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In early August, I first wrote about the number of puppies in 2010, I and my report 2009 2010 South Dakota pheasant hunting season I tried to give a good estimate of the highlights. How did you do? Improvement in some areas hit the point where I think the 2010 report are applied. Summary of 2010 the total number of offspring showing an increase of 2009 on the number of breeding. Despite the wet spring we had a hard winter and follow-up. How wet was it? Roads with standing water because they can cause this year there was an area is considered normal.

South Dakota pheasants, hunters, hunting, air, food shortages facing the difficulty. 15 and now they number just from year to year and right limits of game fish and daily Park SD, is looking for numbers to maintain a 3-day release. We reported in 2010 before moving on, keep the following in mind. Last time, at least 970 000 birds of about 1 million partridge pheasant hunters' harvest SD, in 1992, yet was not.

Using a baseline year for the next 10 years the average annual harvest as we since 2002, jumping, 1,778,985 are required. Last year, 2009, the crop was 1,648,191. 2-2000000 birds since 2002, the crop was slightly above the 2007 low reporting. 2009 South Dakota pheasant population declined 26 percent in 2008 concerns the way the survey showed that observation though., 2007 and 2008 more than 40 years the two have produced the highest number of pheasants.