Minnesota pheasant opener largely typical with crops, heat playing a part

For the first few hours of last Saturday’s pheasant opener in Minnesota, Mother Nature smiled upon the state’s 50,000 or so blaze-orange-clad upland hunters, many of whom waited patiently at state and federal public accesses for shooting time to commence.
The 9 a.m. start was cool and crisp across most of Minnesota’s primary pheasant range, with temperatures in the low 40s and light winds. By 11 a.m., however, the wind had increased substantially, with gusts nearing 30 mph, and the temperature soared to a balmy 70 degrees by early afternoon.

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