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Bighorns to be introduced in northern Black Hills

June 11, 2013 in The Daily Republic

DEADWOOD (AP) South Dakota wildlife officials plan to introduce up to 40 bighorn sheep in the Grizzly Gulch area near Lead and Deadwood in the northern Black Hills early next year.
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Feral pig fear spreads to SD

June 7, 2013 in The Daily Republic

Sightings lead some to wonder if problem is coming home to root.
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SD panel proposes quota for bobcat harvest

June 7, 2013 in The Daily Republic

PIERRE (AP) The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission is proposing a bobcat hunting and trapping season that would limit the number of cats that could be killed in the western part of the state.
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SD panel cuts deer hunting licenses due to disease

June 7, 2013 in The Daily Republic

PIERRE (AP) The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission set hunting rules Thursday that will reduce the number of deer that can be shot this fall to help the population recover from losses caused by a disease.
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GF&P Commission refuses to change ethics for geese

June 7, 2013 in The Daily Republic

The state Game, Fish and Parks Commission decided that unplugged shotguns shouldn’t be allowed for the special season known as the August management take.
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Sage grouse could be protected

June 7, 2013 in The Daily Republic

Wildlife Division proposes closing hunting season.
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GF&P error thrills, then disappoints S. Dakota hunters

June 1, 2013 in The Daily Republic

About 2,000 hunters were notified by the South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Department that he’d drawn one of two once-in-a-lifetime hunting permits for bighorn sheep in the Black Hills.
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April weather puts damper on special SD goose hunt

May 30, 2013 in The Daily Republic

The special hunt was held in the eastern counties of Day, Kingsbury, Brookings, Lake, McCook and Minnehaha.
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Custer State Park elk license raffle raises $30K

May 29, 2013 in The Daily Republic

The state Game, Fish & Parks Department says Don Latham, of Renner, won the 2013 permit in a raffle sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
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SD parks and rec areas could see record camping

May 28, 2013 in The Daily Republic

A prolonged winter set back visitation but the trend appears to be turning with the weather.
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