HUNTING
Saving the tundra by controlling snow geese
Some of you may have seen today's article about snow goose populations in North America in The Daily Republic. While light goose overpopulation certainly isn't a new problem as a conservation has been...
Posted on 3/14/12 at 8:48 AM
Jamestown Sun wants your hunting blog!
The Jamestown Sun does a nice job highlighting Areavoices bloggers in a special way. Each week they do a page of nothing but Areavoices blogs. Right now editor Logan Adams is looking for blogs relat...
Posted on 11/10/11 at 2:34 PM
Pringle Worthy
Youre just not a true Pringlite unless youve shot an elk in the Pringle area. Whether residents apply every year until they finally draw a tag or theyre land owners who get a tag because the...
Posted on 10/23/11 at 8:00 PM
South Dakota Tourism celebrating top dogs
Fall is pheasant hunting season in South Dakota. Birds are easy to find, but a good hunting dog is a rare treasure. The look in a dogs eyes that says, Take me hunting is hard to resist. Thats why So...
Posted on 11/19/10 at 1:20 PM
GOP continues to press Herseth Sandlin about her GF&P list request
Just received this from the Blake Curd campaign: U.S. House Candidate Blake Curd To Hold Press Conference PIERRE – U.S. House Candidate, doctor and U.S. Air Force veteran Blake Curd will hold a...
Posted on 1/12/10 at 10:47 AM
Counties added to goose hunt 
CUSTER — The state Game, Fish and Parks Commission is proposing to add four counties to the special August hunt for reducing Canada geese populations that reside in eastern South Dakota.
By Bob Mercer , May 06, 2012
Muskrat hunting would be limited under new season 
CUSTER — The state Game, Fish and Parks Commission is proposing an uncharacteristic restriction for South Dakota’s new muskrat hunting season that was established by the Legislature.
By Bob Mercer , May 06, 2012
Fewer licenses likely for Black Hills deer season 
CUSTER (AP) — South Dakota's Game, Fish and Parks Commission is proposing another reduction in Black Hills deer-hunting licenses this fall. The goal is to rebuild a deer herd that is one-third the size it used to be.
May 04, 2012
Deer theft case featured in national hunting magazine 
The tale of a Mitchell man’s theft of a 10-point whitetail buck from the back of a vehicle last December in Mount Vernon recently appeared in a national hunting magazine.
By Staff reports , May 04, 2012
Grandkids — The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 
It seems like just yesterday I became Grandpa Roger. Now Sam, the oldest, is 15. I well remember the pre-grandpa days. Friends would dig photos out of a purse or billfold and brag about these precocious urchins. I’d think to myself, “Get a life!” Since then times have changed. Now these photos are stored on cell phones.
By Roger Wiltz , April 25, 2012
SD, feds investigating whooping crane shooting near Miller 
The migrating adult whooping crane was traveling with two other whooping cranes before being shot with a high-powered rifle while standing in a corn field.
April 24, 2012
LETTER: Fire GF&P employees, kill all mountain lions 
The lion population is eliminating the sport of public hunting in “our” beautiful Black Hills. I enjoyed many great hunts in the Hills years ago — I’m sorry so many young residents will never be that lucky with the continued policies of lions eating the wildlife.
By Dave Tuttle , April 23, 2012
Law officers have trouble policing SD hunting 
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Law enforcement agencies find it difficult to police hunting in South Dakota because the state does not require guides or lodge owners to be registered, officials said.
April 23, 2012
WILTZ: Of late, my duck hunting has been on the back burner, and here’s why 
The early April fishing on Francis Case Reservoir has been phenomenal. I firmly believe that years from now, we’ll be talking about the fishing in 2011 and 2012. While the window for walleyes thus far has been open for the 15-20 minutes that follow sundown, smallmouth bass and northern pike have hit with abandon all day.
By Roger Wiltz , April 17, 2012
Elk illegally killed near Hot Springs 
A landowner along U.S. Highway 18 found the carcass late last week. Authorities determined it had been shot with a high-caliber rifle.
April 16, 2012
WILTZ: Are you familiar with H.R. 822? 
Have you ever considered obtaining a concealed handgun carry permit? The time is certainly relevant for talking about it.
By Roger Wiltz , April 10, 2012
GF&P pays landowners $5 million for public access in 2011 
By Bob Mercer , April 05, 2012
Pheasant harvest topped 1.5 million in 2011 
By Bob Mercer , April 05, 2012
GF&P reduces elk licenses for seasons 
BROOKINGS — The state Game, Fish and Parks Commission decided Wednesday to further reduce hunting licenses for elk in the Black Hills, beyond the cutbacks its biologists previously recommended for this fall.
By Bob Mercer , April 05, 2012
Hunters took more than 1.5 million pheasants in 2011 
Hunters harvested more than 1.5 million pheasants in South Dakota during the 2011 season, according to an estimated presented by a state wildlife biologist to the Game, Fish and Parks Commission Wednesday.
April 04, 2012
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