Pheasants Should Be Nesting Now.....

UGUIDE

UGUIDE

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Good article from PF website on pheasant lifecycle....

Nesting
The nesting season begins with courtship as roosters scatter from winter cover to establish territories. Hens, attracted by crowing, locate roosters, and if they can find good nesting cover, begin nest building. Once the nest is built, hens lay 1 egg each day. The average clutch (number of eggs in a nest) is 12, but they may lay up to 18. After all the eggs are laid (the actual number will depend on the energy reserves of the hen and time of year), the hen will begin incubating and only leave the nest 1 or 2 times to feed each day. Twenty-three (23) days after incubation begins, the eggs will hatch. Some nests are destroyed, but pheasants are determinant nesters and will try again. Hatching marks the beginning of the brood rearing season.

Average Nest Initiation Date: May 1 (March 15-July 15)
Average Incubation Start: May 24 (April 1 - August 1)
Average Hatch: June 15 (April 15-Aug 15)


More info here

http://pheasantsforever.org/page/1/lifecycle.jsp
 
Flooding

With the flooding here in Iowa and in other pheasant producing states, we unfortunately should see some effects on our birds again this year.:( They just can't seem to catch a break here in Iowa!:(
 
seems pretty early to expect sightings of those little boogers.......i would expect to see things a little more clearly by 2nd or 3rd week of June?
 
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