Highest Pheasant Population in the World

The pheasant population in South Dakota is down 46% statewide in 2011. Many of the most well-known and hunted areas of the State have fewer than 3 pheasants per mile.

However, the pheasant population in Lyman County is awesome at 24 pheasants per mile! This is not a fluke or statistical manipulation; it’s that way year-after-year.

Ringnecks Hunting is located in Presho, SD and has vast acreage spread across Lyman County which is the place to hunt the highest population of all-wild pheasants, and we guarantee all-wild birds.

This table has been generated from data collected from the reports produced by South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks (2011 Pheasant Outlook, South Dakota Pheasant Brood Survey & 2010 Pheasant Hunting Survey Results).

This was our third hunt with Stephan and all have been great fun. I expected that we would have a harder time this year after hearing that the numbers were down considerably in South Dakota even though the Presho area didn't sound nearly as bad. Our pheasant population in central Iowa is devastated so we were looking forward to what has been our only real hunting of the year. Stephan put us on an incredible number of birds that I will remember forever. I had three days of seeing more birds in the air than I thought possible. Numerous times I didn't get a shot off because there were so many birds getting up that I couldn't pick one out. When I was ready to shoot more kept getting up between me and the bird I had picked out. It is an awfully lot of fun to be confused by seeing too many pheasants in front of your gun. We felt like we were in a pheasant hunter's heaven for the three days we hunted. I will never forget the memories from these trips. Great time. Thank you, Stephan!

Joe Weaver--Marshalltown, IA