Pheasants

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South Dakota's top pheasant biologist says hunters should still find plenty of roosters in fields this weekend as the state wraps up its 2015 pheasant hunting season. Travis Runia, upland game biologist with the Game, Fish and Parks Department, said officials...

PIERRE — The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks wants a pesticide that federal regulators haven't approved yet to become part of the state Wildlife Division's pheasant management plan. Anthraquinone sickens birds by disrupting their digestion systems.

The annual Pheasants Forever banquet last year in Mitchell stretched into homes across the country. A television crew that was filming a show about South Dakota’s pheasant hunting tradition was in attendance at last year’s local banquet, capturing highlights of the annual...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's pheasant population has increased by nearly one-third over the past year, thanks to a pleasant winter and favorable weather during the spring nesting season. The estimated 30 percent increase in birds over 2014 mirrors increases in nearby...

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....

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...