The Ultimate Pheasant Hunt

May 23, 2026 by UGUIDE South Dakota

2025 Pheasant Season End Conclusions - Final Report

2025 will go down as a great year but off the highs of last year. We saw really cold spring weather in the northern camps that hampered grouse and partridge numbers more so than pheasants but were a great indicator of the hatch overall. Our measure of success, this year, is a 2.0 pheasant per person per day average across the season and all UGUIDE camps. The previous high mark was 2.4 which we hit in 2024. The all-time low was 1.3 in 2017. Some Camps hit new records while other were down a bit. Our Average Harvest Per Group Per Camp Per Week was 67 Roosters per Group per Week average. Our total rooster harvest for the season was 2,285. A lot of memories were made this year and the hero of it all was mother nature because we have learned she is a majority share partner in our endeavor. Check 2026 Availability of all UGUIDE South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Camps Faulkton Gunner's Haven Meadow Creek Pheasant Camp Lodge West River Adventures -