Outdoors

Come salmon fishing on the Missouri River with Kevin Thibodeau

The South Dakota Historical Society takes us back to the early to mid-1900s pheasant hunting traditions.

Get to know the official state bird of South Dakota, the Chinese Ringneck Pheasant.

Every year the folks at Aberdeen's Convention and Visitor's Bureau gather to assemble hundreds of pheasant salad sandwiches.

After years of deliberation and planning, South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks is leading the development of a 400-acre shooting sports complex in the western part of the state.

The public lands in the Black Hills National Forest belong to us all regardless of age or background. The forest service’s concessionaire has teamed up with a range of disability groups to make sure everyone has a chance to enjoy a bit of wilderness.

Game, Fish, and Parks commissioners deny a proposal by hound hunters to make changes to the state’s mountain lion hunting laws. Although denied, GFP commissioners agree that changes need to be made.

The Department of Game, Fish, and Parks said its Habitat Stamp program continues to be successful. That came out in an annual revenue report in a recent Government Operations and Audit Committee meeting.

A new public access hunting program offers landowners more money to enroll their acreage into public access land. The program aims to open 10,000 acres a year for public hunting access.

The 18th annual PDR deer hunt for disabled youth is taking place in Clark, South Dakota from Sept. 22-24.