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Started by Swather, November 04, 2016, 07:06:48 PM
Quote from: Happy hooker on November 04, 2016, 07:51:45 PM Legendary writer Ernest Hemingway said,,," pheasant hunting is worth,,,,whatever you have to pay for it"!!!!Pheasant hunting is pure pleasure and my favorite pursuit,,however the population and habitat have taken a beating and I think it is heading to a country club or shooting preserve future.
Quote from: captpete on November 04, 2016, 09:49:52 PMThe last few years the population has rebounded, but FAR from what it use to be.
Quote from: Marc on November 08, 2016, 12:12:28 AMI enjoy upland hunting...California used to have some pretty good pheasant hunting, and even 10 years ago, I had the opportunity to hunt areas in which we jumped covies numbering in the hundreds...The pheasant here have all but disappeared. Changes in agriculture (farming every square inch with no weed growth, and planting trees instead of grain), changes in agriculture and ditch management (clear-cutting ditches for improved water flow), spraying for mosquitos due to West Nile (killing off a good percentage of aquatic insects young pheasants need as food), have all helped to decimate the pheasant population here.
Quote from: chadly on November 29, 2016, 09:40:15 AMLove the grouse picture. When I was in high school a good friend of mines parents had a cabin Mora Minnesota. We would go up on the weekends and hunt ruffled grouse with no dog and do really good. I will never forget those days. I really enjoy pheasant hunting. Our population in Iowa has been up the last four years but no where near what it once was. I think its the loss of CRP ground and the tiling of the remaining ditches. I'm seeing birds this year everywhere I hunt but not as many as the previous two years. Also our quail numbers are the highest in thirty some years if I remember correctly. However I'm not seeing hardly any. Surprisingly I am seeing more hunters this year than in the past. Several out of state hunters as well. Here are a couple of pictures from last week.
Quote from: Treerooster on November 28, 2016, 11:53:17 AMNot on the prairies, but I just got back from several weeks of hunting around my cabin in N Wis. Mainly go for ruffed grouse & woodcock but I hunt a lot of other stuff while I am there.