South Dakota's bird boom continues with grouse hunters setting another record
Game, Fish & Parks report highest season harvest since 2000
Hunters bagged nearly a hundred thousand grouse during South Dakota’s 2024 season — the highest harvest in nearly a quarter-century.
According to the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department, sportsmen took about 99,000 sharp-tailed grouse and greater prairie-chicken grouse during the most recent season.
“This is the highest harvest we have seen since 2000,” said Alex Solem, senior upland game biologist for the department. “Perhaps more importantly, this is the highest birds per hunter since 2000 as well.”
