2009 is looking like another great year for pheasant hunting in South Dakota. You can see what the South Dakota Division of Wildlife thinks below:
Survey indicates another good year for S.D. pheasants
* The annual pheasant brood survey calculates “pheasants per mile” over 110 30-mile routes driven over a three week period in late July and early August. For details on how the brood route survey is conducted, click HERE.
* The 2009 statewide pheasant per mile index is down 26% from 2008 (8.56 to 6.32).
* 2009 will still have the fourth highest count in the past 45 years. South Dakota has harvested over 1 million pheasants each of the past 11 years, and close to 2 million the past four years. For a historical look at South Dakota pheasant statistics, click HERE.
* If you are interested in the full survey report, click HERE.
* To view the 10-year pheasant per mile index trends, broken down for each of the 13 areas of the state that are monitored, click HERE.
So, if you want to get in on some great action in the field give us a call you book your Mystic Prairie Hunting Experience.
