Big bangs come early

I mentioned that we've been battling Mother Nature, but for the most part we've been fairly lucky in Presho.  Even after the storm went through on Saturday evening and all of the damage was taken in, we still have to say it could have been worse.  It's been worse in other parts of the state and other states also, but we take it in stride and clean up and move on.  Not the best way to spend the 4th of July holiday, but we can't control everything. The pictures tell the story.  With grain bins emptied in anticipation of harvest the straight-line winds made quick work of the sheet metal.

This office may have saved ours.

Rural grain bins laid to rest in some of the near harvest wheat.

A true lumberjack couldn't have placed it any better.

Future perch spawning habitat.

As I write this the rain continues to fall, but once again we've missed out on the hail and tornadic activity.  We'll continue to do our best to live right and count our blessings.

You and me against the world

So far so good.  We finished mowing trees last week and planting food plots.  Mother Nature has tested us this year, but so far things are looking good.  Kellen and I had no problem finding a pheasant chick to take a quick picture with.  While mowing there were plenty among the trees causing us to stop often while they scurried in and out of cover.  We even found hens that were still nesting, so that means more to come.

 

We've been seeing broods of all sizes ranging from a few per hen , to as many as 16.  In about a month the SD GF&P will begin brood counts, but it looks as though we could be in for some high numbers. 

Speaking of high numbers, the State released their survey numbers for the 2009 pheasant season.  Lyman County was second in pheasants harvested with over 90,000 roosters taken.  Over 1.6 million birds were harvested throughout the state.  If things continue down this path it should be even more in 2010.