That blizzard I talked about in the last post arrived yesterday afternoon. It's finally thinking about letting up now. It's hard to tell how much actual snow fell since most if it was blown into four foot drifts with 35 mph winds. The forecast was for 6-10 inches, and my best guess is somewhere in there. As you can see in the picture, the lodge turkeys made it through just fine, although I'm sure roosting in that tree last night could not have been that much fun. They showed up for their usual meal this morning. Just in case some of you were worried (Mr. Hildebrand) that the turkeys you saw in the newsletter were the lodge turkeys, here's proof that they're still alive. With the Spring Turkey season opening in only a few weeks, I can't promise that they will still be around come fall. The pheasants should have been alright also, since they were pretty fat and happy going into the storm, and that seasoned closed today so I guess they're safe until fall (at least from us). In a few days most of the snow will be melted off, but it looks like we have another chance for moisture over the weekend, and this time of year you never know how it will fall.Tuesday, March 31, 2009
March Madness
That blizzard I talked about in the last post arrived yesterday afternoon. It's finally thinking about letting up now. It's hard to tell how much actual snow fell since most if it was blown into four foot drifts with 35 mph winds. The forecast was for 6-10 inches, and my best guess is somewhere in there. As you can see in the picture, the lodge turkeys made it through just fine, although I'm sure roosting in that tree last night could not have been that much fun. They showed up for their usual meal this morning. Just in case some of you were worried (Mr. Hildebrand) that the turkeys you saw in the newsletter were the lodge turkeys, here's proof that they're still alive. With the Spring Turkey season opening in only a few weeks, I can't promise that they will still be around come fall. The pheasants should have been alright also, since they were pretty fat and happy going into the storm, and that seasoned closed today so I guess they're safe until fall (at least from us). In a few days most of the snow will be melted off, but it looks like we have another chance for moisture over the weekend, and this time of year you never know how it will fall.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Season Finale
The Clarke family passed through this weekend on their way to Bozeman, MT. John Lyle, Kathy, Robert, and Joseph "aka, the little russian" got in one last hunt before the preserve season closes on March 31. It was Joseph's first trip to the Snake Den, and first SD rigneck. There were nine shooters all together, including the Bacon's (Brandon, Abby, and Brad), Hayes' (Steve and Nick) and Cordie and Casey. The birds were plentiful and we attempted to thin out the rooster population a bit. We could have used 10 more shooters, but that will have to do for this year. Cordie and son-in-law Johnny slipped out on Sunday to take out a few more, but the windy conditions made it a little tough for the two lonely wingshooters. Plenty of birds left over for next year, and although we're looking at another spring blizzard approaching, the winter has been fairly friendly for the birds. Should be another plethora of birds for Fall 2009.Snakeden Blog
We have an official Snakeden Lodge blog to keep everyone updated on the happenings in and around Presho, the pheasants, and any other fun adventures that the Snakeden crew has. This is a shot of Casey, Kellen, and his antelope from the Fall. We will have some more current pics soon. Feel free to comment and let us know your thoughts. We're about to get a nice little South Dakota spring snow storm.
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