Based on the 2015 pheasant hunting forecast, hunters should see increased opportunities over 2015. (Todd Sauers/PF photo)
October 21, 2015
By Pheasants Forever
The 2015 Pheasant Hunting Forecast has been released. Based on late summer surveys, improved pheasant hunting opportunities will be found in all major pheasant hunting states. Boosted by mild weather and improved nesting habitat conditions, pheasant range hunting prospects appear to be the best in at least three years. Future prospects are far murkier, however, as the potential for big upland habitat losses loom.
Pheasant populations are led by South Dakota where their already substantial bird count showed a 42 percent jump over 2014. Iowa (up 37 percent), Kansas...