The whistle of the wind, the slow crunch of grass as hunters trudge across prairieland, anticipation building in tandem with the rise of a shotgun barrel, the blast of a gun, and, hopefully, a bird on ...

The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D. Erik Kaufman, The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D. Oct. 18—MITCHELL — The annual pheasant season is arguably the biggest jewel in the crown of South Dakota's outdoor ...

The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D. Luke Hagen, The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D. Jun. 3—PIERRE — It's been more than a decade since South Dakota saw this kind of pheasant hunting success. An ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Hunters are streaming into South Dakota in advance of Saturday’s pheasant opener. Hunters harvested more than 1.1 million pheasants in South Dakota last season, and more ...

PIERRE, S.D. -- South Dakota wildlife officials are worried that a snowy, wet spring combined with losses in federal conservation acres have combined to further damage an already declining pheasant ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Although 78,355 resident licenses for small game hunting were issued in South Dakota in 2019, only 47,403 resident pheasant hunters turned out last year, according to South ...

In the world of pheasant hunting, there is no more hallowed ground than that of the Paul Nelson Farm, 5,000 acres of paradise for shotgunners and their bird dogs. In previous visits to this bird ...

Their abundance is part of what makes it a staple of the state. Pheasant hunting season is a driver of tourism and the economy. The pheasant is the state bird and many South Dakotans recall memories ...

The opening day of the South Dakota's 2022 traditional pheasant hunting season is Saturday. It's practically a holiday in these parts. There aren't big changes for this year's season. A year ago, a ...