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Article: How human and natural driving forces affect pheasants and pheasant hunting in South Dakota.(County overview)
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- Focus on Geography
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- December 22, 2008
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Introduction
The percentage of Americans who actively participated in hunting declined 7 percent from 1960 to 2005 (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2008a, b, c, d). During the same time the number of pheasant hunters in South Dakota increased by over 34 percent (South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks 2008b). Even during the fall of 2001, just one month after September 11, the number of out-of-state hunters who traveled to South Dakota increased from the previous year (Woster 2001a). Many changed their travel plans from flying to driving, but still made their October pilgrimage (Figure 1).
In 2002, for the first time since 1919, non-resident hunters ...