33 PM.
