The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks reported in their 2024 Pheasant, Quail and Turkey brood survey the population of pheasants increased by 108% compared to 2023. Most of the increase ...

From 1963 to 2002, the pheasant population in northwest Kansas dropped from 18.74 birds to 2.1 birds per 100 miles, according to the annual rural mail carriers survey. Randy Rodgers, a biologist ...