Hunting for deer with rifles in South Dakota is underway in western parts of the state with the East River season beginning this weekend. The South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Department strives to enforce the rules.
Conservation Officer Jared Hill is looking to prevent minor crimes like shooting from the road right-of-way or from vehicles and major violations such as poaching.
To see poaching take place is quite disheartening as Hill says some hunters will take bold steps by just being ruthless or to get the big rack.
Deer population has tailed off due to disease closer to the Missouri River near Springfield and Platte, but according to Hill there are still plenty of deer in Minnehaha, Lincoln and Turner Counties.
The South Dakota West River rifle season for deer will close on November 26 with the East River Season concluding December 3.
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