Kansas habitat looking lush and good, re-nesting should provide for plenty of birds to hunt.
North Dakota pheasants begin to recover and rebuild, and it should be a good season for hunters willing to do a little work.
Pheasant numbers are mostly looking good in Michigan, and where there’s good upland habitat there will be birds to hunt this fall.
Following a down year in 2018, Texas pheasant hunters hope a strong nesting and brooding season can help to rebound upland numbers in 2019.
A group of adult-onset hunters join host Bob St. Pierre to talk about what brought them to the world of bird hunting. The conversation runs the gamut from the struggle of taking an animal's life for the first time, to learning hunting regulations, finding proper gear and much more.
Excellent forbs and foraging opportunities this summer should help pheasant numbers to hold steady after late winter storms.