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Waterfowl Hunters Frustrated by High Bird Numbers and Low Hunting Opportunities – Number of South Dakota Hunters Falling

by wildfowlsd | What We Said, What's on Your Mind?

By Chris Hesla Hunting ducks and geese has been a great tradition in South Dakota, but the number of resident waterfowl hunters has plummeted by nearly a third from 43,500 to 30,000 in the last 15 years. We are losing that tradition because we are losing opportunity....

Organizations Seek to Cancel Nonresident Waterfowl Licenses

by wildfowlsd | GF&P Commission Action, What We Said

For Immediate Release October 3, 2016 The state’s two largest waterfowl organizations have petitioned the Game Fish and Parks Commission to invalidate and rescind all nonresident three-day licenses issued outside of the Missouri River unit. The petition to invalidate...

GF&P Proposal Could Add 1,500 Nonresident Waterfowl Hunting Licenses in Eastern South Dakota Counties

by wildfowlsd | GF&P Commission Action, What We Said

The South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Commission turned its back on resident waterfowl hunters and threw their support behind commercial interests at their April 6-7, 2017 meeting. The commission proposed to take 1,500 three-day nonresident licenses originally intended...

Response to Nonresident Waterfowl Decision

by wildfowlsd | Issue Statements, What We Said

On June 17th, 2017, the GF&P Commission expanded the number of nonresident waterfowl licenses. The following was the SDWA response to the commission. Contrary to the commission’s June, 2017 decision,  we do not accept  the 2016 abrogation of the agreement on the...

SDWA Nonresident Waterfowl Licenses: Strategic Plan

by wildfowlsd | Issue Statements, What We Said

Goal: To pass legislation that would replace the current politically driven method of establishing the number of nonresident waterfowl licenses Objective #1: To develop a science-based or otherwise objective criteria to replace the current method of determining the...

Putting Dollar Signs on Ducks and Geese

by wildfowlsd | Commercializing Waterfowl, What We Said, What's on Your Mind?

By George Vandel In the last three years, commercial interests have become increasing aggressive in their efforts to monetize waterfowl.  In 2016 they expanded their market by pushing through legislation to increase the number of nonresident waterfowl hunters by over...
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