Pheasants sitting pretty
Kim Fundingsland/MDN
The red of rooster pheasants is being seen all across North Dakota this spring. Although exact numbers have not been determined, the colorful birds are widespread throughout the state heading into the nesting season.
One unmistakable color of spring in North Dakota is the red cheeks of rooster pheasants. And, if appearances this spring mean anything, it bodes well for pheasant numbers in virtually all regions of the state. While seeing rooster pheasants at this time of year doesn’t always relate to a large population for the fall hunting season, it certainly is encouraging.
“Incidental observations is just that — did you say zillions?” laughed Stan Kohn, upland game biologist with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. “Really, though, what it is looking like is that we have had no indication of any mortality coming through the winter. It sure appears we’ve got to have a real good breeding population here at the beginning of the nesting season.”
Game and Fish Department personnel began conducting rooster crowing counts May 1.
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FISHING
UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS: Saturday: Lake Darling. May 17: Lake Audubon; Missouri River, Graner’s Bottom; Devils Lake.
N.D. Game & Fish Dept. District Game Wardens: Devils Lake somewhat slow.
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Travis Mettler, Concrete, holds what is believed to be the largest walleye ever caught in Devils Lake. Mettler hooked the huge walleye during a morning of fishing on April 29. The fish is 31 inches long and weighed in at 13 pounds, 3 ounces.
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