A group of hunting buddies is trying to plan a road trip from NC to combo hunt waterfowl and upland. I've been to ND but we didn't chase pheasants then. ND could work but maybe not as good as SD for pheasants. SD has the issue if getting drawn for OOS permit. We've considered KS, OK and others but none of us know where to begin really. Freelancing means it has to have a lot of public land. We don't want the hassle of dragging a boat so I'm not sure how that limits us. We will be bringing my German wirehair and another guys lab.

Any suggestions on states or areas to search?