South Dakota prairie dog hunt.

pitter · March 2, 2013, 08:22 AM

I'm looking to try and do a South Dakota prairie dog hunt in June 2013. Does anyone have any good info on how to get started (never done it before). It sou d's like the good places to hunt are all private land. Any help on connections would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

pitter · March 2, 2013, 12:45 PM

Any Info on where to get started or places to go any type of information is helpful.

Mobuck · March 2, 2013, 09:15 PM

Should be a buyers' market this coming season. The price of fuel and ammo may put a kink in some shooters' budgets.

Jack O'Conner · March 4, 2013, 05:51 PM

Contact this gun shop for local shooting near Rapid City. You'll have to pay a tresspass fee to landowner; free places to shoot are no more.

Jack First: 605 343 8481

Jack

fatwhiteboy · March 4, 2013, 10:45 PM

Buy a map from South Dakota Fish and Game that shows public and private land. Go to Google Earth put in the coordinates of public land, you can see the mounds in the photos.

wooly booger · March 5, 2013, 08:27 PM

you'll have to hire an outfitter or pay trespass fees... Free shooting went out the last ice age.

mquail · March 6, 2013, 09:05 AM

SD has over 5 million acres of public and private land leased. We have 3 national grasslands, walk in, state land and school lands. With all that land out there I'm sure you can find a dog town or two. http://gfp.sd.gov/hunting/areas/

You don't need to pay anyone to shoot prairie dogs. Get yourself some maps. Contact the 3 National Grasslands and ask them. Also they do close down dog shooting during a certain time of the year on the grasslands.

jgn · May 19, 2013, 02:54 PM

Was going to SD for prairie dog hunt with my 2 sons can anyone help with a place to go.Or maybe recommend some way of talking to land owners about permission. we are looking for this to happen in June or July

erikk · May 29, 2013, 06:17 PM

When I hunted there ranchers welcomed you with open arms

fatwhiteboy · May 29, 2013, 10:11 PM

I wouldn't call going after prairie dogs a hunt. More like a shoot... Bring a table, chairs to use as a stable shooting platform. It isn't a glass and stalk kind of thing, more like sit and wait for them to pop up out of their holes...

March 2, 2013, 08:22 AM	#1
pitter Junior Member Join Date: March 1, 2013 Posts: 3	South Dakota prairie dog hunt. I'm looking to try and do a South Dakota prairie dog hunt in June 2013. Does anyone have any good info on how to get started (never done it before). It sou d's like the good places to hunt are all private land. Any help on connections would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

March 4, 2013, 05:51 PM	#4
Jack O'Conner Senior Member Join Date: July 11, 2005 Location: Manatee County, Florida Posts: 1,976	Contact this gun shop for local shooting near Rapid City. You'll have to pay a tresspass fee to landowner; free places to shoot are no more. Jack First: 605 343 8481 Jack __________________ Fire up the grill! Deer hunting IS NOT catch and release.

March 4, 2013, 10:45 PM	#5
fatwhiteboy Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2011 Posts: 317	Buy a map from South Dakota Fish and Game that shows public and private land. Go to Google Earth put in the coordinates of public land, you can see the mounds in the photos. __________________ Fat White So Cal

May 19, 2013, 02:54 PM	#8
jgn Member Join Date: May 19, 2013 Posts: 16	Hunting in SD Was going to SD for prairie dog hunt with my 2 sons can anyone help with a place to go.Or maybe recommend some way of talking to land owners about permission. we are looking for this to happen in June or July

May 29, 2013, 10:11 PM	#10
fatwhiteboy Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2011 Posts: 317	I wouldn't call going after prairie dogs a hunt. More like a shoot... Bring a table, chairs to use as a stable shooting platform. It isn't a glass and stalk kind of thing, more like sit and wait for them to pop up out of their holes... __________________ Fat White So Cal

March 2, 2013, 12:45 PM	#2
pitter Junior Member Join Date: March 1, 2013 Posts: 3	Any Info on where to get started or places to go any type of information is helpful.

March 2, 2013, 09:15 PM	#3
Mobuck Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2010 Posts: 6,846	Should be a buyers' market this coming season. The price of fuel and ammo may put a kink in some shooters' budgets.

March 5, 2013, 08:27 PM	#6
wooly booger Junior member Join Date: February 22, 2013 Location: on the edge Posts: 143	you'll have to hire an outfitter or pay trespass fees... Free shooting went out the last ice age.

March 6, 2013, 09:05 AM	#7
mquail Senior Member Join Date: March 14, 2011 Location: South Dakota Posts: 148	SD has over 5 million acres of public and private land leased. We have 3 national grasslands, walk in, state land and school lands. With all that land out there I'm sure you can find a dog town or two. http://gfp.sd.gov/hunting/areas/ You don't need to pay anyone to shoot prairie dogs. Get yourself some maps. Contact the 3 National Grasslands and ask them. Also they do close down dog shooting during a certain time of the year on the grasslands.

May 29, 2013, 06:17 PM	#9
erikk Member Join Date: October 2, 2012 Posts: 42	When I hunted there ranchers welcomed you with open arms