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October 26, 2013
Early cold hurts state parks
Annual stickers drop during otherwise successful season.
outdoorsOctober 26, 2013 - 7:28am
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October 25, 2013
GLAD YOU ASKED: Elk tags, preferences explained
Q: With the upcoming hunting seasons, there are questions regarding preference, especially big-game preferences. Some hunters have as many as 30 preferences for elk-in-the-park. How does the Game Fish & Parks determine the allocations? A: Chris Hull, of the South Dakota Department...
outdoors / huntingOctober 25, 2013 - 9:38pm
October 21, 2013
MERCER: Fewer pheasants? South Dakota has faced cliffs before
PIERRE — Remember when South Dakota wasn’t labeled as America’s best place for hunting pheasants? We’ve been blessed the past 25 years. But there is real worry this autumn. The annual brood survey indicates the statewide population after the hatch was down 64 percent...
opinion / columnsOctober 21, 2013 - 7:38am
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October 19, 2013
Stolen bucks, shooting accidents all in day’s work for GF&P officer
Andy Petersen had never been to South Dakota before coming to interview with the state Game, Fish & Parks Department. Now, Petersen has been the main conservation officer — a job many people still refer to informally as “game warden” — in Davison County for 12 years....
outdoorsOctober 19, 2013 - 12:17pm
October 18, 2013
Unprecedented second count finds fewer pheasants
For the first time ever, the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish & Parks conducted a second pheasant survey this year to check the accuracy of its first count. The additional survey — which wasn’t as comprehensive — actually found about 10 percent fewer pheasants than...
outdoors / huntingOctober 18, 2013 - 8:45pm
October 7, 2013
Utah mountain goats released in Black Hills
RAPID CITY (AP) — Mountain goats from Utah have been released in South Dakota’s Black Hills. The 22 mountain goats captured from Utah’s Tushar Mountains were released as part of a study to increase the genetic diversity of South Dakota’s population. South Dakota...
outdoorsOctober 7, 2013 - 8:20pm
October 4, 2013
Consulting group suggests plans to better manage deer, elk, lion and pronghorn in SD
By Bob Mercer Capitol Correspondent SPEARFISH — State Wildlife Division staff and the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission received their first look Thursday at the results of an outside review of big-game management. The report, ordered by the governor at the commission’s...
outdoors / huntingOctober 4, 2013 - 9:09am
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October 3, 2013
GF&P seeks to raise many license fees for 2014 seasons
By Bob Mercer Capitol Correspondent SPEARFISH — Inflation has risen 20 percent since 2005, the last time hunters and anglers faced price increases for their licenses to hunt and fish in South Dakota. The state Game, Fish and Parks Commission decided Thursday to propose raising...
outdoors / huntingOctober 3, 2013 - 5:59pm
GF&P faces big-game review report and holds public hearing on lions
By Bob Mercer State Capitol Bureau SPEARFISH — The first two hours of the state Game, Fish and Parks Commission’s meeting Thursday...
outdoors / huntingOctober 3, 2013 - 6:08am
September 29, 2013
Custer State Park buffalo roundup draws 14,000
CUSTER STATE PARK (AP) — More than 14,000 people lined the hills of Custer State Park Friday to hear the thunder and watch as more than 1,000...
outdoorsSeptember 29, 2013 - 10:50pm
September 27, 2013
Annual buffalo roundup at Custer State Park
CUSTER (AP) — Thousands of spectators are expected to descend on Custer State Park for the 48th annual Buffalo Roundup. The Rapid City Journal reports (http://bit.ly/14OmAPv ) that about 1,250 bison will thunder across the prairie Friday to be herded into corrals. Organizers...
news / stateSeptember 27, 2013 - 2:50pm
September 25, 2013
Talks restart on recreational use of floodwaters atop private property
By Bob Mercer Capitol Correspondent PIERRE — Members of the Legislature’s Government Operations and Audit Committee gave marching orders Tuesday to state Game, Fish and Parks Secretary Jeff Vonk. They told Vonk to reopen negotiations with landowners from northeastern South...
news / stateSeptember 25, 2013 - 6:50am
September 12, 2013
SD anglers asked to turn in heads of tagged salmon
PIERRE (AP) — State fishing officials are asking anglers to turn in heads of tagged Chinook salmon caught on Lake Oahe and the Oahe Tailwaters to help with research. The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is evaluating how stocking salmon at different locations might...
outdoors / fishingSeptember 12, 2013 - 3:23pm
August 30, 2013
Pheasant numbers down 64 percent in South Dakota
Rooster-chasers have cause for concern. According to a Friday news release by the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Department, the number of pheasant broods spotted during an annual statewide survey dropped 64 percent from last year to this year. The GF&P estimated the state to have...
outdoors / huntingAugust 30, 2013 - 9:58pm
August 29, 2013
East River deer license application deadline looming
PIERRE -- The initial deadline for hunters to submit applications for the lottery drawing for East River deer hunting licenses is looming. Applications submitted through the mail must be postmarked by Friday. Applications may be submitted online at the Game, Fish and Parks Department...
outdoors / huntingAugust 29, 2013 - 9:21pm
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