Despite drought, region poised for strong pheasant hunting season

  • According to a state Game, Fish & Parks forecast, a mild winter and favorable spring weather were great for the region’s pheasant population. Topic Photo
    According to a state Game, Fish & Parks forecast, a mild winter and favorable spring weather were great for the region’s pheasant population. Topic Photo

    For the first time in three years, there’s some good news for hunters heading into South Dakota’s 2022 pheasant hunting season ... expect to find a strong population in the north central region of the state - specifically Dewey, Corson, Ziebach, Walworth, Mead and Perkins counties.

    In the fall of 2020, Dewey and Ziebach counties were essentially locked down by order of the Cheyenne River Sioux Trib…