Pheasant hunting in South Dakota

Hindsight

Hindsight

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I am looking for some info on Pheasant Hunting in South East South Dakota. I would love to hear from anyone that has been there or lives there. What are some great areas to hunt and best time of season (early, mid or late season). My plan is to be out there for about 5 days, so any local attractions or other things that are a must experience while in the area.
I also am looking for some great fishing holes to visit since you can't start hunting until noon. If there are any good fishing holes, i am planning on taking the kayak to get out in open water. Thanks in advance for any info.

Joshua
 
We usually start out near Mitchell, SD and hunt our way North to Aberdeen, SD. A guy i work with has family there and we hunt on their farmland most of the time but we have done some guided hunts. I hunted near Redfield one time and i seen signs for a Lake Oahe but i really don't know that much about it. We always stop at the Cabelas in Mitchell South Dakota on the way up and dig through the Bargin Cave. We usually don't do much besides drink and hunt. Just prepare yourself for what we call a "prairie storm"! I have had to stop before in the mornings and let a couple hundred bird wave cross the road! No lie! More birds than you could imagine!
 
One of the best hunts i ever had and i limited out both pheasant and quail! I did this in Smith Center, Kansas last year up on the edge of the Kansas/Nebraska line. We started hunting at day break and i was limited out by 11:00! I shot all my pheasant in one field and got a double in the first 30ft of the first field. We got into the quail real heavy on a creek on the edge of a cut corn field. I also shot a Lesser Prairie Chicken after i took this pic on the way back to the main road. We were driving out and we seen a few jump the road so we got out and walk a small pivot and we ended shooting three chickens. I had a absolute blast that day!

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Here are a few of my favorites i have been using lately. I also have two Browning A5 that get plenty of field time.

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That is awesome. Thanks for the pics. Of coarse now I want to leave tomorrow. :( I will probably take my Weatherby 20g and I am looking for a new 12g.
 
I always wanted to hunt ducks in the morning and pheasants in the afternoon in N or S. Dakota as that is where my mother's family is from. I will do that someday.
 
That is actually part of the plan for at least a couple days while we are there.
 
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