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An Aberdeen Pheasant Coalition sign indicates a field that is open to public hunting southwest of Aberdeen. Photo: Scott Waltman for News Watch
Few if any people in South Dakota will argue that the state’s vaunted pheasant hunting industry in 2022 is as strong as in the past.
Compared to prior decades, the slow and steady declines are apparent in both license sales and bird numbers and, to some extent, how out-of-state visitors who pump millions into the East River economy plan their trips.
Still, state officials with ties to the…
