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Originally Posted by Larry Stauch
Very nice indeed. It looks like you both got a lesser prairie chicken. The horizontal bars going down the body are a dead give away. And in the picture of the birds on the ground you can definitely see the "chickens" foot on the prairie chicken. Were they shot as the flock flew past or did you flush them?  |
Are there Lessers in SD? I hunted them (unsuccessfully  ) in SW Kansas before they closed hunting on the species. We saw them...at a distance only. A chicken, Greater or Lesser, is a trophy bird in my book. Congratulations again to those happy hunters.
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