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    December 12, 2014
    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 to Mike Scherschligt, the airport's manager. The statewide pheasant hunting season began Oct. 18 and will last until Jan. 4.
    news / stateDecember 12, 2014 - 3:17pm
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    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
    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 in past years, outdoor enthusiasts have pointed fingers at farmers and agriculture producers. As grain prices increased, more ground...
    news / localDecember 5, 2014 - 3:30pm
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    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
    November 20, 2014
    NBC pheasantfeature highlightsfather-son duo, Mitchell, state
    A father-son bond was strengthened and preserved forever after being featured on NBC Sports Network. "Opening Day," an hour-long show narrated by long-standing NBC Nightly News anchor and South Dakota native Tom Brokaw, focused on the legendary opening weekend of pheasant hunting...
    newsNovember 20, 2014 - 10:26pm
    No direction emerges from meeting on ditch-mowing rules for pheasants
    PIERRE — Four citizens testified Thursday at a special meeting regarding the effects on South Dakota's pheasant population from mowing state highway ditches. The state Transportation Commission held the meeting in response to a recommendation from the governor's work group...
    news / stateNovember 20, 2014 - 5:56pm
    GF&P, others fund new game production area in Moody County
    South Dakota pheasant hunters will have the new 160-acre Gideon Game Production Area to explore in northwest Moody County this pheasant season. The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department purchased the land using Pittman-Robertson dollars, contributions from the Minnehaha and...
    outdoors / huntingNovember 20, 2014 - 8:57am
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    November 18, 2014
    Hunting lodge being rebuilt
    ARMOUR -- A hunting lodge in rural Armour that was destroyed by fire last fall is being rebuilt and should be ready for use once hunting season opens. Marty Jensen, general manager of South Dakota Pheasant Acres, a pheasant hunting preserve on about 3,000 acres west of Armour, said...
    outdoorsNovember 18, 2014 - 8:52pm
    SD pheasant opener, Mitchell to be featured on NBC Sports Network
    An hour-long television program on NBC Sports Network shown Wednesday night will feature the opening weekend of pheasant season in South Dakota. It will feature Mitchell residents, along with Mitchell’s annual Pheasants Forever banquet, which more than 700 people attended this...
    outdoorsNovember 18, 2014 - 8:17pm
    Finding funding for pheasant habitat
    Paul Coughlin talks about the landscape in South Dakota as if it were a radiant, elaborate painting. The 47-year-old Aberdeen native has lived in the state his entire life. While growing up, he developed a passion for the outdoors. "I really enjoyed hunting and fishing, but I really...
    outdoorsNovember 18, 2014 - 1:17pm
    Missouri man still hunting in same area after nearly 70 years
    WHITE LAKE -- In a windswept field, Ken Barbour unshouldered his shotgun and began to walk. A line of hunters, clad in orange, walked in step to his left while more waited at the far end of the field. Barbour walked at brisk pace until he and the others neared the far side. Then,...
    outdoorsNovember 18, 2014 - 1:17pm
    Landowners may face longer wait to mow state highways ditches
    PIERRE — The state Transportation Commission agreed Thursday to take another look at its regulations for mowing ditches along South Dakota highways. The move is in response to one of the eight recommendations from the governor's work group on pheasant habitat. The current...
    newsNovember 18, 2014 - 1:15pm
    OPINION: Pheasant habitat is a community effort
    It's been more than 20 years since I bagged my first pheasant. I don't recall exactly where we were hunting, but I do remember the crunching leaves underfoot on that beautiful fall day. I also remember having quite a time cocking the hammer of my dad's break-action, single-shot 20...
    opinionNovember 18, 2014 - 1:15pm
    WOSTER: The happiness of hunting
    I haven't hunted pheasants, or any other creature, for half a century, but when I think of those days when I did hunt, the word that comes to mind is "happy.'' I was happy. Or at least I think of myself that way when, as on most opening days of the big-time pheasant hunting season,...
    opinionNovember 18, 2014 - 1:14pm
    Mitchell pheasant opener feature set to air Nov. 19
    A feature television show on this year's pheasant opener in Mitchell is set to air Nov. 19 on NBC Sports. The show will go on following a hockey game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers scheduled for 7 p.m.
    outdoorsNovember 18, 2014 - 1:12pm
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