If you don't like how the state budget turns out, you may at least be able to take your frustrations out on prairie dogs. Some of the same folks who brought you SB 55, the "Chase Wile E. on Your Snowmobile" bill, are also floating House Bill 1047, the "Show Prairie Dogs Who's Boss" bill.
Currently we can shoot prairie dogs all day, all night, year-round, except on public lands, where prairie dogs get sanctuary from March 1 to June 14, the prairie dog mating and pup season. HB 1047 would end that season of love, extending the year-round prairie dog season to public lands.
We South Dakotans may have trouble getting our budget under control, but we are dead serious about varmint control!
Of course, if you think shooting prairie dogs is mean, you could try a vacuum:
Some caterpillars can reproduce the sounds of hawks to repel songbirds, chickadee language is all about predators, and prairie dogs can distinguish people, colors, and geometric shapes.
Soon, in South Dakota, obese white people can shoot coyotes with pistols from their snowmobiles while holding a cocktail.
Is this a great country or what?