August was a busy month for South Dakota: One of the state’s U.S. senators introduced a bill aiming to incentivize more grasslands that could be grazed year-round; some residents, as in all states, are reacting to the rollback of federal endangered species protections; and an outbreak of hemorrhagic disease has been reported by state officials.
Josh Haiar: Wrapping up a busy month on South Dakota’s outdoors scene Read More »
Madison Grimm said her first word was “duck.”
At least, that is what her parents tell her. Grimm told Outdoor News that she said it while looking at one of her father’s wildlife paintings hanging on the wall. Now 19, the northeastern South Dakota wildlife artist has transformed her lifelong fascination into Second Chance Flight. It is a nonprofit that rescues waterfowl eggs from nests accidentally destroyed during haying and other agricultural work.
South Dakota teenager Madison Grimm rescues waterfowl one egg at a time Read More »
Beginning hunters will lose access to special antlerless-deer seasons in nine southeastern South Dakota counties this fall as state wildlife officials try to rebuild depleted white-tailed deer populations.
The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Commission unanimously approved the one-year closure during its June meeting. This comes after the commission, in May, reduced firearm deer licenses by 1,400 statewide and changed offered archery and muzzleloader licenses from “any deer” to “any buck.”
Nine South Dakota counties lose special youth doe seasons Read More »
What we want legislators and the governor to understand and focus on is that about 200,000 people in South Dakota hunt and fish. We need to put more attention on those people.
Josh Haiar: An interview with a South Dakota outdoors leader about upcoming priorities Read More »
South Dakota wildlife officials are raising the state’s elk population goal in the Black Hills, while taking the opposite approach east of the Missouri River.
The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission moved on Thursday, May 7 to revise its initial draft elk management plan, increasing the Black Hills elk population objective from 6,000 to 8,000 elk to 6,000 to 9,000 elk.
In North Dakota, the Game and Fish Department announced last week that the state’s 2026 paddlefish snagging season would close last Friday, May 8 at 7 p.m. to any additional harvest to provide long-term protection of the paddlefish population.
South Dakota wildlife officials denied a public petition to reduce early-season walleye limits on a stretch of the Missouri River, citing fisheries data indicating a healthy population.
Wes Chmela of Oacoma asked officials to shut down or lower the daily walleye limit from four fish to two fish during January, February, and March on upper Lake Francis Case. In his written petition, he also proposed either catch-and-release-only fishing or tighter size restrictions for that period on the stretch from the Platte-Winner bridge to Fort Thompson.
Josh Haiar: South Dakota officials say ‘no’ to lowering walleye limits Read More »
South Dakota’s wildlife management commission has voted to end the state’s nest predator trapping program and replace it with a youth-only program and a separate coyote bounty, after lawmakers again raised concerns with the original program.
South Dakota lawmakers replace the state’s nest predator program Read More »
A slate of outdoor bills is making its way through the South Dakota Legislature.
Some of them failed quickly, while others are still waiting for their first committee hearing. As of February 5, here are the proposals drawing the most attention from hunters and anglers, and why they matter.
South Dakota’s outdoor issues heating up in Pierre Read More »
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