Prairie Dog

[poutpro]

How does a non-resident go about getting a liscense to go shoot prairie dogs in SD? How much does it cost? Thanks.

[Take 'Em]

just go to the south dakota game, fish and parks HSOforum (www.sdgfp.info). Go under the hunting part and follow the rest. you can get liscense on-line you just need a credit card

[poutpro]

What needs to be done to get access to land where they can be shot on?

[Tyler Holm]

You will need to contact the owner and get permission. Most of the time this is not a problem. The main issues you will have is finding the owner, and finding an prairie dog town in an area where no livestock resides.

[poutpro]

How do you find out which areas have prairie dogs?

[poutpro]

Also, how do the shooting preserves work?

[Tyler Holm]

My experience tells me that you need to be West of the Missouri River. There are a few fields on the East side, but many more towards the West. I've done most of my hunting near the Mobridge area. As for finding one, you might just have to scout. They are easy to spot. You'll find some as big as a square mile or more. If you can find a flat prairie near the River, chances are you'll find dogs.

I know nothing about shooting preserves as I've only hunted private ground.

These dogs are spooky. Once you shoot once, you'll soon find that they've been in this situation before. Sometimes it takes 20+ minutes to get a few back out of their holes. The best situation is to use a gun with some range and stay a couple hundred years away. That way they don't hear the gun blast as well. Play the wind. I've done it with a .22 as well (closer range), but many times you don't get a kill shot in. I'd recommend a larger weapon.

[poutpro]

I'll have to look into it more here. Seems like it would be a good time for a weeekend for not too much money.

[Mike Walerak]

The way it is getting to be is more ranchers will make you pay to hunt. You might get lucky and find one that will let you on.

Prarrie dog hunting is really getting to be a big deal as people come from across the U.S.

mw

[percherman]

I am not sure how much tribal license cost anymore but you can have a great shoot on one of the Indian Reservations In the southwest part of the state. I have heard you can shoot all day on one town and not shoot the same place twice.

[poutpro]

How do I find out info about hunting on a Reservation?

[percherman]

Poutpro, The web sight you need is www.rstgfp.net/hunting/hunting.html This will give you a list of guides along with phone #s and all other pertinent info you may need for a great hunt. They do require you hire a guide for a hunt. I believe it is just to let you on land and in gates and such.

[poutpro]

I'm not sure if you got that right? Tried the link and I got a Page Not Found reply.

[percherman]

I will try and copy and paste this web page www.rstgfp.net/Hunting/Prairie_Dog/prairie_dog.html - 18k - Cached - Similar pages . This web page I believe gives you guide info for all the tribal land in SD not just the Rose Bud.

Do you remember, This is your brain, this is your brain on hollow point Tshirts?, they were a hoot.

[poutpro]

When reading that I was a little confused. Do you need a SD state lisc and a tribal lisc to hunt in tribal land, or do you just need to tribal?

[percherman]

when hunting on tribal land you only need the tribal liscence the 3 day or yearly. There is state owned land within the boundaries of the tribal land that if you would be to hunt you would need a state lisence also. Your guide would tell you ahead of time what lisence or lisences to get.