North Dakota Outdoors: August 12, 2024

Checking on ducks and pheasants in N.D.

In the most basic of explanations, the lack of snow this winter and late arrival of spring rain was not as helpful for ducks but better for pheasants. But let’s take a closer look.

The number of roosters heard crowing during the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s 2024 spring pheasant crowing count survey was up 37 percent statewide from last year.

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