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Aggressive Coyotes

Administrator — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:52:43 +0000

It’s still a little warm to be getting after them heavy here in SoDak, as I write this its already 49 degrees and sunny but when I woke up this morning it was a Clear 23 degrees with just a slight breeze out of the North East. I took a chance and went out for a couple quick stands. Played my FoxPro, sound “CoyoteFox” at about the 6min mark I heard barking way off in the distance. About 2min later I heard it much closer then across the way on a side hill there was a patch of white. This coyote was a large male, he was really ticked off, the hair on his back is still standing up, probably forever. I slowly turned on the camera aimed it at the sky and slowly pulled up the gun. I would have tried to get him in closer but I thought if I let him go any further he would wind me. Not much of a tape but at least you can hear the sound and see the action. One of my favorite things in the world to do. Still can’t get over how much fun it is.

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Enjoy the video!!!!

New Season New Contest to Benefit the DHS Rodeo Club

Administrator — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:34:39 +0000

The New Year’s Contest was such a hit last year to benefit Aaron Terveen, we thought we would keep the tradition alive. Over the next few days we will be getting information out about a huge event over the Holiday Season that will benefit the DHS Rodeo Club. The dates are set for December 28th & 29th. Along with the Video Varmint Calling Contest or 2012 Dupree Dog Days, there will also be a Silent Auction both nights as well as a Branding Crew Slave Auction on Saturday. Get your help lined up early this year and plan to attend. The Contest Link will be updated to the right of your screen shortly and information will also be available on FACEBOOK. Check back often to see the wonderful items donated for the Silent Auction as well as the Outside Sponsors.

Terveen Benefit Hunt blows in the Hunters!!

Administrator — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:50:37 +0000

Well New Year’s Eve will never be the same. Many people have been reading about the Terveen Benefit Hunt that was being planned for New Year’s Eve, and let me tell you, the people of the Dupree Community as well as the Weather, blew me away. It all started on Friday night the 30th with a $5 supper and the beginning of the Silent Auction, people kept coming, and they all had stuff for the Silent Auction. I would guess over 200 people in all showed up the first night.

The hunters checked in and there were 15 teams with 3 hunters on each team. This was a video hunt and the plan was for the hunters to hunt all day Saturday and bring in their videos for people to view on Saturday Night, then we would award the hunters as well as the winners of the Silent Auction items.

Results for the hunt went like this: Scroll Down \/

Big Dog, 2nd Place Little Dog, 1st Place Overall

1st Place: Cody Eaton, Austin & Amanda Stambach, they were overall winners, had the Big Dog at just over 38 pounds, the 2nd Place Little Dog at just over 21 pounds. They took home $600 for their efforts.

Rocky Longbrake, Tony & Terry Russell 2nd Place

2nd Place: Rocky Longbrake, Tony & Terry Russell, 2nd Place overall, 2nd Big Dog just over 31 pounds Total winnings $320

Courtney Good, Murdock Halligan and Mike Fillaus

3rd Place: Courtney Good, Murdock Halligan and Mike Fillaus took 3rd place overall and $180

Jayde Starr, Shane Farlee and Cody Rahder

Little Dog: Jayde Starr, Shane Farlee & Cody Rahder won Little Dog with a coyote weighing 15 pounds $100

Clay Farlee stated that over $9500 was brought in by the silent auction and the two nights of suppers. The Coyote Hunt brought in $750 for the cause, many of the hunters gave all or some of their winnings back for a total of $1050. Putting the total proceeds by this event over $10,500. An amazing amount for a community this small.

Thank you to all that helped to make it a success, what an amazing world we live in.

Oh yeah here is my team’s video: TerveenBenefitHunt_GHF_Rough

New Years Hunt – Terveen Benefit Coyote Hunt!

Administrator — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:58:44 +0000

Aaron Terveen was injured in a car accident last month and his Wife Mandi (Farlee) Terveen, and two sons need our help. For more info on the accident (Click Here).

Aaron is an avid coyote hunter and since he has local ties we thought what better way to help his family than with a coyote hunt. We are going to have our 2nd Video hunt of the year on December 31st. If possible we would like to collect all the videos on a computer so I can make a hunt video for him to watch while he goes through his rehab. Many of the details are still being ironed out as this is short notice.

If you can help in anyway please let us know on the event page we set up on facebook.

If you are not a hunter and would like to help out we will take silent auction items as well as prizes for the hunters.
The events will kick off on Friday December 30th @ 5:30 with a $5 meal provided by the Farlee Family, followed by a rules meeting at 7:00. The Hunters will hunt all day on Saturday and videos will be aired and another free will meal will be served starting @ 5:30 on Saturday Night.

Entry fees for the contest will be $130 per team, teams may have up to 3 people.
For complete rules (Click Here)

Thanks for taking the time to read this and keep praying for Aaron, Mandi and the boys.

Aaron doing what he loves best

Mouth Calls, Don’t leave home w/out them!

Administrator — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:00:35 +0000

OK it’s happened twice now, no picture for a reason. Those of you who read this know that we had a benefit coyote contest about a week ago. If you follow us on Facebook, you have seen some of the videos that were taken in this contest. I have a FoxPro Prairie Blaster, this is the first year that I’ve used it, as I got it late last spring. We used it exstensively for this contest, and if you watched our video we had pretty good luck. On one stand, we had it running and had 2 coyotes interested, all of the sudden it wouldn’t play sounds, of course we had it about 40 yards away from us and we couldn’t get up to work on it because the coyotes were looking for us. Frustrated, I pulled my OLD FAITHFUL “Dan Thompson Wheems” to my lips and blew a short series, the coyotes perked up and headed for us about 800 yds out. There were 2 of them and one was holding back while one was really wanting to come. The dumb one kept stopping to coax in the smart one. Finally at about 330yds the dumb one (who wasn’t so dumb) realized the decoy on the Prairie Blaster was in a different spot than where the sound was coming from. He held up for what seemed like forever and I finally took the shot at that distance missing just barely over his back, the shot was caught on film so people can hack on me for months to come. The electric call worked the rest of the day and we ended up getting 2 kills on video and seeing about 7 dogs in all.

This brings me to yesterday, I’ve got a deer tag and I’m entered in a big buck contest, I have to go to Amarillo next weekend so this is really my last weekend to hunt. There is a snowstorm that is starting to rage as I write this, so I wanted to take advantage of Friday. After being on a few knobs and glassing, I wasn’t seeing much deer movement, so I decided to call a coyote, go figure. I set up the Prairie Blaster and found a spot a few feet away. I had left the shotgun in the pickup as the Prairie Blaster is quite heavy, it and a rifle are about all one can handle, in South Dakota, you need a rifle for the wide open spaces. After I get set up, the dang call wouldn’t work, I could run the Decoy but it wouldn’t make sounds. I layed in the grass and fiddled with it for at least 20min. Finally giving up I sat down and decided to blow on my “Les Johnson Ruffy Dog” 2nd short series I had a dog at 80 yds, he appeared right behind a hawk that came to check me out. This dog came a running and I had no decoy to grab his attention. I got him in my scope at about 60yds, he was coming down a hill straight at me, I woofed, he wouldn’t stop. I woofed again and he stopped but just as I squeezed one off he started loaping towards me again, needless to say my bullet hit the ground right behind his rump. He swiched directions and was gone, I only got one other shot at him as he was going over a close hill.

In both these recent cases I was saved by my mouth call, the only problem seems to be with my shooting. As hunters we always want the newest and best equipment. The Decoy on top of the Prairie Blaster in my short trials, is a great way to set up coyotes, they focus on the decoy and the decoy is where the sound is, giving time for you to relax and take aim without being spotted. With mouth calls you are the sound system the prey is looking for you have to keep your movements down, and I find that I don’t relax and I try to shoot without moving, therefore not being as steady. I feel you should be prepared to hunt with both especially in cold temps when electronics and batteries seem to want to quit working. Practice with your mouth calls as often as you can, and always carry a few when you are out in the field. I’ve proved over the last week that they still work, no matter how much technology you have.

As for my Prairie Blaster, after last weekend I’m sold on it’s effectiveness, we called large wide open spaces, and called in coyotes from a long ways off. I called FoxPro yesterday morning and they think the memory card came loose, it has a 5 year warranty and they asked me to send it back. They said they would work on it and make it as good as new, I’m going to have to wait for it for about 2 weeks, and with the first snow on the ground I’m not staying out of the field. Good Thing I got my friends Les Johnson and Dan Thompson to back me up. Time to practice with the mouth calls.

Benefit Video Hunt a Success

Administrator — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:19:28 +0000

We got one!!

We had a lot of great videos brought in for the contest and every team came in with at least one dog. Jake Harris & CJ Menzel won the contest with 4 dogs on video. Oren Lesmeister’s team had 5 coyotes in all and 2 on video for 2nd place. Russell Brehmer’s team had 3 coyotes total and 2 kills on film, the also won small dog. Jim Selby’s team had 1 coyote for Big Dog, did not get him on film. Our team had 2 kills and 1 near miss on film. These video hunts are alot of fun, takes the idea of cheating out, and everyone gets to watch the success and failures unfold again at check in. People are posting their pictures and videos on our Facebook page

Check them out, if you like that kind of thing. Thanks to everyone for coming out, our sponsors and of course the cooks for 2 great meals. Please check out the list of sponsors on the Contest link to the right. They help make this event a success.

New Look Website, New Contests, New Season

Administrator — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 02:54:04 +0000

Check out our New Look Website: Main Hunting Page

Then we are going to have a Big Buck Contest, Click for the Details

And an Early Season Video Coyote Calling Contest, Click here for info

I hope you help us to make these upgrades and events successful. All proceeds to go to a wonderful cause, and of course you can win cash and prizes doing what you are going to do anyway. Please feel free to add comments or suggestions.

Benefit Coyote Contest – Rules and Regulations

Administrator — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:02:57 +0000

Dupree Dog Days Official Rules and Regulations
� Teams will consist of teams up to 3 people and they must hunt together at all times
� All State hunting regulations must be obeyed on Private, State or Federal Land
� All Tribal hunting regulations must be obeyed on Tribal Land
� All team must have permission to hunt from land operators
� Any game violations will result in immediate disqualification
� A licensed adult above the age of 18 must accompany any hunter under the age of 18
� All animals must be harvested on the day of contest during legal shooting hours � hour before sunrise and � hour after sunset
� Giving, Exchanging, and-or Accepting animals from hunters not on the 3 man team will result in immediate forfeiture of entry fees
� No Trapped, Snared, Frozen Coyotes will be accepted
� No Live Decoys
� Any coyotes killed with a Shot-Gun will be disqualified
� NO SNOWMOBILES, NO ATVs or AIRCRAFT of any kind
� Running down animals with any motorized vehicle is prohibited
� Each team will be given 7 Mouth Tags; all animals must be tagged as soon as they are taken, & the time of the kill must be written on the tag.
� Number of Points will determine winner of Overall contest,
� Point system: 1 point per animal called and killed, 2.5 points per animal called and killed on videotape
� In case of ties on points the team with most video kills wins, if still tied we will go to total weight
� Weight will determine BIG DOG � LITTLE DOG winners, in case of a tie the dog on video will win, if still tied we will go to time of check in. Team that checked in earliest will break tie.
� Weigh in time is 7:00 Mountain Time, Saturday Night; any team that checks in Animals after this time will be disqualified.
� Judges will be on hand to handle weigh in; Judges will enforce all rules and regulations;
� All teams must be equipped with a picture phone, video camera, or digital camera.
� ALL JUDGES DECISIONS ARE FINAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Note: These rules are to promote fair chase hunting, if it�s caught on tape there is no fair chase in question, if it is not caught on tape you will still earn points for your kill. There will be extra points awarded for videotaped coyotes.

Benefit Coyote Hunt & Big Buck Contest, November 11th & 12th

Administrator — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:41:25 +0000

Coyotes for Kas,
This summer our Good Friend and Hunting Partner, Courtney Good was hit with a tragedy, his 15 year old daughter Kas was in an awful accident that caused a traumatic brain injury. She has been hospitalized since the accident.
Courtney is a huge supporter of Dupree Dog Days, and has been to every hunt since it started. We all know how hospital bills pile up along with the time off of work and all the other little things. Courtney and his family had insurance but there are many things that insurance doesn�t cover. We are planning a couple of fundraisers in the spirit of Dupree Dog Days to help him and his family with these expenses.
On November 11-12 of 2011 we plan to have a video coyote hunt. The details of this hunt are yet to be released however if you have attended Dupree Dog Days in the past the rules will be similar with minor tweaks here and there.
We all know that this is the opening weekend for West River Deer season and the 2nd Weekend for the Tribal Deer seasons; therefore we are going to try and incorporate a Big Buck contest. This contest will need to be pre-entered so check back on SoDakAdventure.com or the SoDakAdventure facebook page for details in the next few days.
If you would like more information or would like to donate to the cause feel free to contact the following:
Mark Stevens: 605-365-5569
Murdock Halligan: 605-964-1965 or 605-280-7676

A New Dawn!!

Administrator — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:21:28 +0000

Boy it has been a long time since I posted anything, I may just ramble for a few paragraphs then sign out. Last Hunting season was not the best for me, seems like the older my kids get them more my life works in their schedule instead of mine. Chief’s Father always said do as much as you can when you are young because every year it gets harder to go, and sure enough he was right. I just didn’t expect it to start so early. Got the Email notification yesterday that my West River Tags were successful, this after the 3 Elk Tags were unsuccessful, and my Black Hills Deer tag was unsuccessful. So at least we have something going for us, hopefully and Antelope Tag will show up soon. Then I can apply for some left over Whitetail tags and a Muzzleloader tag, I should be able to fill the Freezer with Fajita meat for the winter. Coyote hunting has been my passion for quite some time, but the last couple of winters the snow has been so deep that it’s been hard to get out into the good country to where the Coyotes are. That and every Tom, Dick and Harry with a Sled was running them all over the country. Don’t get me wrong as a Rancher I need to coyote populations thinned out but I would like to be able to get within a days ride of one every once in awhile with a motorized vehicle. Every year Chief and I say we are going to do some filming in September when the Pups are out, but it never happens. I’m hoping this year we get the chance because no telling what the winter will bring. Perhaps the cattle market will hold and I can put some Tracks on my ATV, this would help extend my calling season when the snow gets deep. I’ve got a ton of plans and ideas for the upcoming season, I just hope that they can come to a reality. I’m not having any organized activities, when I try to organize something it turns into work. When I have a free weekend and my friends have a free weekend we will hit it. If it’s just me, then it’s just me. One good thing about being self employed, you don’t have to wait for the weekend, and that is how I’m going to approach the upcoming season.

OK enough rambling, I haven’t been on the NPHA site since March and I’m itching for some coyote killing news so off the blog I go.

Don’t forget, we are going to have the 2011 Fox Ridge Friends of the NRA event on September 30th, in Faith. It will not be to late of an evening so everyone will be able to get up and hunt Antelope the next morning. Come out and support a good cause and perhaps win a gun or some gear for the upcoming hunts.