The DNR’s roadside pheasant count wrapped up last week and hunters are hopeful for a good season ahead.
Last fall, Iowa hunters took more pheasants than they have in the last sixteen seasons. DNR wildlife biologist Todd Bogenschutz says there was a 62-percent increase in birds taken.
Bogenschutz estimates more than 83-thousand hunters took to the fields – which is up 32 percent – and is probably due to surveys that showed bird numbers up.
He says hunting seems to follow cycles.
The drought that had spread across Iowa the last couple of years actually benefited pheasant numbers.
Bogenschutz says the results of the 2024 roadside survey are expected to show a pheasant population slightly lower in some areas due to spring flooding.
story courtesy of Radio Iowa
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