North Dakota's spring pheasant numbers are in and there's been quite a drop.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department's upland game management biologist R.J. Gross says there was a 30 percent drop, likely due to drought the previous year.
But, the news wasn't all bad. Gross says spring weather this year has been good, so hens should be in good shape come nesting season.
He expects a good year, but says it will take several good years to bring populations up to the level they were at before the drought.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department's upland game management biologist R.J. Gross says there was a 30 percent drop, likely due to drought the previous year.
But, the news wasn't all bad. Gross says spring weather this year has been good, so hens should be in good shape come nesting season.
He expects a good year, but says it will take several good years to bring populations up to the level they were at before the drought.