Out of state
hunters have flocked to South Dakota for the Pheasant season opener and their
chance at bagging a 1 million dollar pheasant.
Although
the bird population is estimated to be at its lowest level since 1987,
according to the state Department of Game, Fish and Parks, hunters still come
to the prairies.
“We
know, despite the low bird numbers, South Dakota is still the number one place
to hunt pheasants,” said Wanda Goodman, deputy secretary of tourism.
Not
only to hunters get the chance to shoot a pheasant but they also get the chance
to bag a million dollar pheasant.
The
Aberdeen Convention and Visitors Bureau has released 100 pheasants in Brown County
as part of the Million Dollar Pheasant Contest.
These
100 pheasants each have a numbered band on them and one lucky hunter could win
1 million dollars if they bag the right pheasant.
If
one should be lucky enough to bag the million dollar pheasant they will receive
$25,000 a year for 40 years.
The
area where these pheasants have been released covers nearly 300 thousand acres
and on average 50 birds are bagged each year with only one number drawn at the
end of the season in January.
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