Officials investigate wolf killing near Custer

CUSTER (AP) — Federal wildlife officials are investigating the killing of a wolf near Custer, in western South Dakota's Black Hills.

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2 bull elk shot, killed in Wind Cave National Park

RAPID CITY (AP) — State and federal authorities are investigating the killing of two bull elk in Wind Cave National Park in southwest South Dakota.

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Cabela's to hold bow hunting class

Cabela’s will hold a National Bow Hunter Education Class at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4, at Cabela’s, Mitchell.

SD GF&P briefs: Changes proposed for special buck tags

PIERRE — The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks commission has proposed two changes to licenses available for the West River special buck hunting season.

Gov re-appoints 3 to State Conservation Commission

PIERRE (AP) — Gov. Dennis Daugaard has reappointed three individuals to the State Conservation Commission.

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Deadline extended to register for Pierre fishing event

PIERRE (AP) — Organizers of the Pierre Winter Fishing Weekend have extended the deadline to register online.

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Change proposed in no-wake rule

Game, Fish & Parks idea would streamline process on Lake Mitchell.

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Is it a scam, or are these guys for real?

It was late afternoon, and knowing that station WNAX did a classified ad thing, I tuned my Dodge pickup radio to 570 AM. But the talk wasn’t about loaders or livestock trailers. It was an interview, and they were talking about the growing price of food. Eventually I figured out that it was an advertisement, but I stayed tuned anyway.

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Dive team recovers fisherman's body in SD lake

HAYTI (AP) — Officials have recovered the body of a rural Clear Lake man who reportedly drowned after driving an all-terrain vehicle into open water on Lake Poinsett in eastern South Dakota.

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Clear Lake fisherman presumed drowned in lake near Hayti

HAYTI (AP) — A Clear Lake man is missing and presumed drowned after driving an all-terrain vehicle into open water on Lake Poinsett in eastern South Dakota.

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Missouri River flooding makes for good SD fishing

YANKTON (AP) — Last year's Missouri River flooding was hard on landowners, but a biologist says the deluge has made for great January fishing in southeastern South Dakota.

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DNA tests could save minnow in South Dakota

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The Topeka shiner was doing relatively well in the creeks and rivers where it lives in eastern South Dakota, so the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2005 decided not to include the state's waters as designated critical habitat for the minnow it had listed as endangered in 1998.

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A South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks ‘wish list’

In spite of criticism regarding the transparency of its budget, as well as keeping the general public informed, our Department of Game, Fish & Parks did manage to live within a budget and do a reasonably good job regulating our wildlife resources in 2011.

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Warm temps hampering ice fishing conditions

RAPID CITY (AP) — The recent run of unseasonably warm temperatures in the Black Hills has Game, Fish and Parks officials warning anglers about the dangers of venturing out onto the ice on local lakes.

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SD mountain lion that traveled to OK has new home in zoo

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A mountain lion believed to come from South Dakota and captured hundreds of miles away in Oklahoma this spring has a new home at a zoo in Independence, Kan.

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