South Dakota Pheasant News
Antler Ridge Lodge team 2009 Governor's Hunt.(Ultimate Pheasant Hunting)
South Dakota Governor's Hunt Set for This Weekend
Oct. 22, 2010South Dakota's Invitational Governor's Hunt is set to take place this weekend in central South Dakota. The Governor's hunt, based out of Pierre, SD has been an annual event since the early 80's when it was resurrected by Governor Bill Janklow as an economic development effort to bring in business leaders interested in relocating their company to South Dakota.
Maps of South Dakota’s public lands have gone interactive on the Game, Fish and Parks Department Web site. Users interested in finding public lands for hunting, fishing or outdoor recreation will find a wealth of information at www.sdgfp.info/Wildlife/PublicLands/PubLand.htm.
2008 Hunting Handbook, Hunting Atlas Now Available - Sep. 05, 2008
Two of the S.D. Game, Fish and Parks Department’s most popular publications are now available to the public.
1958: The perfect pheasant season in South Dakota - Sep. 02, 2008
Most pheasant hunting seasons come and go, recalled only by certain events: a puppy’s first retrieve, a first double or that rare triple, partners and dogs now long deceased. Maybe it’s a picture of that Thanksgiving day hunt or a Christmas hunt in the snow with a late season limit. The specific year seems mostly forgotten. When it is remembered, it is often long ago.
S.D. Pheasant Counts Up For 2008 - Sep. 02, 2008
PIERRE, SD - 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 measure pheasants per mile from brood routes put the 2008 index at 8.56 pheasants per mile.
Rules in Place for Mentored Youth Hunts this Fall - Jul. 21, 2008
RAPID CITY, SD - Following action by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission, a framework of rules is in place to allow mentored youth hunting in South Dakota.
South Dakota Pheasantennial: 100 Years of Tradition - Jul. 16, 2008
PIERRE, SD – The fall season in South Dakota typically means one thing. The pheasants are flying and the hunters are flocking. This year is even more special as the South Dakota Office of Tourism is poised to present The South Dakota Pheasantennial: 100 Years of Tradition.
Pheasants Forever Asks USDA for 500,000 Additional SAFE Acres - Jun. 27, 2008
During a contract signing ceremony today at brothers Jeff , Steve, Mike, and Brad Hemmer's farm, Pheasants Forever (PF), USDA, South Dakota Game Fish & Parks Department and elected officials celebrated the immediate success of a new Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) practice; State Acres For wildlife Enhancement (SAFE).
First SAFE Contract in Nation to be Signed in South Dakota's Moody County - Jun. 20, 2008
Pheasants Forever (PF), agencies, politicians and conservationists will celebrate the instant success of South Dakota’s State Acres For wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) program and witness the formal signing of the first SAFE contract in the country. SAFE represents an important change to the federal Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).
