South Dakota's 2024 pheasant hunting season yielded over 1.3 million harvested roosters, the highest in 13 years. An additional 380,000 pheasants were harvested within designated shooting preserves.

The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) announced the 2024 pheasant season harvest numbers. Over 1.3 million roosters ...

Pheasant hunting is an economic engine for South Dakota. Pheasants Forever, a private conservation organization, put the financial impact of the 2023 pheasant season on the state’s economy at $281 ...

Hunters bagged more pheasants last fall in South Dakota than they have for 13 years, the state department of Game, Fish and ...

Pierre, S.D. – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) today announced the 2024 pheasant season harvest numbers. Over 1.3 ...

It's been more than a decade since South Dakota saw this kind of pheasant hunting success. An estimated 1.3 million pheasants were harvested during the 2024-25 season, according to newly released ...

Ron Spomer The author and his dog after a successful South Dakota pheasant hunt. Photo by Alex Robinson One of the things I like about pheasant hunting is that you can make your own success. If you ...

such as public hunting land maps. Pheasant opener is a big deal and a busy time, she said, but it all ends up as a positive for Mitchell, Allen said. Hunters flock to South Dakota for the birds ...

SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota pheasant hunting lived up to the hype for Dave Simonett. That’s saying something considering all the places he’s visited while touring as the frontman of Trampled ...

Harding and his friend, George Mickelson, introduced me to South Dakota hospitality and pheasant hunting. I have never had a greater combination of experiences. In his note, Homer allowed his ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A South Dakota tradition gets underway this week. The 2023 ring-necked pheasant hunting season starts Saturday, Oct. 21 and runs until Wednesday, Jan. 31. It’s the ...

Leading into this year's hunt, the South Dakota Department of Tourism has confronted the reality of fewer pheasants with an upbeat information campaign. "Still the nation's best pheasant hunting ...