Me and my buddy are tired of hunting pheasant in washington and we were thinking about taking a trip to south dakota this year. We have a few questions, What part of the state should we be going to? Is it still possible to get on private land for a week for around 750 dollars? What is the private land hunting like over there? and is it good enough pheasant hunting to make it worth while?
the last part i meant to ask about public land

this is what i’ve read, in a magazine somewhere, and its not my original thought.
south dakota is the top harvester of pheasants in the country because there are so many private game farms there. there is more land in south dakota dedicated to private bird hunting than anywhere else. which makes it the best place to go hunt a lodge or some other private ground. they say the downside to this is, all the best stuff is private. not that the public hunting isnt good in south dakota, just that the public hunting is better in some other states. places like kansas, nebraska, and iowa. north dakota hase become a competitor lately, but in a boom-or-bust kind of way. i have personally witnessed "the mother-flush", when hundreds of pheasants get up at one time, on public ground in nebraska and kansas.