Something is amiss. A local farmer reported seeing many pheasant broods this summer. He also said that at he finished harvesting corn field flocks of pheasants flew out. A banker, who lives about six miles from town, reported seeing many broods as he drove to work. The governor of South Dakota halted the pheasant surveys that had been done for decades. Drivers would drive the same country routes each year on the same day and time. They counted the broods and that gave a good prediction of the number of birds. The governor’s rationale was that if the brood counts were down then out of state hunters wouldn’t come and the state would lose revenue. The holes in that logic are obvious.
What’s the problem? I’m seeing very few pheasants. Today was typical. Kaia and I walked for an hour in excellent habitat and saw a total of four her pheasants. Where are the birds? Does it have something to do with the drought? Why do I see so few when anecdotally there are many birds? Time will tell.
Takk for alt,
Al
This is what good pheasant habbitat looks like.
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