Minnesota’s 2023 pheasant hunt: Are hunters in for a big season?
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Minnesota likely will never revisit the halcyon days of the 1940s and ’50s when upland hunters routinely harvested more than a million ring-necked pheasants. But on the eve of Saturday’s 2023 opener, state officials genuinely are optimistic about the upcoming season.
Buoyed by good to excellent spring nesting and brood-rearing conditions across parts of the state’s primary ringneck range, pheasant numbers statewide averaged a 10% increase from 2022, which is 26% above the 10-year average, according to the Minnesota DNR’s annual August roadside wildlife survey.
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