MN Pheasant Report

  • tomr
    cottage grove, mn
    Posts: 1275
    September 4, 2019 at 4:51 pm #1877297

    Excited to get after those redheads!! peace

    gimruis
    Plymouth, MN
    Posts: 17348
    September 4, 2019 at 7:50 pm #1877328

    Standing crops will be an issue until at least mid Novemeber

    Gitchi Gummi
    Posts: 3021
    September 5, 2019 at 10:24 am #1877428

    South Dakota just released their report – also down 17%. Iowa, MN and SD all down exactly 17% – interesting… The SD report did mention that flooded ditches and unplanted crop fields reduced the number of pheasants using roadside habitat – which is what the counts in these reports represent. So those conditions likely artificially reduced the number of birds represented in the 2019 reports.

    Either way, I take these reports with a grain of salt. Even 2 years ago when numbers were way down, we had no problem getting on birds. I’ve got 2 trips to SD on the books for this year, first week in Nov and first week in Dec. Can’t wait!

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18615
    September 5, 2019 at 2:08 pm #1877491

    Iowa report arent out yet but they will likely say down as well. However our friend down there says more birds where we hunt so who knows. I will after hunting!

    Gitchi Gummi
    Posts: 3021
    September 5, 2019 at 2:33 pm #1877494

    Iowa’s report is indeed out. 17% decline for pheasants.

    Exact same 17% decrease for SD, IA and MN.

    CaptainMusky
    Posts: 22718
    September 5, 2019 at 3:08 pm #1877501

    I am actually surprised the results were not far worse TBH. The main pheasant range in MN had one round of bad thunderstorms after another this summer with lots of hail, etc.

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