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John Pollmann: Here are some changes to watch for with South Dakota’s outdoors

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After 12 years and more than 200 columns, I’m hanging up my hat as a columnist for Outdoor News in Minnesota. It’s been a great run, but it’s simply time for a change.
Change has been at the heart of what I’ve covered in this space, whether it be new laws generated by the South Dakota Legislature that relate to the outdoors, modifications to federal conservation programs that affect habitat in my home state and beyond, or pulling back the curtain on the motivations behind a changing landscape – the loss of grasslands, wetlands, or other natural features.

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John Pollmann: A season of hits and misses for South Dakota roosters

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Like most upland hunters, I’ve missed my fair share of birds over the years, but my current shooting streak is something I don’t think I’ve ever experienced before.
On my last two hunts, both on public ground, I’ve missed five roosters, emptying my 20 gauge on each bird for a total of 15 missed shots. While embarrassed to admit this on the pages of Outdoor News, I am hopeful that by being public with this information, I can exorcise whatever demons are causing the disconnect between me and my Beretta.

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John Pollmann: South Dakota youth season offers lessons learned for young hunter

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South Dakota’s two-day youth waterfowl season took place last weekend, and the conditions couldn’t have been much better for the state’s young hunters.
Cool, fall-like weather was accompanied by blue skies and a bit of a breeze. The water delivered by summer rains had the countryside looking lush, with touches of yellow, brown, and orange beginning to emerge in fields of green. It truly felt like fall. And yet, my 13-year-old son, Miles, learned a valuable lesson about duck hunting: You win some, and you lose some.

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South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks alters August Canada goose season

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The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department has decreased the number of counties open for the August “management take” of locally-produced Canada geese, citing both declining population levels and conflicts with landowners as central to the change in management of the large waterfowl species.
Rocco Murano, chief waterfowl biologist with the GF&P, says that the overall population of resident Canada geese in eastern South Dakota appears to be within the management goal of 115,000 to 165,000 birds.

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Some parts of South Dakota not immune to effects of heavy rains on pheasants

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A series of heavy rainfall events in late June are clouding the pheasant-production outlook in some areas of South Dakota, although wildlife experts remain largely optimistic about the kind of bird numbers upland hunters may see this fall.
Over a foot of rain fell on parts of southeastern South Dakota during the final week of June, causing significant flooding in both rural and urban areas. The effects of the flooding in this part of the state – roughly outlined by state Highways 34 and 19 – were most apparent in those grassy waterways that typically help usher normal runoff through fields of corn and soybeans.

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Mixed news for duck production outlook in the Dakotas

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Wetland conditions across large portions of the Prairie Pothole Region in North Dakota and South Dakota are vastly improved since the end of winter, thanks to weeks of steady precipitation going back to early April.
That’s good news for waterfowl and waterfowl hunters, but waterfowl managers in both states are pumping the brakes on any lofty expectations for this fall’s flight of birds out of the duck factory.

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Death of Jan Nicolay is a conservation loss for South Dakota

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Longtime educator, former state legislator, and passionate outdoors advocate Jan Nicolay died last Saturday, May 18. Nicolay, 82, died after a lengthy battle with cancer. Her death marks the loss of a significant voice for the conservation of South Dakota’s natural resources.
In the days since Nicolay passed away, tributes have mentioned that she was the first female principal in the Sioux Falls School District, taking over the helm of Washington High School in 1987. More impressive is how colleagues remember Nicolay as a “champion for kids,” noting how she helped start programs aimed at helping those youth facing significant challenges.

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Outlook bright for South Dakota’s popular fisheries; plus information for nonresident waterfowlers

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State officials in South Dakota are optimistic about the upcoming fishing season, citing desirable water conditions and high fish abundance in those waters most popular with anglers. What follows is a breakdown of where some of the best fishing may be found across the state in coming months.

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