Far fewer pheasants are expected this hunting season in South Dakota, so hunters will just have to try harder.
State Game Official Josh Delger says pheasants could be down some 45 percent from last season.
Delger hopes that the new Farm Bill will include expanded incentives for farmers to leave cropland available for habitat.
South Dakota U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R), for one, is pushing for expanded CRP acres in the next Farm Bill.
South Dakota’s resident-only pheasant season is this coming weekend. The big opener that draws hunters from all over the world is Saturday, October 21
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