South Dakota’s Nest Predator Bounty Program is off to a slow start. As of end of tail business Friday, April 14, Game Fish and Parks…
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Come out, come out, wherever you are, opossum! The nest predator trapping and tail-whacking season is done! South Dakota’s Nest Predator Bounty Program closed its…
Aggressive marketing, a second year of extending the pheasant season through January, and a third year of paying South Dakotans to trap raccoon, skunk, fox,…
But hey—let’s not fuss about redistricting and campaign finance; let’s go kill us some otters! River otters are rare to see in person, but in…
Former Game Fish and Parks Secretary and Commissioner John Cooper has questioned the Governor’s Nest Predator Bounty Program since its inception in 2019. Cooper summarized…
River otters were among the many victims of our centuries-long rape of this continent. But now that conservation efforts have allowed us to take the…
The second year of Governor Kristi Noem’s great varmint hunt closes in two short weeks! Trappers have until July 1 to snare raccoon, striped skunk,…
The coronavirus is putting a minor crimp in the Nest Predator Bounty Program. The season still opens April 1 for South Dakotans to go out…
The Game Fish and Parks Commission ignored most of the public comment it received and approved another season of state-subsidized killing of critters accused of…
Governor Kristi Noem and Game Fish & Parks claim that 83% of South Dakotans approve of the Governor’s Nest Predator Bounty Program, the unscientific and…