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With South Dakota's pheasant-brood survey up 76-percent over last year, all signs pointed to a fantastic season opener on October 18. However, few probably expected it to kick off quite as well as it did.

Upland bird hunting has an essence to it that's difficult to describe. It's a different ballgame than most any other fall hunting experience, and creates an addiction that's not easy to kick, even long after you've left the field. Our Digital Managing Editor, Shawn Skipper, had his first taste of a true pheasant hunt earlier this fall while traveling with Browning and Winchester. Get an inside look at his hunt here.

Associate Editor Jon Draper puts the wraps on he and Web Managing Editor Shawn Skipper's recent conservation order light goose hunt in South Dakota.

Adding their guns to the throngs of hunters chasing snows in South Dakota, online managing editor Shawn Skipper and assistant editor Jon Draper participate in the light goose conservation season on the central flyway.

South Dakota is famous for a raucous motorcycle rally, Mt. Rushmore and pheasant hunting. But in the author’s mind it’s a world-class destination for high-odds whitetail hunting—if you don’t overthink it.

Two days into a goose hunt outside of Hecla, South Dakota, we were sweating both figuratively and literally. Unseasonably warm and still conditions had combined with a bright moon to keep most birds grounded, and uninterested in feeding in sileage fields.

If you hunt deer long enough you will eventually bump up against epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD). The scourge can ruin a deer season and devastate deer populations. The author encountered EHD last year in South Dakota; here’s what happened.

There's nothing like a hot meal after a hard morning's hunt. That's why Associate Editor Jon Draper and Digital Managing Editor Shawn Skipper made sure they packed some of Camp Chef's finest on-the-go cooking solutions when we decided to chase snow geese across the prairies of South Dakota. A hunt camp's kitchen, though, thrives on efficiency—which is why we were quick to acquire a Sherpa Camp Table and Organizer. Here are five things you need to know.