The worst drought in recent memory this past summer has depleted the population of the popular game bird in the two states, where pheasant hunting is big business.
Minot, N.D., committee focusing on reducing the population of turkey, deer, geese, raccoons and rabbits.
The number of duck-hunting wetlands in North Dakota is down about 40 percent from last year, to the lowest level in nine years, according to the Game and Fish Department’s annual fall wetland survey.
But fair reproduction for ducks in traditional breeding areas this year still makes for good fall hunting potential in the state.
Whooping cranes are in the midst of their fall migration and sightings will increase as they make their way into and through North Dakota over the next several weeks. Anyone seeing these birds as they
Total pheasants observed per 100 miles are down 61 percent from last year, brood observations down 63 percent, and average brood size down 19 percent from 2016.
On the eve of the season opener for both, Game and Fish announces that sharptail numbers are down 29 percent from 2016, while partridge are down 62 percent. So, “in general, hunting will be fair
Five of the once-in-a-lifetime licenses available, three fewer than last year, after summer survey finds 83 rams in the western Badlands, 21 fewer than in 2016.
North Dakota’s popular hunting seasons for grouse and partridge will open Saturday, Sept. 9. State Game and Fish Department upland game biologist R.J. Gross says hunters will likely see fewer sharptails and Huns compared to
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