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Are you apprehensive of the MEXICAN DRUG WAR going on right now! With the current U.S. travel warnings along with the news reports about shootouts and massacres in MEXICO. This is happening right in the marshes that you hunt for waterfowl! Put together of five hunters and you go for FREE! We represent an Outfitter [...]
PIERRE, S.D. – A proposal to increase the daily bag limit of pheasants from 3 to 5 was defeated at the monthly GFP Commission meeting in Pierre on Thursday. A proposal needs five votes from the eight member Commission to become rule, but there were only four supporting the measure so the proposal failed to [...]
Pierre, S.D. – Due to the delayed harvest of crops this fall, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission intends to act at its Dec. 3-4 meeting in Pierre on a proposal to raise the three-bird daily pheasant bag limit to five cock pheasants daily. Under the proposal, the current 15-bird pheasant possession limit [...]
From SD Game Fish and Parks PIERRE, S.D. – According to a survey done by the Game Fish and Parks Department, more than 176,000 resident and non-resident hunters pursued ring-necked pheasants in South Dakota during the 2008 season. Hunters harvested approximately 1.9 million birds. Resident hunters averaged 7.3 days in the field and harvested 11.5 [...]
PIERRE, S.D. – After a lengthy debate and testimony both for and against lengthening the pheasant season, the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Commission voted to keep the season similar to 2008. The 2009 pheasant season will run from October 17, 2009 through January 3, 2010. In related actions, the Commission voted no to [...]
Myth No. 1: Most of the birds are shot when the season opens. It’s a tradition like no other.. an opening weekend pheasant hunt in South Dakota. Each year, outdoor enthusiasts from around the world re-visit the state where they have been developing traditions, friendship and memories for generations. In addition to great friends, family [...]
North Dakota If you live in or near North Dakota, several national wildlife refuges and a state wildlife management area will offer sharp-tailed grouse observation blinds for public use this spring. The blinds are popular with wildlife photographers and others interested in watching the spring courtship rituals of sharp-tailed grouse. Grouse blinds typically receive widespread [...]
Within a 60 mile (100km) radius of McLennan, Alberta on Kimiwan Lake in the heart of the Peace Country is the area you’ll be hunting. The natural junction of the wetlands and the mixed wooded region creates a popular flyway for migrating waterfowl which allows this region to be considered the Bird Capital of Canada. [...]
North Dakota upland game supervisor Stan Kohn provides his insights into this winter’s effects on upland game birds and particularly the ring-necked pheasant. Apparently, it hasn’t had much of an effect on wildlife so far. That’s good news. Watch a pretty good video by the Game and Fish Department, North Dakota here.
The news is out. After keeping this brute a perfect secret all throughout the season “Big Louie” was found dead by pheasant hunters on my friends neighboring property. The 250″ buck was discovered by my friend Darin and his neighbor Mark. Here’s the story. Early season I received a phone call from Darin, my good [...]
Jerry Clark sent us this note from his recent pheasant hunt in South Dakota. He also sent the following videos from his hunt. Funny stuff. Enjoy and get ready for his upcoming whitetail hunting story. It will be posted on the 27th. “Hey Cory, Thanks a million for getting me in on the SD hunt [...]
The 2008 South Dakota pheasant season was an interesting one. Our Featured Outfitter recently sent us some of their pics from the season so far as well as some information. The report is that there are tons of birds, but conditions have been fairly tough. Most of the corn is still standing due to high [...]
I just got back from South Dakota releasing Hungarian Partridge and doing some habitat management. If you’re wondering why we need to release Hungarian Partridge in South Dakota when we have so many pheasants, I wonder that myself sometimes too. But seriously, we are just trying to make our already outstanding bird hunting even better. [...]
A special Web site offers waterfowl hunters up-to-date information about all four of North Americas flyways. The site, www.Flyways.us, a joint effort of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Canadian Wildlife Service, was developed by biologists and waterfowl manager across the Atlantic, Mississippi, Central and Pacific flyways. “This Web site represents an excellent [...]
If you are like me and don’t have a strong political back bone but want to somehow be involved then perhaps it is time to spend a little extra money on the clubs and organizations who can stand toe to toe with the opposition. I have been a member of the NRA for a long time but [...]
PIERRE, S.D. – The S.D. Game Fish and Parks Department, Pheasants Forever and USDA Farm Service Agency are pleased to announce that the State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement program is ready for enrollment. Under the enhancement program, also known as SAFE, state agencies along with other groups were given the opportunity to submit proposals to [...]
The first pheasant hunting season was in 1919. South Dakota first implemented a 12 noon starting time for shooting hours in 1931. The 1944-45 pheasant hunting season set records for: The largest bag limit of 10 pheasants. Five of the 10 could be hens. The longest pheasant season when it opened on September 20, 1944 [...]
Pheasants A hunter needs to know the difference between a hen and rooster pheasant before he or she pulls the trigger. Most of the time, the identity of the bird flushing at your feet is obvious. There are situations, though, where it is good to hesitate or hold back. Birds flushing into a rising or [...]
The Ringed-necked Pheasant was imported to America from Asia, and no other game species introduced to this continent has been as successful at flourishing as the pheasant. One of more than 40 species originating in Asia and Asia Minor, these birds from the genus Phasianus are perhaps better known than any of the other 15 [...]
In 2005, lawmakers established the option for a youth pheasant hunting season on Saturday and Sunday preceding the regular pheasant season. At that time, legally licensed residents and nonresidents ages 12-16 were allowed to hunt roosters statewide. In 2007, the law was changed to allow the Game and Fish Department to establish a pheasant hunting [...]
We donated this South Dakota pheasant hunt through the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Dan Wolfe bought the hunt at the auction and brought six of his friends. We would like to thank Dave Brucken of RMEF. We had a lot of fun and the hunting was smoking hot! Just look at that pile of birds [...]
WOW! I’ve hunted pheasants for over forty years from Minnesota, to Colorado in some good area’s where the numbers were fairly strong. I have never seen the number of wild birds as I’ve seen in southwestern North Dakota. It was mind boggling. The first day of the hunt we hit the field at about noon, [...]
Our first South Dakota pheasant hunt of the season was a success! We had eight hunters mostly from Vail, Colorado, including Chuck’s cousin and two nephews. We got our limit of birds every day. Ninety birds in three days! AWESOME! The corn is still standing, so it is bound to just get better once it [...]
South Dakota is experiencing historically high pheasant numbers. Brood count surveys by the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department estimated that statewide, this year’s pheasant population was 23 percent higher than last year’s and 18 percent greater than the 2005 pheasant population, which was at a 40-year high. Nick Cochran, a conservation officer with [...]
Hunting late season birds can be frustrating if you don’t know what your doing. Smart birds will run until they have no other option but to fly. Figure out how to hunt them and you can have some of the best hunting of the year. Get organized before you even get close to the field [...]
PIERRE, S.D. Pheasant survey routes indicate that hunters who take the fields in 2007 will be greeted by one of the largest pheasant populations in South Dakota history. Brood count surveys by the S.D. Game, Fish and Parks Department project pheasant numbers the likes of which has not been seen since the Soil Bank years [...]
We just recieved the following email from our Outfitter in South Dakota: The 2007 pheasant nesting season has been a tremendous success. Numerous large coveys of various sized young birds are noted and we anticipate further progression for a highly successful hunting season. We have spent most of the spring and summer on habitat – [...]
Pheasant Hunting A string of mild winters has helped ringnecked pheasants.Add in the Conservation Reserve Program, which has put about 3.3 million acres of nesting habitat on the states landscape, and you have the ingredients necessary to increase not only pheasant numbers, but also their range. However, things change and so does the states pheasant [...]
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