Steve Cordts
Steve Cordts
areas hunting private several week year
We've had restrictions on motorized decoys for several years. This was the first year they could not be used on private hunting areas for the first week of the season.
highest losses south troubling
What's troubling to me is some of the grassland losses in South Dakota, where there are some of the highest densities of pintails. I'm from South Dakota, and a lot of those grasslands are soybeans now.
chose concerns dawn early fighting hunters open people position rather safety season time
We had safety concerns (about an early dawn start). Rather than have hunters open the season in the dark, we chose a time where people can see where other hunters are set up. We didn't want people fighting for position at 1 a.m.