pheasant hunting

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz kicked off pheasant hunting season in Kandiyohi County this weekend.

The Minnesota pheasant hunting season starts Saturday and continues through January 2nd. Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News joined me on WJON today. He says the DNR's latest count has pheasant numbers down 25% in the state compared the last year's numbers.

As we approach the start of pheasant hunting season, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reporting the number of birds is down slightly this year.

Minnesota pheasant hunters should find more birds this year when the season opens on October 10th.

Although she had logged countless training hours of retrieving dummies and tracking makeshift scent trails, this was her first true pheasant hunting experience in the field.

It could be one of the better harvest seasons for pheasants this fall as the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources roadside survey is indicating an increase in the number of birds.

UNDATED -- When Minnesota pheasant hunters hit the fields for the first time this weekend, they may have to search longer and harder for the ringnecked birds. Rachel Curtis headed-up the pheasant population survey for the DNR this year. She says the pheasant populations in the state are down an estimated 29% from last year...

Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and GOP House Speaker Kurt Zellers were in the same party for a morning, though it wasn't a political party. They were in the same hunting party for Minnesota's first Governor's Pheasant Opener.

As the pheasant hunting season opens Saturday, the Minnesota DNR has some tips for hunters as they search for the elusive "Ringneck." The DNR says pheasants are creatures of habit.

As Saturday's pheasant season opener approaches, Minnesota officials are sounding an alarm about the decline of a federal grassland conservation program.