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I have been watching for broods this summer and have observed several lately. A few 6 bird ones ,but have come across 2 with 10 and a very large one that had 13 chicks. I don't know if they are combined broods of 2 hens or they are just having a great survival rate. Great to see though...

With the pheasant numbers down 60% in North Dakota this year the motorists are making it worse. 4 days in a row now, I have come across a pheasant hen smashed in the road by vehicles traveling the highway. Most in the same small area. The torture of seeing the few...

Okay, So I'm not a bird man and need help identifying one. I was watching a group of pheasants by some low marsh habitat in Southwest North Dakota and in amongst them were 3 birds that were the same size as the pheasant hens with similar colors on the backside, but they had yellow...

Bad news! Count is down this year in most of the state. I know that late freeze here in Southwest North Dakota hurt. Along with early mowing of hay etc. we took a hit, With the mild winter we had last year it was prime for a bonanza but just didn't work out that way. Drought in this part of...

Saw my first chick of the year this afternoon but it was nothing to celebrate. We had a late frost this year and all the farmers are mowing the hay fields early this year to get what hay there is and to collect on insurance. The little chick ( maybe 3-4 days old) was running around...

The North Dakota road survey for pheasant populations is out. Go to North Dakota fish and Game site. Looks good in most parts of the state with the biggest (34%) increase in the South West which already held the highest numbers.

Well I know the season doesn't start until Saturday but I almost got a 2 man limit on my way home from work. I had my nose looking at the small bushes along a road known for birds and looked back just in time to see 6 beautiful full color roosters come up from the ditch chasing/playing with...

No exaggeration. While watching a couple of combines harvesting a 160 acre wheat field, hawks from all over the area came in to see what they might scare out for them to eat. Were there 10 hawks? No. Well were there 20? No. Okay then how many were there? Believe it...

Boy did I ever find a honey hole. Went for a drive yesterday and found an area with 4-5 foot tall sweetclover. several acres of this. Pheasants were coming out of this to edges where it had been cut and along roads that were clean and the numbers were just amazing.:eek: In this...

Was out driving some back roads and saw a few broods of good size ( 10-12) in each one and I would say 10-12 weeks of age. But I came across more of them only (4-6) in size with birds probably only 5-8 weeks in age. I think it is a true reflection of what the...