South Dakota game commission sets elk seasons, reduces licenses
RAPID CITY, S.D. — South Dakota’s game commission has rejected giving fewer landowners an advantage for licenses to hunt elk in the Black Hills. The
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Cutback in elk hunting licenses could be coming in South Dakota
Antlerless licenses would drop from 1,150 to 700.
South Dakota’s waters mediator ‘bridging that gap on both sides’ in non-meandering waters issue
For about two decades, South Dakotans battled the public vs. private non-meandered waters issue that led to new legislation and, eventually, the creation of Robling’s main duty.
South Dakota makes switch to catch-and-release only for muskies
PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission changed the harvest restrictions for muskellunge and tiger muskies from a statewide 40-inch minimum length limit
South Dakota officials hoping for late-season pheasant hunting surge
License sales down, however, for the state’s highly regarded hunt.
South Dakota rejects expanding use of hounds in public-land mountain lions hunts
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Commission did not adopt a proposal that would have expanded the use of hounds
South Dakota bulking up Black Hills walleye offerings, opportunities
PIERRE, S.D. – For the first time, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks recently stocked walleyes in two Black Hills reservoirs. GFP fisheries staff stocked
Poor Dakotas pheasant seasons could impact states’ economies
The worst drought in recent memory this past summer has depleted the population of the popular game bird in the two states, where pheasant hunting is big business.