Pheasant populations in Iowa have declined since 1995 due to 'catastrophic' weather years and fewer acres enrolled in the ...

Iowa’s 2024 estimated pheasant harvest was the second highest in nearly two decades, coming in at more than 460,000 roosters last fall, surpassed only by the 2023 harvest of 590,000.

MINNEAPOLIS — Department of Natural Resources roadside counts for August 1980 reported about 105 pheasants spotted per 100 miles driven on long-established southern Minnesota routes. The next year the ...