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2009 South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Season Outlook Forecast Report - Spring
February 12, 2009 by Chris Hitzeman
I've been talking with landowners across the state and also tracking the snow line.
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2009 South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Season Outlook Forecast Report - Winter
January 22, 2009 by Pheasants Forever
South Dakota - In recent years, South Dakota has experienced very mild winters which have helped produce record pheasant populations. To date, the 2008-2009 winter has brought an end to this mild spell as constant cold fronts carrying snow, arctic temperatures and strong winds (up to 70 mph in some areas) have passed across the entire state.
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2008 South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Outlook Forecast - December
December 04, 2008 by Chris Hitzeman
If early season reports were less than stellar due to the crop harvest being severely hampered by fall rains and moisture, then the late season reports will reflect the true bird numbers now that better than 90% of crops across the state are out of the field.
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2008 South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Season Info
October 22, 2008 by UGUIDE
PIERRE, S.D. -- For pheasant hunters who were in the fields last year, 2008 may offer a sense of déjà vu as South Dakota once again boasts a near-record population of ringnecks.
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October 07, 2008 by Chris Hitzeman
We're soon to be on the eve of the opener of the 100th year of pheasants since the introduction of the bird to the state a century ago.
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No Child Left Indoors Act
September 24, 2008 by Chris Hitzeman
Saint Paul, Minn. September 24, 2008 Pheasants Forever (PF) and Quail Forever (QF), members of the No Child Left Inside Coalition, applaud the U.S. House of Representatives for its recent passage of the No Child Left Inside Act of 2008. The No Child Left Inside Act of 2008 creates new funding for training teachers in outdoor education, expands environmental education programs and helps states to create programs to ensure that U.S. graduates are environmentally literate.
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2008 North Dakota Pheasant Hunting Outlook Forecast
September 23, 2008 by Chris Hitzeman
A wet spring and cool temperatures have led to a decline in pheasants in North Dakota this year due to unfavorable nesting conditions across the state.
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September 23, 2008 by UGUIDE
Save for Iowa, where devastating weather negatively impacted the pheasant population, the remainder of the core pheasant powerhouses the Dakotas, Kansas, Minnesota and Nebraska will provide great opportunities for you to slide roosters into your vest this fall.
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August 29, 2008 by Chris Hitzeman
PIERRE, S.D.— Pheasants in South Dakota Up 9% over 2007. Favorable weather conditions and good habitat have once again combined to produce a record pheasant crop in South Dakota.
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2008 South Dakota Pheasant Hunting Outlook Forecast - August
August 11, 2008 by Chris Hitzeman
I just got a call from my Aberdeen pheasant camp owner and he said they were getting a good rain and he felt confident it would finish out his corn for the year and he would get another cutting of alfalfa. What's good for crops is usually good for pheasants!
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