Hunt Lake Manitoba Narrows

South Dakota game and fish reports that the reports of the demise of the South Dakota’s Ringneck Pheasant bird population is untrue and just plain overstated.  It is true that a number of harsh winters have taken their toll on the Ringneck Pheasant population but not to the point that the population of the birds has been devastated.  It can be said that the population cycle of the Pheasant birds is just following an expected cycle of nature - all to be expected in any long term view.   For the hunter its always a case of “stay the course”  the birds will be back and return in numbers.

It is true that numbers of the birds were down in the northern third of the state.  Heavy snows did flatten cover and birds were left out in the cold unprotected either by cold or lack of cover.  On the other hand the areas of South Dakota best known for the Ringnecks - the southern third of the state , was missed to a great degree by the extreme weather.   It can be said that there are good and bad areas and hunting.  Some areas are better than others.  It never hurts to “phone ahead” to landowners, other hunters, and hunting authorities in the regions that you choose to plan your hunting trip to before embarking on your yearly fall hunting trips.

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