Mild winters and healthy habitat conditions contribute to a 6% statewide increase in spring crowing counts, encouraging signs ...

The annual statewide pheasant crowing count survey runs from May 1 through June 10 and is made up of one hundred 20-mile ...

South Dakota is coming off one of its most successful pheasant seasons in recent memory, and state officials expect another could be on the way.

The colors of late spring and early summer, which can be so astonishing in their richness, are captured well in these ...

Iowa’s pheasant population is expected to see gains this year thanks to a mild winter and average spring, according to the ...

RJ Gross, upland game bird biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, shares insights on the annual survey.

The survey tallied 31.1 crows per stop in the southwest, up from 28.8 in 2024; 21.3 crows per stop in the northwest, down from 21.5; and 18.6 crows per stop in the southeast, up from 16.2.

Iowa’s pheasant population is expected to benefit from the 2024-25 mild winter and average spring that much of the state experienced. According to Iowa’s state climatologist, last winter was the ...

North Dakota's spring pheasant counts are up 6% statewide from last year, the Game and Fish Department said Thursday, June 26, in reporting results from its 2025 spring crowing count survey. "We ...