Phil Kahnke Photography

Name: Phil Kahnke Photography
Address: Salem, SD, US
Telephone: +16056804082

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Most of my time with a camera is spent chasing waterfowl, but you'll find an occasional landscape shot or two in here.

10/28/2026

I would gladly take a little of this and a little of that these next few days.

10/27/2026

Just some things that go through my mind when I close my eyes.

10/26/2026

I’ll hang out with this dog just about anywhere, especially a pretty little cattail slough.

The music on this post is from a band called Wild Horses. Despite my nearly voracious appetite for searching out new-to-me sad bastard music I hadn’t heard of these guys before and they’re from my home state of MN. Was introduced when they opened for a Trampled by Turtles concert Friday night and I was an instant fan. If you like country music of the slower/singer-songwriter/fiddle and guitar variety they are worth a listen. The new album is awesome and was my soundtrack for a weekend of driving around eastern SD looking for a few mallards. They’re tagged below here for an easy way to check em out.
Wild Horses

10/24/2026

One of my favorite things is boating through little channels that open up into nice pockets to hunt. I’ve been exploring some new spots with this little boat.
PPF MUD MOTORS Official Page - Avery Outdoors

10/22/2026

Haven’t even seen a bluebill this year that I could for certain say it was a bluebill. A little bit of cooler weather coming next week should change that.

10/21/2026

Some camera roll cleanup. October 20 always feels like the point in time when mostly all of the mallards are colored out and start responding to calls more properly. Let the games begin.

10/20/2026

Man I love a morning like this. These geese got a free pass that morning as the walk in/out was a real chore so it was just a greenhead only morning for me. Watching them finish against that gorgeous sunrise and clouds though was pretty dang cool.

10/18/2026

Little boats and a lightweight setup for the win. Hunted a new to me spot today. Was surprised that it didn’t appear that anyone else had tried to launch off the side of the road where I did.
Well I soon found out why that was. The entire thing was about 3-6” deep with another 18” of mud below it. While we definitely have some muddy spots here in SD we generally don’t have much with quite soft bottoms. I’m glad this one did because it allowed the PPF MUD MOTORS to dig in and keep me moving. If I had known how shallow I wouldn’t have all those decoys in the boat as I only put out 8 because I didn’t want to mess with any more than that. Ended up shooting a few mallards and got a little antsy as I was nervous about the ride out and picked off a few Drake greenwings as well.
I don’t think there’s a perfect boat/motor setup but this has been a very useful rig for me this year with our water being so low. Generally I’d have probably taken my 16’ with hardside blind and 25 Merc out here but no chance that was moving an inch in this stuff. The thing they say about never having enough duck boats is often said as a joke but if a guy is serious about hunting water it’s probably one of the most true things ever muttered.

10/14/2026

A few pieces of the duck hunting equation.

10/12/2026

Ducks of various kinds dipping duck-type things.

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