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Kansas turkey hunt by: Mike North, South Dakota I wanted to send you a note of “Thanks” for the extra special care you took of Mark & me on our Kansas turkey hunt. I know that we posed somewhat of a challenge for you. It’s not often that you have two guys come on a [...]
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 [...]
Motorists urged to use caution near Cleghorn Fish Hatchery It is an annual right of passage and a rare opportunity to see an impressive big game animal exhibiting aggressive and amazing instincts, but motorists near the Cleghorn Fish Hatchery in the Black Hills are being asked to slow down for bighorn sheep. “This time of [...]
PIERRE, S.D. — Updated rental rates are now available for new Conservation Reserve Program contracts. In many areas of South Dakota, average CRP rental rates have increased 10 percent to 20 percent, making them much more competitive with local cash rent. “This increase in CRP rental rates will make enrolling environmentally sensitive lands such as [...]
With increased spring and summer rains experienced across much of the grouse range in South Dakota, biologists are optimistic about the outlook for grouse hunting in 2008. According to South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Regional Wildlife Manager Andy Lindbloom of Pierre, sharp-tailed grouse and prairie chicken populations in South Dakota are monitored using information [...]
PIERRE, S.D.—Favorable weather conditions and good habitat have once again combined to produce a record pheasant crop in South Dakota. Brood count surveys conducted by the S.D. Game, Fish and Parks Department tallied pheasant numbers that once again hearken back to the days of the Soil Bank era in the 1950s and ’60s. Surveys that [...]
Statistics from the 2008 South Dakota spring sharp-tailed grouse census indicate an increase in the number of male grouse counted compared to last year. Statewide, 6,861 sharptails were observed on spring dancing grounds this year compared to 6,035 in 2007. Male grouse recorded per square mile increased from 5.9 to 6.7. More than 1,000 square [...]
PIERRE, S.D.—On behalf of more than 50 partners from across the state, the S.D. Game, Fish and Parks Department presented a Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program proposal to the Governor’s Office last week. With the submission of this proposal on June 3 to the USDA’s Farm Service Agency by Gov. Mike Rounds, there is excitement among [...]
With the prairie winds waving around waist-high grass that has benefited from above-normal precipitation this spring, many nesting birds including pheasant, grouse and waterfowl are at the peak of their critical nesting and brood rearing time. “Although it has been cooler and wetter than average along with localized hail and flooding, much of the state’s [...]
Finally! The new video for our South Dakota pheasant hunts is finished. We’ve been working with Eef Productions on it and they did a great job. Check it out. If you are interested in pheasant hunting in South Dakota with us, contact an Outdoors International broker. Outfitters: If you are interested in a professional promotional [...]
PIERRE, S.D.—Two South Dakota hunting seasons have been expanded to allow more opportunities for young hunters and more opportunities are on the way. The S.D. Game, Fish and Parks Commission has approved changes in the youth pheasant season that lengthen the season and allow hunting to start earlier in the day. The 2008 season will [...]
I’ve put together a little checklist of things you need to bring and/or be aware of if you are going on a pheasant hunt with our outfitter there. We want you to be fully aware of everything you may encounter so you can fully enjoy your experience. Required equipment: South Dakota Small Game Hunting License. [...]
We’re in South Dakota right now helping our outfitter here plant some shelter belts around his fields to improve his already phenomenal pheasant habitat. We have 1700 trees to re-plant There are approximately 30,000 trees in all, but we are re-planting the ones that have died. The species of trees include: chokecherry; nanking cherry; cherry; [...]
South Dakota’s pheasant hunting season might get longer under a proposal being considered by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission. The proposal lengthens the season through January. In the past, the season has ended on the first Sunday in January. “We have a lot of birds on the landscape, thus bringing many requests and questions [...]
In the Beginning I doubt the one-day season in Spink County carried much resemblance to the festive atmosphere of opening days of modern times. It’s hard to imagine that a bird that currently numbers somewhere near the 10 million mark was once non-existent in this state. This arguably most prolific game bird known to man [...]
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 [...]
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