Seasons for two upland game birds — chukar and Hungarian partridge — open today in Idaho and next Saturday in Utah. Opening days usually bring a flurry of hunter activity. Forest grouse gives people ...

GRAND FORKS — A common theme emerged this week when I talked with wildlife managers in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota about wildlife and how they’re faring this winter. There’s been a noticeable ...

The good, old days that upland game hunters in North Dakota enjoyed in the mid-2000s are fading into history, if results from the state's July and August roadside grouse and partridge surveys are any ...

Jul. 18—BISMARCK — Upland game hunters in North Dakota last year shot fewer pheasants, sharptails and Hungarian partridges than they did in 2020, the Game and Fish Department said this week. The ...

Jun. 12—BISMARCK — North Dakota upland game hunters shot more pheasants, sharp-tailed grouse and Hungarian partridges in 2022 than the previous year, the state Game and Fish Department reported Monday ...

According to RJ Gross, upland game biologist for Game and Fish, this year’s survey shows total pheasants observed per 100 miles are up 10% from last year. In addition, broods per 100 miles are up 17%, ...

Southern Minnesota’s upland hunters fall into three distinct categories: Casual bird chasers who may only hit fields one weekend a season, semi-serious hunters who include several trips to pheasant ...

GRAND FORKS — More hunters went afield last fall in North Dakota, and they shot more pheasants, sharp-tailed grouse and Hungarian partridges than in 2019, the Game and Fish Department said this week ...

An Idaho hunter discovered an unusual bird while on a hunting trip on Oct. 7 in the Cecil D. Andrus Wildlife Management Area near Cambridge. Tim Franks, of Mountain Home, was upland bird hunting — ...