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BROOKINGS - The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission on Thursday turned down a proposal to change the opening day of pheasant hunting season.
Commissioners also made a philosophical statement against shooting pheasant hens and tried to make drawing for elk tags more fair and efficient.
The state's pheasant hunting season has started the third Saturday in October each year since 1958, but Commissioner Spencer Hawley had suggested changing opening day to the Saturday closest to Oct. 15.
"I thought it was a great idea to run it up the flagpole," Hawley said Thursday. "But the flagpole is bent, and the flag is tattered. There's not a lot of support for it out there."
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