Extreme heat, extreme dryness, grass that’s too short and a lack of bugs all conspire to make being a baby bird of the prairie a losing proposition.
Nearly 20 more preserves this year will cover an additional 18,000 acres of land.
In 2016, pheasant harvest down 15 percent, sharptails 21 percent and Hungarian partridge 9 percent from 2015.
Youth hunt represents the first time since the WPRA program’s startup that wild pheasants will be able to be hunted in the recovery areas.
Online application period for IDNR-managed sites begins Aug. 7.
Surrounding Lyon County has more than three dozen wildlife management areas and has a rich hunting and outdoors heritage.
But according to wildlife agency, brood surveys, which begin in late July and are completed by September, provide a much better estimate of summer pheasant production and what hunters might expect for a fall pheasant
If spring and early summer weather is moderate, production of young should be good this year.
Harvest data shows a continued correlation between the pheasant population and the number of acres of land in the Conservation Reserve Program.
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