Entries Tagged South Dakota

Tired of fighting the crowds to get at paranoid, call-educated coyotes? Try taking a trek — a long trek.

As a South Dakota resident, bowhunter Joe McDougal was lucky enough to draw a once-in-a-lifetime bighorn sheep tag. The video here showcases his short — but spectacular — 2020 bowhunt.

Hunters in the Mount Rushmore State can now drop the hammer on transient gray wolves.

December can be a challenging time for whitetails throughout much of the their range, and the hunting can be feast or famine, based largely on food and pressure.

This gateway to the West provides a superb backdrop for a public ground coyote hunt.

Approaching the whitetail rut with a solid game plan maximizes your chance for a close-range shooting opportunity.

Youth-only deer hunting opportunities are common throughout the country, and it pays to take advantage of them when introducing a boy or girl to the hunting tradition.

Did you know you can hunt whitetails on topnotch private land without knocking on doors? In many states, these “walk-in areas” are lightly hunted and often loaded with deer.

The author has planted soybeans for many years in his Midwest food plots, but that stops in 2020.

You worked hard during the 2019/2020 deer season, hunted numerous days but still came home without a mature whitetail buck. What happened?

Cold-weather bowhunts from natural ground blinds and treestands demand warm, quiet clothing. Does Thiessens — a newcomer in outdoor apparel — deliver?

If you like to ambush whitetails from the ground, without the use of a blind, then use this tactic to draw your bow undetected.

When topography and foliage mix perfectly, the coupling creates natural funnels that concentrate rutting buck movement.