Brood count surveys by the S.D. Game, Fish and Parks Department project pheasant numbers the likes of which has not been seen since the Soil Bank years of the 1950s and ?60s. The pheasant population index was at a 40-year high in 2005 and the 2007 index tops that historic mark. Overall statewide numbers for 2007 are 23% higher than the 2006 counts and 18% higher than the 2005 mark.
U-GUIDE South Dakota Pheasant HuntingTM, also a habitat organization, proudly supports Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever in its efforts to improve and sustain wildlife habitat around the country.
