Drought conditions and not as many hunters in the field last fall meant fewer pheasants, sharp-tailed grouse and Hungarian partridge in the bag.
Somerset WPRA will be reopened to either-sex pheasant hunting and will be eligible for game-farm pheasant releases.
The sites where the extension applies are the Eldon Hazlet State Recreation Area in Clinton County, the Jim Edgar Panther Creek State Fish and Wildlife Area in Cass County and the Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation
Many out-of-state hunters may have stayed away because drought hurt broods last summer.
I’m never sorry to see deer season come to an end because, by early December, I’ve had plenty of time in a tree, usually have enough venison in the freezer, and have made enough memories
Just over a week remains in Minnesota’s 2017 pheasant hunting season, and despite tough conditions and savvy upland birds, you can still fill the game bag.
Despite the change in plans because of those dry conditions, hunt reportedly an unqualified success.
Wisconsin DNR releasing a few birds from the Poynette Game Farm around Dec. 25 in several southern Wisconsin public hunting areas.
Want a rewarding hunt? Chase wild roosters on public land during the late-season with a hard-charging dog.
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