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    September 1, 2015
    OUR VIEW: Better bird numbers beneficial for everyone
    It's a great time to be a bird hunter in South Dakota. Last week, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department issued its annual report...
    opinion/editorialsSeptember 1, 2015 - 9:30pm
    August 27, 2015
    Republic file photo
    Pheasant count jumps 42 percent from last year
    Good news, pheasant hunters. Officials with the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department said Thursday the pheasant count numbers are...
    News/stateAugust 27, 2015 - 5:32pm
    June 22, 2015
    OUR VIEW: Good news and concern with increase in pheasants
    Maybe we're being overly hopeful, but it sure seems there are more pheasants running around this year. The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department says early reports are starting to come in, and it appears there will be an increase in the state's pheasant population this year....
    opinion/editorialsJune 22, 2015 - 6:26pm
    June 19, 2015
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    SD wildlife conservation fund growing, seeking board members
    The South Dakota Wildlife Conservation Fund is attempting to bolster habitat for pheasant and other wildlife in South Dakota. "Consistently...
    outdoorsJune 19, 2015 - 4:16pm
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    SD pheasants should see 'a modest increase'
    Favorable weather for a second consecutive year is helping to increase South Dakota's pheasant numbers after a period of a declining population,...
    outdoorsJune 19, 2015 - 4:00pm
    April 6, 2015
    Volunteers with the Mitchell area chapter of Pheasants Forever load bags of seed into vehicles during the 30th Annual Food Plot Wildlife Seed Giveaway Day on Saturday morning. (Caitlynn Peetz/Republic)
    Annual seed giveaway hits 30th year
    All it takes is one morning each year, and about 200 people and a few thousand 60-pound bags of seed to make a big difference in pheasant habitat...
    News/localApril 6, 2015 - 8:49am
    March 25, 2015
    Local Pheasant Forever chapter hosting 30th annual seed giveaway
    The Mitchell area Pheasants Forever chapter, Pheasant Country, is hosting its 30th annual Food Plot Wildlife Seed Giveaway Day at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday at the Aurora Plains Fertilizer/Big Green Fertilizer Plant in Mitchell. Corn and milo seed will be distributed to landowners within...
    outdoorsMarch 25, 2015 - 12:53pm
    March 24, 2015
    Local Pheasant Forever chapter hosting 30th annual seed giveaway
    The Mitchell area Pheasants Forever chapter, Pheasant Country, is hosting its 30th annual Food Plot Wildlife Seed Giveaway Day at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday at the Aurora Plains Fertilizer/Big Green Fertilizer Plant in Mitchell. Corn and milo seed will be distributed to landowners within...
    outdoorsMarch 24, 2015 - 9:18pm
    February 25, 2015
    GF&P offering new flower mix for statewide food plot program
    The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks is hoping to add some flower power across the state. Brian Pauly — a GF&P private lands habitat biologist — said his department is promoting a new seed mix this year for a program that promotes planting food plots...
    outdoorsFebruary 25, 2015 - 7:16pm
    February 20, 2015
    Dave Allen, a Mitchell native, was raised hunting and fishing. He took over the Pheasants Forever chapter in Mitchell, Pheasant Country, and has been running it for a number of years. (Matt Gade/Republic)
    Pheasant Country president garnering recognition for his dedication
    Dave Allen admits he's out of his element when he's in a packed Corn Palace during Mitchell's annual Pheasants Forever banquet. The banquet...
    News/localFebruary 20, 2015 - 9:23pm
    January 30, 2015
    Ditch-mowing rule won't be changed for pheasants
    PIERRE -- The months when ditches can be mowed along state highways in South Dakota shouldn't change, the state Transportation Commission decided Thursday. A pheasant habitat work group that was convened a year ago by Gov.
    News/localJanuary 30, 2015 - 10:57am
    December 12, 2014
    Pheasants flush from a field of sorghum in this file photo. (Matt Gade/Republic)
    More hunters, fewer planes at airport
    There have been more hunters but fewer planes landing at the Mitchell Municipal Airport for pheasant hunting season so far this year, according...
    News/stateDecember 12, 2014 - 3:17pm
    Simple goal of pheasant summit: How to get more birds
    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota's pheasant population has been on a long-term decline. Gov. Mark Dayton is hoping the first Minnesota Pheasant Summit this weekend will lay some ground for changing that. Saturday's gathering at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall will...
    News/stateDecember 12, 2014 - 12:41am
    December 5, 2014
    Eric Johannsen speaks to a group in a cabin about the relationship between farm land and CRP as part of Pheasant Forever's conservation and media hunt on Thursday near Tolstoy. (Matt Gade/Republic)play button
    Ag, conservation can work together, producer says
    TOLSTOY -- Eric Johannsen says there's been a demonization of the American farmer. Especially in South Dakota, and as pheasant numbers declined...
    News/localDecember 5, 2014 - 3:30pm
    December 2, 2014
    WILTZ: A Native American tradition that lives on today
    As you read today's column, we are entering the very best part of our S.D. pheasant season. The crops are out of the fields, the birds are bunched up in heavier cover, permission to hunt is far easier to obtain and with snow cover, the downed birds are generally easier to find. This,...
    outdoorsDecember 2, 2014 - 5:00pm
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