O, that we might fly back to 1960s South Dakota, when gentle chirpy music played behind our pheasant hunts and stag parties at the Plains Motel. South Dakota Tourism tweets this splendid promotional video, Pheasantland USA, produced in the 1960s…
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The Legislature is humming... though not as efficiently as it might, thanks to the fiscal impact statement requirements of last year's omnibus criminal justice reform law. (I told you so.) Here's an assortment if minor (?) additions to the Legislative…
I keep hearing from Pat Powers how important pheasant hunting is to our Governor. If that were the case, maybe he wouldn't invite a bunch of slob-hunter cronies out to waste a bunch of good pheasant meat: Imagine a dumpster…
While we debate why there aren't enough pheasants to shoot, Rep. Dick Werner (R-22/Huron) wants to turn more guns on our ducks. Rep. Werner plans to sponsor legislation that would expand non-residents' ability to get waterfowl licenses. Right now, we…
The Mitchell Daily Republic makes up for yesterday's sheerly speculative coverage of the shooting death of former state economic development and tourism secretary Richard Benda with an interview with the man who found Benda's body, his brother-in-law Jim Johanneson. Reporter…
Either Rep. Betty Olson is losing the justification for her chronic mountain lion hysteria... or we've chased the mountain lions out of the Black Hills toward Betty's Prairie City bunker. Game Fish and Parks reports we're well behind last year's…
The Sportsmen's Act of 2012 promotes public hunting and fishing access, habitat conservation and strongly funded resource management. It had strong bipartisan support until after the election. On November 26, Senator John Thune and 42 GOP colleagues voted against the…
Rep. Kristi Noem voted with the House GOP majority last Tuesday in favor of HR 4089, the Sportsmen's Heritage Act, also known as the Recreational Shooting Protection Act. The bill purports to protect hunters' rights to enjoy the chase on…