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Pheasant Season Opener 1962-with Joe Foss, General James Dolittle and actor Robert Stack

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This archival video from pheasant hunting opening weekend 1962 comes from an episode of The American Sportsman.

Host Curt Gowdy is in Howard, South Dakota, hunting with actor Robert Stack and WWII heroes Joe Foss and General James Dolittle. Joe Foss, who also served as South Dakota's Governor, was later host of The American Sportsman from 1964 to 1967.

During that same episode, Joe Foss also offered a few of his own pheasant hunting tips: