I'm going to drive out to ND to hunt pheasants and other upland game in late October/early November. The last two years I did the same in Kansas. We're hoping to find more game in ND this year.
Have any of you done this? Do you have any suggestions on locations to go, ways to get on non-public land, tactics for hunting pressured birds, etc?
I have a utility/bird dog who is steady and has incredible drive. She's hunted ND once before with my friend and went with us to Kansas the past two years. My friend has a unique connection that gets him on private land in ND, but that arrangement won't transfer to me. He and others have given me some ideas but of course they can only speak from their personal experience...so any advice is welcome!
I'm also very interested in western expansion history (French trappers, Lewis and Clarke, Indians, etc.) and I think we'll spend at least a half day looking at stuff like that. So any suggestions in that regard would be great, too!
We will have 9 days total in ND. I'm thinking of starting near Mandan and then spending some time in the SW corner of the state. But I've not locked in anything.
I know it's possible to go with a guide service for a fee. I'm open to that but would like to DIY the whole thing if possible. Thanks in advance for any suggestions from a fellow mid-Atlantic hunter on how to have success in the upper plains.
Have any of you done this? Do you have any suggestions on locations to go, ways to get on non-public land, tactics for hunting pressured birds, etc?
I have a utility/bird dog who is steady and has incredible drive. She's hunted ND once before with my friend and went with us to Kansas the past two years. My friend has a unique connection that gets him on private land in ND, but that arrangement won't transfer to me. He and others have given me some ideas but of course they can only speak from their personal experience...so any advice is welcome!
I'm also very interested in western expansion history (French trappers, Lewis and Clarke, Indians, etc.) and I think we'll spend at least a half day looking at stuff like that. So any suggestions in that regard would be great, too!
We will have 9 days total in ND. I'm thinking of starting near Mandan and then spending some time in the SW corner of the state. But I've not locked in anything.
I know it's possible to go with a guide service for a fee. I'm open to that but would like to DIY the whole thing if possible. Thanks in advance for any suggestions from a fellow mid-Atlantic hunter on how to have success in the upper plains.