Each year, increases in fall pheasant populations depend on winter and spring weather conditions and the availability of quality habitat. With winter behind us, attention turns to field reports of pheasant nesting and spring habitat conditions for updated predictions on this year’s pheasant hunting season.
Spring weather and available habitat have fluctuated across the United States. Overall, the outlook is good and pheasant numbers, collectively, continue to rebound, especially in areas with quality winter habitat and undisturbed nesting habitat. Read what each state’s upland experts have observed and how they intend to continue their missions toward bolstering pheasant numbers nationwide.