Iowa pheasant harvest lowest ever

By Doug Smith

Pheasants in the Midwest are at the mercy of the weather, and nowhere is that more evident than in the numbers coming out of Iowa.

The Iowa DNR said Tuesday that hunters last year harvested an estimated 383,000 roosters — the lowest on record and only the second time since 1958 that the harvest did not reach 500,000 birds.

Hunters noticed. Based on the DNR’s hunter survey, an estimated 86,000 hunters — also an all time low — pursued pheasants there.

Recent winters rated among the most severe in Iowa’s history get the blame. Minnesota, of course, has avoided those severe winters, and pheasant numbers here have skyrocketed in recent years.  Click Link Below for Full Story!

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