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Stats dont always tell the real story……and it is entirely possible that competition even with a cap in sd still plays a part. The migration through sd and even ND is later and more intense through a shorter window of time than years past. If there’s a cap and all the hunters hit sd during the same week maybe it feels crowded during the biggest migration weeks in sd. Im not sure if sd has time limits on their cap. ND probably has an edge in waterfowl hunting as we generally have a larger breeding population of local birds plus being further north get migration activity earlier than sd and seem to be holding birds later every year. Our season is longer so to speak and the pressure may be spread out over time more than sd….so what the gnf is suggesting isnt a fair comparison. There may be fewer hunter’s competing for less or more concentrated birds in sd which would feel a lot more like the pressure we get up here. IMO ypu cant really compare ND to SD in regards to waterfowling. It’s a different dynamic.

<blockquote data-quote="Trip McNeely" data-source="post: 431974" data-attributes="member: 728"><p>Stats dont always tell the real story……and it is entirely possible that competition even with a cap in sd still plays a part. The migration through sd and even ND is later and more intense through a shorter window of time than years past. If there’s a cap and all the hunters hit sd&nbsp; during the same week maybe it feels crowded during the biggest migration weeks in sd. Im not sure if sd has time limits on their cap. ND probably has an edge in waterfowl hunting as we generally have a larger breeding population of local birds plus being further north get migration activity earlier than sd and seem to be holding birds later every year. Our season is longer so to speak and the pressure may be spread out over time more than sd….so what the gnf is suggesting isnt a fair comparison. There may be fewer hunter’s competing for less or more concentrated birds in sd which would feel a lot more like the pressure we get up here. IMO ypu cant really compare ND to SD in regards to waterfowling. It’s a different dynamic.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Trip McNeely, post: 431974, member: 728"] Stats dont always tell the real story……and it is entirely possible that competition even with a cap in sd still plays a part. The migration through sd and even ND is later and more intense through a shorter window of time than years past. If there’s a cap and all the hunters hit sd during the same week maybe it feels crowded during the biggest migration weeks in sd. Im not sure if sd has time limits on their cap. ND probably has an edge in waterfowl hunting as we generally have a larger breeding population of local birds plus being further north get migration activity earlier than sd and seem to be holding birds later every year. Our season is longer so to speak and the pressure may be spread out over time more than sd….so what the gnf is suggesting isnt a fair comparison. There may be fewer hunter’s competing for less or more concentrated birds in sd which would feel a lot more like the pressure we get up here. IMO ypu cant really compare ND to SD in regards to waterfowling. It’s a different dynamic. [/QUOTE]

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