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South Dakota's 2024 pheasant hunting season yielded over 1.3 million harvested roosters, the highest in 13 years.

An additional 380,000 pheasants were harvested within designated shooting preserves.

The success is attributed to favorable over-winter survival rates and proactive habitat management.

Pheasant hunting significantly contributes to South Dakota's economy.

Hunters bagged more pheasants last fall in South Dakota than they have for 13 years, the state department of Game, Fish and Parks said Thursday.

More than 1.3 million roosters were harvested during the 2024 pheasant hunting season, the department said, with another 380,000 harvested within defined shooting preserves.

“The 2024 South Dakota pheasant season was absolutely spectacular,” South Dakota Gov.

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