MARSHALL -- Minnesota's strategy to reverse a steady decline in its pheasant population should focus on making habitat improvements on private land, and better enforcement of laws requiring vegetative ...

The bad news for Minnesota pheasant hunters came down early this past week. The pheasant population index, based on August roadside surveys, was down 26 percent from last year. And last year was not a ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Pheasant hunting is a big part of South Dakota’s economy. But with the dry weather we’ve been having lately, that’s not good for the pheasant population. Wildlife officials ...

MARSHALL, Minn. -- Minnesota's strategy to reverse a steady decline in its pheasant population should focus on making habitat improvements on private lands and better enforcement of laws requiring ...

Thriving pheasant populations and excellent hunting conditions are primarily the result of two things: high-quality habitat and access to that habitat. South Dakota works hard to protect and add to ...

NICOLLET, Minn. — Gov. Mark Dayton on Monday unveiled a Pheasant Summit Action Plan designed to increase bird habitat and numbers in the state. The number of pheasant hunters in Minnesota has fallen ...

After a lull, Mower County's Pheasants Forever chapter has reorganized under new leader Briana Whittington, aiming to boost habitat, public access and draw the next generation of upland hunters.

The future of Minnesota's pheasant population is tied directly to the halls of Congress. Nothing influences the abundance of this popular game bird more than the federal Farm Bill, and Congress has ...

When Minnesota's cornfields were "dirty" with weeds in the '40s and '50s and farms were cluttered with brushy fence rows, shelterbelts, livestock pastures and cattail sloughs, the state's population ...

A colorful, raucous invasive species made good, the ringnecked pheasant is our most successful wildlife import. Brought to Oregon from China in 1881, the pheasant spread from coast to coast. It became ...

Jul. 15—RUSHMORE — Under a sky of blue and surrounded by rolling hills and a view of the Little Rock River, Nobles County Pheasants Forever members popped champagne corks and unveiled a wooden sign ...