Wisconsin Pheasant Hunting
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2010 Wisconsin Pheasant Hunting Forecast
Forecast: The pheasant outlook is down for the third year in a row in Wisconsin, with the 2010 rural mail carrier pheasant survey indicating a 14 percent decrease from last year. Wisconsin pheasant numbers have been set back by the long, snowy winters in 2007-08 and 2008-09, a wet and cool spring in 2008 and a decrease in CRP (loss of more than 175,000 acres since 2007). Last season, more than 57,400 hunters went out in search of pheasants and reported harvesting 241,800 birds in Wisconsin. All things considered, Wisconsin pheasant hunters can still expect to find bird hunting success this autumn. Counties with the highest number of pheasants reported on the mail carrier survey are Lafayette, Polk, Fond du Lac, Pierce and Jefferson. Season Dates: October 16 (noon) through December 31 Daily Bag Limit: 1 daily October 16-17, 2 remainder of season Possession Limit: Twice daily bag limit Field Notes: State-issued Pheasant Stamp is required to hunt pheasants in Wisconsin. Since 1991, the stamp has helped create funding for pheasant restoration and management.- Wisconsin Pheasants Forever State Convention at Wilderness Resort - Jan. 06, 2011
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Wisconsin Pheasant Hunting Information
CRP acres in Wisconsin now total less than 500,000 (down from over 700,000 in the mid 1990s). That habitat loss added to long and snowy winters in 2007-2008 and 2008-2009, along with a wet and cool spring in 2008, have set pheasant numbers back statewide. Spring crowing counts indicated a 36 percent decrease, and the rural mail carrier survey indicated a 35 percent decrease, so expect the statewide harvest to drop below the 323,000 mark of last year. Top areas for the state's 60,000+ pheasant hunters to target include Dodge, Fond du Lac, and Kenosha Counties, which reported the highest harvests last year, and Lafayette, Washington, St. Croix and Polk Counties, which reported the strongest numbers from the mail carrier survey. Wisconsin pheasants would benefit if the state's prairie and grassland CRP SAFE projects could be fully enrolled to the tune of nearly 10,000 acres. * Season Dates: October 17 thru December 31 * Daily Bag / Possession Limits: 2 / 4; Opening weekend is 1 / 2
