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2014 South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Forecast - Mid Summer Outlook
July 14, 2014 by UGUIDE South Dakota Pheasant Hunting
In the last year or two there has not been a lot of positive news, regarding pheasants, coming out of the state of South Dakota. That is about to change......
More...10/26 - South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Field Crops Conditions Report
October 26, 2009 by Chris Hitzeman
Limits coming from West River, Stoney Butte Creek and Aberdeen North locations. The corn harvest increased only 3% last week across the state from 6% to 9%. Soybeans went from 30% to 40% harvested and milo only went from 24% to 26%. Temps are cooler across the state and rains over the last 2 weeks have not helped harvest conditions improve much. Hunters are finding their best hunting during the last hour of daylight as birds move from corn to roosting cover.
More...South Dakota Game and Fish - Offering Free Public Lands GPS Mapping Program
August 05, 2009 by UGUIDE South Dakota Pheasant Hunting
PIERRE, S.D. South Dakota has millions of acres of lands open to the public, and a new option to locate those areas is being offered by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks.
More...Upland Bird Hunting - The Good Old Days are Here!!! - South Dakota Report
October 15, 2007 by UGUIDE
Hunters should get ready to step back in time as they prepare to share the fields with a pheasant population the likes of which hasn’t been seen in South Dakota since the Soil Bank years of the 1950s and ’60s. More...
Pheasant Populations Soar Despite Looming Habitat Loss
August 31, 2007 by UGUIDE
Hunters who take to the fields in 2007 will be greeted by one of the largest pheasant populations in South Dakota history. However, they had better enjoy it while they can. More...
2007 South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Counts Up 23% Overall
August 25, 2007 by Chris Hitzeman
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 of the 1950s and ’60s. The pheasant population index was at a 40-year high in 2005 and the 2007 index tops that historic mark. Overall statewide numbers for 2007 are 23% higher than the 2006 counts and 18% higher than the 2005 mark. More...
