Home » Uncategorized » Des Moines The estimated Iowa pheasant harvest in 2001 set a new record low. Pheasant hunters killed an estimated 470,000 roosters, 53-percent fewer than 2000 when more than 1 million birds were taken. The previous low was 1984, when hunters took 724,000

Des Moines The estimated Iowa pheasant harvest in 2001 set a new record low. Pheasant hunters killed an estimated 470,000 roosters, 53-percent fewer than 2000 when more than 1 million birds were taken. The previous low was 1984, when hunters took 724,000

The 2001 season followed the third snowiest winter on record, and then a cool, wet spring. The weather factors combined with a big decline in Conservation Reserve Program acres. The harvest also was below estimates made by Iowa DNR officials in August and likely was due in part to a 27-percent decline in hunter numbers. …

Des Moines The estimated Iowa pheasant harvest in 2001 set a new record low. Pheasant hunters killed an estimated 470,000 roosters, 53-percent fewer than 2000 when more than 1 million birds were taken. The previous low was 1984, when hunters took 724,000 Read More »

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