Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Hunters will likely find fall sharptail hunting more challenging, as bird numbers dipped coming out of the drought, and early season nesting attempts were likely unsuccessful due to snow, cold temperatures and increased moisture.
North Dakota's recently released sharptailed grouse counts are a strong predictor of what hunters will encounter each fall in the field. This year's tally of birds seen on spring mating grounds, called leks, showed an overall decline across the Roughrider state and early nesting attempts were likely hampered by late April blizzards across the birds' western range, along with colder and damper cond...
