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south dakota merriams help

Started by adamtb, March 26, 2015, 09:33:10 AM

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adamtb

Hello Old gobbler members im reaching out to see if any of you can help my brother and myself out. We are looking to do a merriams hunt within a few years but budget friendly. we went to kansas for our rio and were able to do it for 850 guided. we were hoping to do something like that with the merriams. If any of you know of any guides with reasonable rates in that ball park please let me know. We are not looking for 5 star accomadations just a decent place with a guide to give us the lay of the land. Thanks

spencerhoosier

You could try Rosebud or Pine Ridge Indian Reservations. They are an affordable way to hunt out there.  I have been to Rosebud two different times and tagged out on each trip. One being a six bearded beauty. The thing with Rosebud is you have to have a guide(tribe member), and they are more of a tour guide than a hunting guide (or at least ours seemed to be), which was fine for us. I wouldn't rate it as my top hunting experience, but glad I tried it. It's at least an option. The tags are affordable and you could shoot four, I believe. That may have changed since I was out there.

Here is the link to their website: http://www.rstgfp.net/?id=24&page=Hunting

We stayed at Salt Camp Cabins which is basically in the middle of the reservation:
http://www.saltcamp.com/

As far as the guides, there is a list on the Fish and Game website that lists the eligible guides. You need to really due your due diligence here as a lot of them have no idea how to turkey hunt, or guide for that matter. You can figure that out by talking to them. 

Again, I wouldn't rate the hunting as the best because I think they shoot too many and need to lower the bag limit. They may have since I was there though. But, if cheap is what you are looking for w/o 5 star accommodations, this is an option.

hpo

Look for Tuffy guide services on the Rosebud.That dude worked his butt of. he's not going to call for you but drove us all over and worked with us to get birds.
Shoot'em in the Face!

lohaus

I went to standing rock reservation a few years ago with my buddy.  We were on birds every day.  I tagged out.  We didn't use a guide.  Just did a little research on Google maps compared with the Tribal maps.  During deer hunting I literally saw over 100 birds on a ranch.


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